Sudan Ceasefire: warring sides agree to one-day ceasefire
Saudi Arabia and the U.S. say the warring sides in Sudan have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire for 24 hours…
I was involved in talks to free a kidnapped Kiwi pilot in West Papua. With negotiations stalled, what happens now?
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to negotiate…
Why are First Nations children still not coming home from out-of-home care?
Reducing the number of First Nations children in out-of-home care is a priority of the national Closing the Gap targets.…
UK Prime Minister Sunak talks trade, AI and Ukraine on US trip
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has begun a visit to Washington, DC, where topics like artificial intelligence (AI), the…
Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service
Labor had pledged to wind back the use of the big four consulting firms by the public service well before…
How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football
Some say we should keep sport out of politics. But that seems to be almost impossible in the case of…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution
Artificial intelligence is a challenging policy area that’s moving towards the centre stage of public and government attention. Some experts…
Lawmakers Advance Bills to Hasten Wireless and 5G Deployment; “will serve the interests of the wireless industry, not the interests of U.S. citizens”
By B.N. Frank A group of telecom experts who call themselves The Irregulators have already proven that Americans have paid…
Business is trying to scare us about ‘same job, same pay’. But the proposal isn’t scary
On Monday, eight of Australia’s largest employer groups launched a campaign against the government’s Same Job, Same Pay Bill, saying…
Going down: the 6 graphs that show Australia’s economic growth shrinking
The latest national accounts tell us Australia’s economy grew by just 0.2% in the three months to March. It’s the…
How Saudi Arabia came to be at the centre of a global golf merger
Professional golf – and increasingly world sport – is caught in a sand trap. Not the familiar hazard between fairway…
Gonzalo Lira’s Father Pleads With US Government To Save His Son From Ukraine’s SBU
Gonzalo Lira is an American blogger and YouTuber who is being held by the SBU in Ukraine for having the…