Five policy decisions from recent history that led to today’s energy crisis Editors' Picks If you aren’t a long-term energy policy news junkie, you’d be forgiven for thinking today’s crisis arrived fairly suddenly. Indeed, Liberal leader Peter Dutton is
Premium Columnists Contracting in surplus: Russia as economic enigma June 16, 2022 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Winston Churchill, in his famous assessment of Russia in an October 1, 1939 broadcast, saw the country as “a riddle in a mystery, inside an
‘Sifting out the autistics’: Why recruitment needs to change to consider those with autism June 16, 2022 By Helen Jeffries Community & Social You’re not prejudiced against disabled people, I’m sure. But what would you think if you were sifting candidates for a job and found a personal
Governments should seize the moment on a broken energy network June 16, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks At a moment of crisis in Australia’s east coast energy markets, business as usual should not be an option for governments. The current regulatory and
How should an Australian ‘centre for disease control’ prepare us for the next pandemic? June 16, 2022 By Ben Marais, Jocelyne Basseal, Lyn Gilbert and Tania Sorrell Editors' Picks Over the past two years, Australians have become familiar with the threat of infectious disease outbreaks. COVID won’t be the last pandemic to affect our
Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences June 16, 2022 By Carsten Rudolph, James Boorman and Monica Whitty Defence Leaders of several Pacific nations met in Fiji last week to strengthen ties and promote unity in the region. The Pacific faces numerous challenges, such
Premium Insights and analysis Four things the PM should think about in building a successful transition June 16, 2022 By Sean Innis Editors' Picks The transition to a new government is an exciting time. Change creates new thinking and new possibilities. Optimism pervades public discourse, fleetingly anyway. Australia has
Premium Insights and analysis Why do people hate Realism so much? June 16, 2022 By Stephen Walt Culture The political scientist Robert Gilpin once wrote that “no one loves a political realist.” His lament seems especially apt today, as the ongoing tragedy in
Premium Columnists How Operation Ironside approached the digitisation of crime June 15, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks The digitisation of crime has again hit the headlines in the past weeks, most notably with the Australian Federal Police’s success of Operation Ironside, which
Premium Insights and analysis Dutton expressing his opinion on subs problematic for these reasons June 15, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Defence Opposition leader Peter Dutton wrote an opinion piece for The Australian last week. For it, he was roundly criticised by the government, defence analysts and
Why we need energy pricing transparency, gas reserves, and an export tax June 14, 2022 By Bruce Macfarlane Economy & Industry After nine years of energy policy chaos, Australia’s state and federal energy ministers met last week to discuss the significant increases in energy prices that
Top execs key to strategic hiring for local government June 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks According to a former NSW public servant, there are certain skills local government leaders need to succeed in a landscape characterised by needing to do
‘Everything has gone’: a world-first study looks at what happens when MPs lose their seats June 14, 2022 By Amy Nethery, Matthew Clarke, Peter Ferguson and Zim Nwokora Career Advice As counting winds up for the 2022 election, many former MPs are beginning a whole new life beyond parliament. The experience of MPs who lost
Premium Insights and analysis For accountability and transparency, questions on notice should be banned June 14, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks It’s a political rule of thumb that upon entering government, politicians suddenly change their views about accountability and transparency, sometimes radically so. Men and women
