Geoff Pryor cartoon, July 29 2017

Mike Seccombe’s excellent article ( “Energy crisis: The truth behind the price surge” , June 25–July 1) exposes the complete failure of successive governments through what most of us would call corruption rather than Mike’s more restrained “...

John Hewson Controversial English historian Arnold Toynbee, having reviewed and analysed the rise and fall of more than 20 civilisations, concluded that “civilisations are not murdered, they commit suicide by not meeting their challenges”. This raises some very...

Judith Brett The greatest challenge facing the defeated federal Liberal Party is not whether to move to the right or the left, nor whether to court voters in the outer suburbs or try to win back its once blue-ribbon seats. It is how to stay relevant and it’s a...

Chris Wallace The de-ScoMofication of Australia on the world stage took a leap forward this week as the Albanese government consolidated its international relations edge over an enfeebled opposition in a series of high-level meetings in Europe. In just over a...

The indictment against Julian Assange runs to 37 pages. It was signed on May 23, 2019. It details Assange’s interactions with Chelsea Manning, how he encouraged her to access secret files and helped her with password-breaking.

There has always been pushback when traditional owners exercise their rights to Country and Culture but, after so many generations of this experience, it should no longer be such a point of conflict (Kath Wilson, “Wombat forest fight” , June 18-24...

Kevin Rudd As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s new ministers settle in to their portfolios, efforts are already under way by the Murdoch media to undermine the government. Take, for example, their complete beat-up about Tanya Plibersek being “sidelined”...