Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Priority of services demanded of the public service Defence During the bleak the winter of 2019, before the black summer bushfires ravaged the nation, the global pandemic struck and catastrophic floods devastated the east
PM vows 2050 net zero emissions plan won’t turn Australia’s lights off October 26, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Scott Morrison has promised rural Australia that he will ‘get the balance right’ when it comes to national action on climate change, in an opinion
China: Quad alliance cannot unilaterally define ‘world order’ October 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Beijing has been closely following the recent Quad summit in Washington, with a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson suggesting the group of four nations — including
Australian diplomats underscore need to commit to time-bound zero emissions targets September 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A group of former top diplomatic representatives to Australia has signed a letter to Scott Morrison calling for the federal government to take urgent action
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
Premium Interviews The Hazara boy Australian immigration allowed to be left behind August 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Defence Australia’s immigration policies, including a cruel direction intended to penalise asylum seekers who arrived by boat from reuniting with their families, has delivered a costly
Eight lessons on innovation from Obama's administrative head March 27, 2018 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Not everything went according to plan in a push towards innovation, online platforms and administrative efficiency during the Obama administration, but progress was made and
Trump's State Department clean-out: diplomatic bogey or par for the course? January 30, 2017 By Stephen Easton News Of all the reports from the United States on President Donald Trump’s early executive decisions, the departure of a group of senior public servants from