An attack on the Victorian judiciary by three government ministers highlights a larger campaign against the powers of independent office.

Meet the Pentecostal lawyer West Australian Liberals want to replace Gillian Triggs as president of the Human Rights Commission.

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, and his visceral unpopularity, may actually lift efforts to halt climate change.

Once seen as a journal of intellectual weight, today’s Quadrant has gone off-leash to become a ranting voice of the reactionary right.

The massive alleged payroll tax scam, carried out through government contracts, reveals the vulnerabilities of a cynical labour market.

The government’s ‘Australians first’ rhetoric is a response to hardening community attitudes over immigration and job security.

Fairfax’s latest staff cuts signal a crisis in Australian journalism, but international models offer a ray of hope.

If the government’s new schools funding plan represents an ideological change, its cuts to universities reflect a calculated antipathy.

The majority of the Emissions Reduction Fund is poured into questionable abatement schemes to discourage land clearing, while mass deforestation cancels out any climate gains.