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Trump banned from Facebook, for another six months at least

By Melissa Coade

Communications & Technology

An oversight board for Facebook has extended former US president Donald Trump’s ban from the social media platform for another six months, in which time…

The sound and the fury signifying nothing: some observations on the new politics

By Nicholas Gruen

Australian Capital Territory

Electoral politics has been transformed into non-stop campaigning. In the past few years the 24/7 campaigning has started to be done not so much in…

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Skunks at the Trump picnic: how Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci worked around the president’s roadblocks

By David Donaldson

Health

Donald Trump's top public health advisers had to be assertive and creative to overcome the barriers created by the president in the fight against the…

Editorial: Finally a good day for America

By Chris Johnson

Editors' Picks

The swearing-in of Joe Biden as president, and all of the ceremony’s speeches, had one message – saving America’s democracy.

Biden to strengthen ethics rules for public servants

By Shannon Jenkins

News

President-elect Joe Biden is set to introduce ethics rules that will ban incoming public servants from receiving compensation from their former employers for joining the…

Australians want Morrison to publicly call out Craig Kelly and Trump, think tank finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Most Australians think Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a duty to publicly denounce colleagues who post misinformation online.

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A different kind of public service, a different kind of system

By Shannon Jenkins

Careers

The outgoing president of the US has made it clear that he will not got down without a fight, and without taking as many people…

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Could Trump’s America come to Australia’s public sector?

By Chris Johnson

Editors' Picks

While there has never been anything like a Trump in Australian politics, some parallels can be drawn where elected officials here have attempted to politicise…

‘A house divided among itself cannot stand’: Kevin Rudd on Trump’s America

By Shannon Jenkins

Foreign Affairs & Immigration

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that the reelection of Republican Donald Trump could be 'deeply problematic' for European, Western and Asian democracies.

America votes: nail-biting finish to the race

By Shannon Jenkins

Foreign Affairs & Immigration

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is ahead in both the popular and electoral college votes. But it's not over for incumbent Donald Trump yet, with…

2020 US election: is Biden better for Australia?

By Shannon Jenkins

Foreign Affairs & Immigration

On this US election day, Australia's academics weigh in on the value of Trump and Biden to our nation's security and economic prospects.

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The plan to inoculate Australia: How governments will vaccinate more than 16-million people in less than a year

By Matthew Elmas

Features

Australia will draw on cross-disiplinary expertise in a society-wide effort to deploy a vaccine for coronavirus next year.

US President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19

By Matthew Elmas

News

President of the United States Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. Trump, 74, took to Twitter on Friday afternoon Australian time to confirm he…

Mandarin Talks: the decline of the US, the rise of China, and Australia’s role

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

What should a public servant do if their government demands things of them which go against the values of integrity and impartiality? The answer is…

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The Briefing: how Trump waged war on the US Postal Service, and why it’s almost impossible anyone could pull it off in Australia

By Chris Woods

Editors' Picks

Throughout a pandemic-era election year, Donald Trump and the Republican party have not only refused financial relief for the US Postal Service but waged political,…