Kevin Rudd’s new book, On Xi Jinping, explores the ideology and worldview of Chinese president Xi Jinping, more formally known as general secretary of the Chinese...
“Meritocracy” is one of the great taken-for-granteds of our times. When the Productivity Commission looked at social mobility rates recently it reported in tones of relief...
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s song, “The Folks Who Live on the Hill,” contains the lines: “Our verandah will command a view of meadows green, /...
After a distinguished career in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Geoff Raby has become a consultant and widely published commentator on the dovish side...
I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but with me that’s usually how these things begin. I was at the National Library of Australia...
The fall of French prime minister Michel Barnier has shocked the many New Caledonians still reeling from the economic, cultural and social damage wrought by six...
This has not been a great year for Pauline Hanson. On 1 November her actions were the subject of a lacerating judgement from Justice Andrew Stewart...
Viewed through a shifting kaleidoscope of antipodean politics, Australia’s relationship with Israel and its local lobbyists has for the most part followed a relatively even course,...
Between 1922 and 1924 the world of ice was chemically fixed onto celluloid and projected onto the world’s silver screens. The cryosphere flickered into life as...
Before he resigned from the House of Commons in 2023, Boris Johnson updated his register of parliamentary interests to reveal that he had received an advance...