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Jack WaterfordThe Sydney Morning Herald |
Clare O'Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, was this week plaintively criticising the Greens for playing "politics" over draconian and ill-thought-out...
The best argument against having an explicit legislated or constitutional right of freedom of religion in Australia comes right out of the playbook of...
The best argument against having an explicit legislated or constitutional right of freedom of religion in Australia comes right out of the playbook of...
The best argument against having an explicit legislated or constitutional right of freedom of religion in Australia comes right out of the playbook of...
Australians frozen out of the housing market cannot expect that government is going to do anything that effectively closes the gap between current...
Australians frozen out of the housing market cannot expect that government is going to do anything that effectively closes the gap between current...
Litigation about the alleged rape in a minister’s office at Parliament House in 2019 – more than five years ago – seems to continue to multiply,...
Litigation about the alleged rape in a minister's office at Parliament House in 2019 - more than five years ago - seems to continue to multiply, if...
At the height of the argument about western conviction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction in 2002, Tony Blair’s minder, Alastair...
At the height of the argument about Western conviction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction in 2002, Tony Blair's minder, Alastair...
More than four months after a crushing defeat in the Voice referendum, and soon after the Closing the Gap report confirmed that there was almost no...
More than four months after a crushing defeat in the Voice referendum, and soon after the Closing the Gap report confirmed there was almost no...
Israel’s citizens seem either blithely unaware of the world’s horror at the terror raining down on Gaza, or do not care. Whichever, the barbarity...
There are good, if not invincible arguments, for controls over doxxing, but most of the arguments founded on the unfortunate things said to have...
I had been assuming that Julian Assange, whose case comes up for adjudication in the British Courts soon, was a shoo-in for being Australia’s...
I had been assuming that Julian Assange, whose case comes up for adjudication in the British Courts soon, was a shoo-in for being Australia's prisoner...
I very much doubt that Anthony Albanese will be losing much sleep from opposition claims that he is a liar, or not to be trusted on anything after his...
I very much doubt that Anthony Albanese will be losing much sleep from opposition claims that he is a liar, or that he's not to be trusted on anything...
One of the many things Australians should consider as they contemplate our nationhood on the day set aside for this purpose is our glorious tradition...
One of the many things Australians should consider as they contemplate our nationhood on the day set aside for this purpose is our glorious tradition...
A day I have long prophesied, and for which I have been yearning may be at hand. It’s a pity that the Albanese government does not really deserve a...
A day I have long prophesied, and for which I have been yearning may be at hand. It's a pity that the Albanese government does not really deserve a...
We can all be glad that judges constituting the ACT Court of Appeal in the Bernard Collaery case had a more liberal view of the need for open justice...
We can all be glad that judges constituting the ACT Court of Appeal in the Bernard Collaery case had a more liberal view of the need for open justice...
It is time for Albanese to take the public into his confidence. He has an instinct for secretiveness that almost matches that of Scott Morrison. If...
If sacked secretary of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo had planned to appeal or seek judicial review of his sacking, he has probably now run out of time. ...
Labor will have – already has – squandered its time and its opportunities. It needs leadership of guts and vision, not timidity, caution and...
The holiday season, about midterm in the life of the Albanese government is a good time for academics and journalists to begin making notes,...
The contempts highlighted by Justice Michael Lee in the recent defamation case between Bruce Lehrmann and Channel 10 are minor compared with the...
Justice Michael Lee of the Federal Court is threatening that fire and brimstone will rain down on social media users who have made legally...
Israel is a nation not greatly given to following advice, even from its great and powerful friends and guarantors, unless and to the extent it accords...
There is never a bottom to Labor ministerial cowardice and incompetence when manipulated mob fury is at its height. On immigration policy, Labor has...
Labor has won one federal election from Opposition, and almost another, by bowing to a Coalition narrative about the menace of refugee boat people and...
The sacking of Mike Pezzullo was inevitable once Nine media published his email correspondence with a Liberal party lobbyist and powerbroker. So far,...
The sacking of Mike Pezzullo was inevitable once Nine media published his email correspondence with a Liberal party lobbyist and powerbroker. So far,...
The sacking of Mike Pezzullo was inevitable once Nine media published his correspondence with a Liberal party lobbyist and powerbroker. So far,...
Mark Dreyfus is one of those who gives every appearance of being intimidated by the national security state. It is one of the tragedies of the life...
It is one of the tragedies of the life of Mark Dreyfus, KC, twice Attorney-General with scores of legal initiatives attached to his name, that he is...
People often say that we get the politicians we deserve, but I am not sure that even the Australians who voted no at the recent referendum deserve...
People often say that we get the politicians we deserve, but I am not sure that even the Australians who voted "no" at the recent referendum deserve...
It is, alas, far too early to proclaim the end of Australia’s barbarous and inhumane refugee management system. But a series of recent High Court...
It is, alas, far too early to proclaim the end of Australia's barbarous and inhumane refugee management system. But a series of recent High Court...
It is, alas, far too early to proclaim the end of Australia's barbarous and inhumane refugee management system. But a series of recent High Court...
Israel’s strategic choices, as Israelis see it, are rather like those sometimes argued for Australia. It wants powerful friends but cannot take them...
Israel's strategic choices, as Israelis see it, are rather like those sometimes argued for Australia. It wants powerful friends but cannot take them...
In the 75 years since it won nationhood in a field of blood, Israel has fought many wars against its neighbours and its indigenous population. Each...
In the 75 years since it won nationhood in a field of blood, Israel has fought many wars against its neighbours and its Indigenous population. Each...
In the 75 years since it won nationhood in a field of blood, Israel has fought many wars against its neighbours and its Indigenous population. Each...
No attempt to “explain”, rationalise, find some counter-“equivalence” for, nor any attempt to see matters through the eyes and the experiences...
No attempt to "explain", rationalise, find some counter-"equivalence" for, nor any attempt to see matters through the eyes and the experiences of the...