Tony Abbott. Photograph: Getty Images
By Liam McLaughlin - 23 April 15:43

It remains far from clear whether Tony Abbott can win September's election, but his campaign so far is a disturbing example of politics at its most crass and exploitative.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 17 April 16:11

Pokarekare ana / Nga wai o waiapu / Whiti atu koe hine / Marino ana e.

Julia Gillard. Photograph: Getty Images
By James Rose - 21 March 14:17

The party's historic machinery – its support from the trade union movement and its factional networks – is collapsing.

Barack Obama with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
By John Pilger - 25 October 11:39

Gillard has returned Australia to its historic relationship with Washington, similar to that of an eastern European satellite with Moscow.

Derelict terraces used to accommodate impoverished Aborigines in Sydney.
By John Pilger - 04 October 9:12

The story of an Australian hero whose skin was the wrong colour encapsulates the tragedy of centuries of abuse of Aboriginal people’s rights.

A gentleman enjoys a cigarette at an Australian motorsports event. Photograph: G
By Alex Hern - 27 August 14:01

Dangerous restriction on liberty, or "unslippery slippery dip"?

Cathy Freeman crosses the line at the Sydney Olympics in 2000
By John Pilger - 08 August 10:55

Australia’s sports administration and Olympian “stars”, from Nick D’Arcy to John Booth, are sad relics of a racially biased past that produced Shane Gould, Evonne Goolagong and Cathy Freeman.

An asylum boat carrying 150 people crosses to Australia. Photograph: Getty Image
By Alex Hern - 23 July 13:45

Mandatory sentencing isn't so scary if you would quite like jail

Vineyards in Australia
By Nina Caplan - 20 June 17:28

The talent is there, if only we could get our hands on a bottle.

Illegally logged trunks are floated downstream in Indonesia
By Purwadi Soeprihanto - 30 April 15:09

What the outcome of Cameron's Indonesian tour means for relationships between London and Jakarta

New Statesman
By John Pilger - 22 March 15:20

Qantas, the oldest continuously operating airline, was also the world’s safest . . . until it got ta

By John Pilger - 08 March 10:26

As commentators from Germaine Greer to Anne Summers fawn over the hawkish prime minister, John Pilge

By Peter McHugh - 30 December 15:32

Simply scrap 2012 and move to 2013 where things can only get better.

By Grace Jennings-Edquist - 20 December 18:06

The problem in this debate is not people smuggling.

By John Pilger - 12 May 13:28

News Corp papers across the world propagate the myth that prejudice has no effect on the lives of mo

By John Pilger - 20 April 9:32

As Washington releases another wave of terror on a faraway land, the Australian prime minister is re

By David Blanchflower - 03 March 8:26

As Melbourne debates the merits of the myki travel card and New Zealand recovers from disaster, some

By John Pilger - 29 January 12:13

Corruption and the cult of the market have made a natural disaster into an outrage.

By Nicholas Fearn - 27 January 15:07

Rain, hail and toxic sludge – this Briton picked a bad time to move to to Queensland.

By Jon Bernstein - 14 January 18:28

“I had more power before but I’ve got more influence now”

By Mark Stevenson - 13 January 11:40

As politicians get bogged down in debating complicated strategies to fight climate change, Mark Stev

By Helen Lewis - 07 January 12:35

The former pop star and cryptographer who knows how to save the world.

By Ursula Donnelly - 22 November 10:17

Potentially dangerous gases hinder the rescue operation

By New Statesman - 11 October 12:09

Presenter Paul Henry leaves job after diplomatic protest from Indian government.

By New Statesman - 07 September 10:26

Gillard's success ends intensive negotiations over regional investment.

By Alyssa McDonald - 26 August 8:21

Neither the Labor Party nor the opposition Liberal-National coalition has enough seats for a majorit

By Caroline Flint - 19 August 8:16

Australia could have a female prime minister by the end of August. So, what’s stopping women reachin

By Stephen Minas - 06 August 12:48

As Australia’s government goes to an election promising consensus-building on climate change, action

By John Pilger - 22 July 8:11

The rise to power of Australia’s first female prime minister led to hopes for political change. But

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