“Stab in the back”: How the new Aukus pact sparked French outrage
The new security agreement between the US, UK and Australia has been interpreted in Paris as yet another example of…
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What does the new Aukus alliance mean for global relations?
The new pact between the UK, US and Australia could lead to nothing less than a merger of military, industrial…
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Why are Australia and New Zealand so far behind on vaccination?
New Zealand and Australia only have enough doses to fully vaccinate 27 per cent and 33 per cent of their populations.
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Tokyo 2020: The Covid Olympics
The New Statesman's coverage of the world's first pandemic Games since 1920.
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How failure on Covid-19 has exposed the dangerous delusion of “Fortress Australia”
The country’s complacency on vaccines reflected the false belief that it could cut itself off from the world.
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Misplaced outrage and the Great Barrier Reef
When a Unesco draft report recommended the natural wonder be added to the World Heritage Committee’s “in danger” listing, the Australian…
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Sleater-Kinney are at their energetic best on Path of Wellness
The band are down to a twosome – but their new record is fuelled by the heavy-but-bright sound they excel…
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2021’s Covid-19 recovery risks excluding developing economies
Unequal vaccine distribution and stimulus support are creating a “walled garden” for the rich world.
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New data: The pandemic will set back global development by a decade
Once the pandemic is taken into account, goals such as the eradication of poverty will only be fulfilled by 2092.
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Aravind Adiga’s Amnesty: a tense study of an illegal immigrant in Australia
The Booker Prize winner once again shows how powerfully he can probe the outer limits of dignity and agency for angry…
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Survey: US and UK publics are most pessimistic about their governments’ responses to Covid-19
A Pew Research Centre poll of 14 countries shows that nations hit hardest by Covid-19 are more likely to judge…
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Gallery: The New South Wales bush fires
Thursday was Australia's hottest day on record.
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The boy from Boree Creek: the moral and physical courage of Tim Fischer
Fischer led his party through the 1990s and was deputy prime minister, before suddenly opting out to give more time…
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I’m missing Australia for its beloved friends, its lunchtime margaritas – and its bin chickens
It’s just a shame the place is so far away from London.
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How Australia incubated far-right terror
No place is immune from the rise of hate and extremism. Not even New Zealand, until now a relative haven…
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Australia’s property bubble shows the lessons of the 2008 crash haven’t been learned
When I arrived in Australia and turned on the TV in my hotel room, I was bombarded with adverts for…
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New Zealand, a land for all seasons
It has suffered one of the most brutal terror attacks in recent history, but under Jacinda Ardern the country is increasingly…
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How Australia incubated far-right terror
The politics of hate have moved from the fringe to the mainstream.
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Can’t-do country: how Australia is on the brink of environmental disaster
Rather than tackle the impending catastrophe, Australia seems intent on becoming the most nannyish nation on earth.
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How right-wing Scott Morrison became Australia’s sixth prime minister in 11 years
It’s a measure of how far Australian conservatism has turned towards the Trumpian that Morrison was considered the mainstream candidate.
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