Pope Francis dies at 88 after final appeal for Gaza ceasefire
Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?
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23 April 2025
If I were the minister assisting the PM on the public service …
Before any new ministry is announced, the current minister, Katy Gallagher, or the shadow minister, Jane Hume, should provide early advice to the prime minister-elect on the structure of his ministry and the machinery of government.
23 April 2025
Jeffrey Sachs – the source of the Syrian tragedy
Jeffrey Sachs on the role of the US and the CIA in the tragic events in Syria, direct from the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye earlier this month.
23 April 2025
Crossbench pressure will lift and improve Albo’s game
Now that the danger of a Dutton Government has receded, a good many left-of-centre people would rather that Labor had less than an outright victory.
23 April 2025
Explainer | What happens after Pope Francis’ death?
Following Pope Francis’ death, key rituals commence, including sealing his flat, destroying the ring, and funeral arrangements.
23 April 2025
Surreptitious Victorian native forest logging
The Victorian Government claims that it exited native forest logging in 2024. However, it has not legislated this exit. And, notably, logging is continuing through other nefarious and highly cynical means.
23 April 2025
Health and the election: Band-aids when surgery is needed
Health policies are out and there is little difference between the two major parties. The policies definitely help patients afford to see GPs and get medication.
23 April 2025
Trump: the canker that cures?
A strong dose of home-grown fascism, of a uniquely American kind that no one else can be blamed for, may be just what the world needs to bump the US off the destructive path down which it has so often steered so many of its ever so sycophantic friends since World WarII.
23 April 2025
Trajectory of a murderous regime: Fifty years since the Khmer Rouge
It is 50 years since the savagery of the Khmer Rouge sent millions of Cambodians to early graves. Mines still remain to be cleared, but the US will not be clearing up the mess it left behind, having withdrawn from the Mine Ban Treaty.
23 April 2025
Beyond fear and false choices: Why loyalty to the major parties is no longer tenable
It's time for Muslims and allies to vote with principle, not fear.
22 April 2025
If I were minister for school education…
There will be no quick or easy way to redesign the existing school system.
22 April 2025
Message from the editor
Today, pre-polling opens across the country. The shape of campaigns in Australia has changed radically in the recent past.
22 April 2025
Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem
If you think this sounds twisted, it is. The best thing about the two sides’ various promises to help young people afford to buy their first home is the way it has provoked the nation’s economists to rise in condemnation of those schemes’ wrongheadedness. They look like they’ll help, but most of them are more likely to end up making homes less affordable rather than more.
