Peter Dutton should take the time to read his predecessor’s least-remembered thoughts about immigration policy ...

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You don’t have to be a full-on Freudian to see the truth in Freud’s proposal that jokes are the release of pent-up ...

The Melanesian arc running from New Guinea to Fiji is also an arc across Australia, the geography loaded with history and strategic weight. Australia’s life in Melanesia is studded with dreams and ...

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Healthcare was always going to be at the heart of this election campaign. Setting the scene at the National Press Club in January, the prime minister mentioned Medicare nearly a dozen times in a ...

It’s a weekday afternoon in late February and I’m taking a nostalgic walk around the leafy streets of the suburb where I grew up. West Pymble, a generally unassuming place, sits on the unfashionable ...

The Vatican has the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith. Australian schooling has AERO. New, not very important but very symptomatic, the Australian Education Research Organisation fits snugly into ...