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The Idealist is the eighth novel by respected Australian writer and academic Nick Jose. Set in the turbulent period leading up to the referendum for East Timorese self-determination in 1999, the novel has the form of a political thriller, albeit one that remains restrained and meditative.

"This ongoing fiasco with our council certainly does not pass the pub test."

Mike Burgess issues rare public statement asking ‘all parties consider the implications for social cohesion’

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of deceased people.

A US news report claimed Donald Trump discussed secret US naval capabilities with the billionaire Australian businessman

John Howard and Tony Abbott have criticised the Northern Territory government's handling of the education and health of Indigenous Australians.

PM says he won’t take lectures from Tony Abbott and John Howard after pair claim voice wouldn’t help central Australia

Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilali has died after a controversial public life, which included his jailing in Egypt and comparing women to exposed meat.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was looking for the earth to swallow him up after dropping an easy catch in a charity cricket game on Wednesday.

What does being impartial really mean? And what should it look like?

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, they must not be treated as an isolated case but as evidence of…