President Trump was scammed by Iran and Pakistan into beginning negotiations with Iran - when Iran knew it could not complete ...

The argument over how society should respond to addiction is usually framed in medical or political terms, but beneath it lies a moral dispute: what kind of thing is addiction, and what does our ...

Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz in early 2026 have made that question impossible to ignore. Today, under the banner of decarbonization, energy is often treated as if it were synonymous with ...

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of soaring expenditure, our national mental health hasn’t improved. Suicide rates remain stubbornly high. Psychiatric ...

Over this month the Melbourne Comedy Festival will feature three women performing sketches celebrating “small moments in life that make us laugh.” These supposedly funny skits include a send up of a ...

Trump hailed the truce as "a big day for World Peace," continuing his pattern of brinkmanship: escalating threats to craft the illusion of triumph. The episode reflected not only his theatrical style ...

It has been described as "world-leading" in its attempt to remove private money from politics. The legislation makes it unlawful for political parties, candidates, or MPs to receive electoral ...

To manage this, the Church developed the "just war" tradition, not as a hall pass for violence, but as a moral cage designed to ensure warfare is strictly a last resort. Modern geopolitics has tested ...

What looks like liberation is something colder: the restructuring of desire itself. Data from the General Social Survey show that the proportion of young adults in the United States reporting no ...

Our Prime Minister in one of his frequently mundane news conferences recently reminded us that “we can’t turn back the clock” when it comes to issues like multiculturalism and economic reform. Well ...

"To be truly effective, this approach must squarely consider the web of links between the past and the present – at the individual and societal levels, in all areas of life – in order to dismantle ...

Both wings of the Liberal Party have been accused of branch stacking and other irregularities, though the "moderates" have been more successful. This has led to calls from conservatives for federal ...