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Government faces flood of claims over migrant detention

By Ellen Rock For nearly 20 years, the Commonwealth operated under the mistaken assumption that it was allowed to hold people in immigration detention indefinitely. In

The implications of the landmark forever chemicals case

By Cameron Holley and Carley Bartlett The Australian government has launched its largest-ever lawsuit, suing American chemical giant 3M and its local subsidiary. The

Mega tech float to make Musk the world’s first trillionaire

By Marta Khomyn A huge change is coming to the world’s booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Starting with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with OpenAI and Anthropic

Japan grappling with the implications of a foreigner influx

By Peter Chai Japan is experiencing historically high numbers of foreigners. Its population is shrinking, and its workforce is ageing, driving foreign labour to

Vocational training stigma holding back economy

By Kellie McGlynn and Shaun Rawolle At the end of each school year, we see the same ritual play out. Year 12 results are released and newspapers publish league tables,

Blue collar job decline disrupts class voting habits

By David Peetz Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding out

One Nation leads on primary vote in two major polls

By Adrian Beaumont Four federal polls have been released since Sunday. One Nation has taken the primary vote lead from Labor in both the Redbridge and YouGov polls and

Average Australians facing a ‘per capita’ recession

By Stella Huangfu Australia’s economy grew by 0.3 percent in the first three months of 2026, slowing from 0.9 percent growth at the end of 2025, according to the

Australia dudded in submarine ‘bait and switch’

By Albert Palazzo At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners – the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – announced a

Women leading the rise of the political far right

By Sofia Ammassari Pauline Hanson and her party One Nation have been dominating headlines after their recent electoral successes in South Australia and Farrer. A new

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