All the states have adopted four-year maximum parliamentary terms without much fanfare, and yet at a federal level Australia has stayed at three years. Is it time for Australia to just bite the ...

'Leaders of the major political parties need to look at their own internal processes before attempting to persuade voters to support four-year terms.' All the states have adopted four-year maximum ...

‘You don’t, but it’s easier to run a hospital with all the patients sleeping.’ The Final Programme, 1968 “Easiest way to run the world, for that matter,” Jerry Cornelius replies in the ...

We suspected oil and gas lobbying was reaching cyclonic intensity, pressuring governments to approve the final components of one of the largest fossil fuel developments in the country’s history.

In a year where many of our institutions failed us, it's unsurprising a fearless piece of journalism, by Kate McClymont, was ...

Craig Foster: “As a former footballer and football broadcaster, Foz has a broader and more diverse following than the ...

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After Crikey readers awarded Gina Rinehart the coveted Arsehat of the Year award, a spokesperson quickly got in ...