Cavan Hogue is a former diplomat who has worked in Asia, Europe and the Americas as well as at the UN. He was Australian Ambassador to USSR and Russia, dually accredited to Ukraine. He also worked at ...

Admiral Chris Barrie (retd) is former chief of the Australian Defence Force. He is an executive committee member of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group.

Mary’s career spans 40 years both in the United Kingdom and Australia. Mary is Professor Emerita, Susan Wakil School of Nursing at the University of Sydney. In 2003/04 she was the Chief Nursing ...

Fergus McGinley is an Adelaide writer, teacher, lay preacher, with a background in science, philosophy, education and theology. He is the author of many essays, articles and sermons, and is the ...

Apart from the unexpected (modest) personal income tax cuts, there was nothing in the budget which should come as a surprise ...

The US now operates of its accord on this continent, we may no longer have the ability to withdraw from the security pact.

The recent victory of the Labor party in Western Australia was remarkable in a number of ways. More of a rout than a ...

The High Court’s judgment in favour of the Gumatj people reaffirms the centrality of the Indigenous peoples of Gove in the ...

The drug companies have bought both American political parties. They have not bought the Australian parliament.

A so-called Australian immigration crisis is a central election issue, but it's based on misconceptions easily debunked.

Pearls and Irritations editor-in-chief John Menadue talks to Pascal Lottez of Neutrality Studies about Western misconceptions ...