Nations’ new ways of working together, Xi’s nuclear deterrent display, scandal probe’s link to scandal probe, South China Sea ...

In the second of a two-part series, Peter Briggs examines the decommissioning, dismantling and waste-disposal risks Australia will inherit from AUKUS reactors. The political narrative surrounding the ...

In the first of a two-part series, Peter Briggs examines the technical and security risks of relying on highly enriched uranium and an unproven British reactor design for AUKUS submarines. The ...

Van Morrison’s career traces a cultural movement from youthful openness and spiritual wonder towards bitterness, calculation ...

Across this week’s pieces on P&I, the same question keeps appearing: who or what restrains power when the powerful decide ...

Politics and institutions are increasingly governed by risk management, not leadership. But real leadership requires ...

The focus of Block 3 of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was on online hate but the commission did ...

Australian governments can find billions to spend on weaponry that maims but not on the NDIS, which is facing budget saving ...

Why Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to ...

Russia is feeling the cost of the war, but Putin’s authority rests on victory, force and fear. Lasting peace would require a political reckoning. We recognise the First Peoples of this nation and ...

Keeping Tomago open is not just about one smelter. It is a test of whether Australia is prepared to invest strategically in ...

Fossil fuel interests have politicised climate action and slowed the transition. A trusted, science-led expert group could ...