Chris Barrett has a formidable job ahead as the new Productivity Commission chief
Jul 27, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Politics
This weeks appointment of Wayne Swans former chief of staff Chris Barrett to head the Productivity Commission puts the annual Trade and Assistance Review it released this month under a more searching spotlight than...
Penalties, passes, and a touch of politics: the Women's World Cup is about to kick off
Jul 17, 2023 12:52 pm UTC| Sports Politics
The 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup kicks off this Thursday night, the first football world cup hosted by Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand opens the tournament by taking on Norway in Auckland, while Australias...
Labor gains in Newspoll 2PP despite primary slide; LNP wins Fadden byelection easily
Jul 17, 2023 12:52 pm UTC| Politics
A federal Newspoll, conducted July 1215 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 5545 lead after preferences, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll...
What the Vietnamese Barbie movie ban tells us about China's politics of persuasion
Jul 11, 2023 07:41 am UTC| Politics
Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is...
U.S. allies should rethink their allegiance to an aggressive but declining superpower
Jul 11, 2023 07:37 am UTC| Politics
In its pursuit of permanent global domination, the United States has pushed the world towards unnecessary conflict, especially via its two-decade war on terror. American allies could dissuade the U.S. from its tendency...
Why is NATO expanding its reach east to the Asia-Pacific region?
Jul 11, 2023 06:52 am UTC| Politics
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, NATO meetings and summits have been receiving significantly more attention compared to previous years. And there are several big-ticket items on the agenda at the upcoming summit in...
'Idiots,' 'criminals' and 'scum' -- nasty politics highest in US since the Civil War
Jul 11, 2023 06:48 am UTC| Politics
Joe Biden, together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxists, tried to destroy American democracy. This is what Donald Trump said to his supporters hours after pleading not guilty in federal court in June...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality