George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
Why delaying legislation on a Voice to parliament is welcome — it allows more time to get things right
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said last week plans to introduce legislation to establish an Indigenous Voice would be…
Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents
Given all parliamentary parties have said they oppose conversion practices being performed on LGBTQ+ people, you could be forgiven for…
Brad Hazzard is wrong about multicultural western Sydney: new research shows refugees do trust institutions
With COVID numbers surging in Sydney’s multicultural western suburbs, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard speculated that migrant and refugee communities…
View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce repudiates Christensen’s COVID misinformation
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has dissociated himself from the views of his maverick backbencher George Christensen, who on Tuesday flatly…
How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity
Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s…
Pfizer doses to be spaced out in NSW crisis, but state fails to get change in vaccination program
Pfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian…
Grattan on Friday: Morrison wrong to try to influence advice from expert immunisation group
Scott Morrison this week more or less trashed Australia’s top advisory body on immunisation, in remarks that were at best…
‘To get rich is glorious’: how Deng Xiaoping set China on a path to rule the world
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order
Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by…
Fifty years after Whitlam’s breakthrough China trip, the Morrison government could learn much from it
Historical anniversaries sometimes – not always – provide an opportunity to take stock. Rarely do two anniversaries coincide that encourage…
Grattan on Friday: The pandemic is now putting the ‘experts’ in their own world of pain
Jeannette Young sounded at the end of her tether on Thursday Queensland’s chief health officer attracted a storm of criticism,…
View from the Hill: COVID battle on a knife edge
The argument Scott Morrison has consistently put – that NSW has a better way of dealing with COVID, by avoiding…
Federal government changes vaccination advice in rush to protect Victorian aged care sector
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly on Thursday changed the medical advice as the government rushed to vaccinate those Victorian aged…