Administrative staffing in Australia’s public education system has grown far faster than student enrolments or teacher numbers. Unless governments act, promised school funding risks being absorbed by ...

Australian settlement policy often assumes refugees will embrace progressive politics. Research and community experience show refugee political identities are far more diverse – with important ...

Let me also take this opportunity to say thank you for what you are doing for Australia. P&I provides a moral compass, keeps hope alive and spurs on action. Dr Jane Anderson Adjunct Research Fellow – ...

Rules introduced by Israel in 2025 are being used to block humanitarian organisations from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, limiting aid delivery and silencing advocacy.

Western commentary often dwells on China’s problems while overlooking the cultural and historical foundations of its extraordinary achievements. Understanding both is essential to informed judgement.

After decades of near-continuous rule, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is now governing as a minority under a more ideologically polarised leadership. A new era of fragmented, negotiated politics is ...

Yasuo Takao is a political scientist in the research areas of comparative politics and international relations with the geographical emphasis of Northeast Asia and the United States.

Mark Dreyfus has been appointed Australia’s special envoy on human rights. Is the government prepared to match international ...

Australia’s response to Japan’s rhetoric has been framed as a test of loyalty, but the outrage is largely media-driven.

Australia’s multicultural society is not a modern experiment or a social crisis. It is the product of shared effort, grounded ...

The latest Boyer Lecture portrays Australia as trapped by anxiety about the United States. In fact, for decades the country ...

Harriet Malinowitz’s Selling Israel examines how Zionist ideology has been promoted through propaganda, history and selective ...