Analysis
March for who? Lessons from the 2025 anti-immigration rallies
Photojournalist Alex Zucco captured the rage, violence and absurdity of the 2025 anti-immigration rallies. Here’s what she thinks you should know about the emboldened far-right.
AusPol
Opinion
Five words I never want to hear again: "The left is eating itself"
The political left can’t agree long enough to win... or so we’ve been told. The loaded history of the phrase “the left is eating itself” tells a different story.
Analysis
New Media, Old Problems: The ‘Podcast Election’ Was Almost 90% White
A chorus of almost 90% white voices does not make for a healthy alternative to mainstream corporate media.
2025 election
2025 Election Analysis: Retreat to the Centre
The only hope for progressive policy-making lies with the Senate. Will Labor work with the Greens or the Coalition?
2025 election
Reality Check: Voting Cannot Be The Only Way You Push For Political Change
"If you want change, your work cannot end on election day."
2025 election
Let this be the last vibes-based election
"The biggest divide in our politics is not between left and right. It’s between people who pay attention and those who don’t."
2025 election
Palestine exposes the impotence of Australian elections and democracy
How do voters who want the liberation of Palestine vote in a federal election where Israel has bipartisan support from both major parties?
2025 election
The So-Called Cost of Living Election Refuses to Address Poverty & Hardship
"In Australian politics conversations about the cost of living are framed almost entirely around the middle-class."
2025 election
Ask an Expert: Can You Trust the 2025 Election Polls?
Dr Kevin Bonham explains how to interpret the polls in the 2025 federal election.
2025 election
Editor’s Letter: This Election, We Won’t Change Hearts and Minds Online
"Offline conversations are much more effective at changing people’s hearts and minds than online content."
Explainers
A Lesson in Intersectional Solidarity: Trans Day of Visibility
We cannot not let the trans community be used as a political pinata in this election.
Opinion
Five Years Ago, Scott Morrison Doubled the JobSeeker Payment. It Changed Avery's Life.
The government fixed poverty before — it could do so again.