Chancellor Merkel faces humiliating setback in regional election
Sep 05, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Commentary Politics
German chancellor Angela Merkel faced a humiliating defeat on her home ground, which is assured to raise concerns within her Party, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), ahead of next years election. A three-year-old party,...
Paranoid politics: how does Donald Trump get away with it?
Sep 05, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seems willing to reach beyond what has been previously acceptable in his quest to be Americas next president. But this, combined with his refusal to back down or...
Brazil ousting demonstrates the new coup rocking Latin America
Sep 05, 2016 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In post-Olympic Brazil last week, Dilma Rousseffs presidency came to a forced end. It was also the end of 13 years of radical and progressive politics from the left-wing Workers Party. Theres a lot to be learnt from the...
Can, or should, we save ARENA?
Sep 05, 2016 05:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Politics
Once again the essential development of the renewable energy sector has been stymied by short-term, opportunistic politics. Included in the Turnbull governments omnibus savings bill is a A$1.3 billion cut in the funding...
The Climate Change Authority's gamble on political pragmatism
Sep 03, 2016 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Climate Change Authoritys latest report outlining a recommended climate policy toolkit is a reflection of what is seen by many as politically feasible in Australia now. But it is piecemeal and lacks a vision for the...
Dilma Rousseff, two views of democracy, and the battle for Brazil's future
Sep 03, 2016 10:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Dilma Rousseff is fond of ancient history. The woman removed as president of Brazil recently revealed she had been reading work by the Cambridge classicist Mary Beard. And certainly the events of the last few months in the...
From Gabon to Zimbabwe, African presidents are under siege
Sep 03, 2016 10:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Its sometimes democracy as we know it albeit with twists and turns but there is certainly a new appetite for political pluralism developing in Africa. This sometimes leads not only to change, but to deep division. In...
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