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Apathy is still our enemy. But the appeal we've been making hasn't energised people into joining.

Ross Garnaut is a big beast in the Australian climate policy world, and a Labor favourite since his days as economic adviser to Bob Hawke. His 2008 Climate Change Review shifted the dial on policy, encouraging the Rudd and Gillard governments to pursue carbon pricing laws. He fell out of…

Anti-Poverty Week runs from October 16-22 with the theme "Together we can halve child poverty by 2030".

It was the lack of a disclaimer, not censorship, that caused an Institute of Public Affairs video to be removed

Which Prime Ministers had eyebrows to ensnare a nation? Did they excite? Did they entice? Did they make me want to kill something?

After a period of very slow economic and population growth, the country was transformed thanks to the post-war baby boom and migration

Tensions between Canberra and Beijing are nothing new. Here's how various prime ministers have managed the changing relationship over the years.

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