Commentary It looks like nuclear energy may be back on the table in Australia, again. A nuclear technology ban has been in place in Australia since 1998, which prevents the building of nuclear reactors for power generation. The Liberal Party (Australia’s centre-right party, currently in opposition) has announced they are considering it in the energy…

A former Queensland senator has suggested that the Liberal party should go back to its original roots instead of becoming the “diet Coke” version of Labor and Greens. The comment comes after the Liberal party’s loss in the 2022 federal election sparked calls for the party to adopt progressive policies and preselect more women to…

A former Queensland senator has suggested that the Liberal party should go back to its original roots instead of becoming the “diet Coke” version of Labor and Greens. The comment comes after the Liberal party’s loss in the 2022 federal election sparked calls for the party to adopt progressive policies and preselect more women to…

Commentary For the last few weeks in Australia, we’ve been treated to the unabashed celebration from our biased media about the ousting of the Coalition and wild assertions that this was all due to angry women turning on Scott Morrison. No mention, of course, of the fact that conservative parties everywhere are now struggling to…

Former Defence Minister Peter Dutton will become the next leader of the Liberal party after being elected unopposed, while former environment minister Sussan Ley will become his deputy. During his first press conference as the Liberal leader, Dutton said under his policies will be “squarely aimed at the forgotten Australians” in the suburban areas. “Under…

Several Liberal MPs have backed the former Minister of Defence Peter Dutton as the front runner to lead the centre-right party after the federal election saw the centre-left Labor party secure a victory over the coalition. The call comes after the moderate faction of the Liberal party suffered major losses, with some of the Liberals…

New South Wales (NSW) state treasurer and leading Liberal Party moderate Matt Kean says the party needs to rebuild after the federal election loss by listening to the community on issues like climate, integrity and women. The NSW treasurer says the party needs to “get back to the drawing board” after both major parties lost…

Commentary It’s astonishing how the old left-right political polarity influences not only our lives as political animals (to play with Aristotle’s famous definition) but also our thinking about social and moral questions. You can usually spot a person’s beliefs from one bumper sticker. One favourite fashionable belief usually lines up with a whole raft of…

Commentary A new post-centrist style of politics is emerging worldwide as the political centre weakens and voters shift both right and left. The same has been happening in Australia as ever-more voters lose faith in the legacy two-party system—destabilising the old way of doing politics. The current Australian federal election illustrates how disruptive the shift…

The centre-left Australian Labor Party has promised to cut the cost of common medications for Australians slightly more than the Liberal Party will if they are elected to government later in May. Labor will reduce the maximum cost consumers pay for medicines covered under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from $42.50 to $30, a saving…