The mainstream media pushes the idea that elections are only about deciding which major party forms government. Tony Smith argues that the government-opposition duopoly is wearing thin and preferential voting helps.
Tony Smith
In this election season, politicians will try to set the rules by which we must play so that they be taken seriously. Tony Smith argues that this is the way they听avoid being genuinely answerable.
Not so long ago, the official line was that we could consider republicanism when the queen died. Tony Smith argues that politicians calling for Independent Senator Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe to be sanctioned for dishonesty invite ridicule.听听
A tragic inversion of the concept of justice is being exploited in the 鈥渃onflict鈥 in Gaza, argues Tony Smith.
Tony Smith reviews Debra Dank's award-winning book, We Come With This Place.
In seeking to justify its decision to enter the AUKUS alliance, the federal government has referred to values shared by the United States and Britain. But are they the values most Australians听share, asks Tony Smith?
The monarchy seems like an enormous Ponzi scheme听and now is the right time to talk about听a republic,听argues Tony Smith.
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