Government gets more ambitious about climate change, officially Federal The federal government has updated the United Nations on Australia’s commitment to being more ambitious about tackling climate change. Anthony Albanese and his climate change
Election 2022: Wong’s capability ambitions for DFAT go beyond strategic power May 16, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Labor’s Penny Wong has said Australia must get better at integrating the different aspects of state power, which includes improved coordination of government agencies, underscoring
UN Security Council is powerless to help Ukraine – but it’s working as designed to prevent World War III April 12, 2022 By Thomas G Weiss Editors' Picks A clearly anguished Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 5, 2022, castigated the UN security council members for their inaction on alleged Russian atrocities in
Labor wants Russian diplomats expelled April 8, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Foreign Affairs & Immigration Australia should move quickly to expel Russian diplomats as a part of its suite of actions against the government of Vladimir Putin and its invasion
UN boss admonishes Australia over emissions March 23, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Australia has been branded a “hold out” by the secretary-general of the United Nations for not having a proper target for emissions reductions by 2030.
Australia founding member of global alliance to fight online abuse March 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal A new global alliance called the Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse has been launched to help fight online harassment. Australia
Dealing with the public service from the small business perspective March 18, 2022 By Peter Strong Editors' Picks Peter Strong reflects on some of his many encounters with the public sector during his time leading a small business peak body. From where I sit,
Debelle’s move from RBA to private sector has climate change implications March 11, 2022 By Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer Editors' Picks Guy Debelle’s departure from the Reserve Bank for Andrew Forrest’s green hydrogen play isn’t exactly the kind of subtle, indirect signal that we’re used to
Premium Columnists United Nations Security Council needs reform, as Russia’s veto has shown March 2, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks The Ukraine-Russia conflict has again shone a spotlight on aspects of international relations that ought to cause us to question whether the preeminent vehicle for
Urgent national cabinet meeting scheduled as Omicron reaches Australia November 29, 2021 By Melissa Coade and Jackson Graham Federal Prime minister Scott Morrison has called a rapid national cabinet meeting for state and territory leaders and health officials to discuss the threat posed by
Australia joins condemnation of sexual violence as weapon of war November 19, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Australia has joined an international statement condemning the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. The UK-led statement condemns sexual violence and rape
Australia’s ambitions for ITU re-election September 30, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Foreign minister Marise Payne has confirmed Australia will stand for re-election to a United Nations specialised agency — the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) — this
World order that favours freedom on agenda of Australia-US talks September 22, 2021 By Melissa Coade Defence Scott Morrison has said that pursuing freedom is a shared commitment between Australia and the US, and that the partnership offered security benefits as well
Premium Interviews What the proposed TRIPs waiver says about shifting vaccine nationalism September 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks A leading intellectual property (IP) law academic has shared his views about what the changing attitudes to a proposed patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and
