The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?
Oct 02, 2019 02:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The UKs Labour Party recently voted in a policy to effectively abolish private schools and integrate them into the state system. This is a courageous move designed to redress social inequity many of those working in...
Oct 02, 2019 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
During the 2019 election, a news story about the Labor Party supporting a death tax which turned out to be fake gained traction on social media. Now, Labor is urging a post-election committee to rule on whether...
Melania Trump, Donald Trump: How did the American first couple meet?
Oct 01, 2019 08:17 am UTC| Politics
The relationship of Melania Trump and Donald Trump have been one of the favorite subjects in many reports and profiles on the couple since they occupied the White House. A recent report recalls that the American First Lady...
Shinzo Abe's latest cabinet reshuffle could transform Japan
Sep 28, 2019 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
With just two years until he will likely step down, the time left to Shinzo Abe, Japans very soon-to-be longest serving postwar prime minister, is limited. But if his latest cabinet reshuffle is anything to go by, it seems...
8 reasons why impeaching Donald Trump is a big risk for the Democrats. (And 3 reasons why it's not)
Sep 28, 2019 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the Democrats have begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations he tried to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate a Democratic...
Is the United States on the brink of a revolution?
Sep 28, 2019 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Political scientists have historically been bad at foreseeing the most important developments. Few of us guessed the end of the Cold War; almost no one saw the Arab Spring coming. In defence of my discipline, there is a...
Sep 28, 2019 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Two weeks after the September 12 Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden continues to lead with 29.0% in the RealClearPolitics Democratic national average, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 21.4%, Bernie Sanders at 17.3%,...