Tom Hughes, who passed away at 101, was a towering figure in Australia’s legal and political history. A barrister of dazzling ...
Australia’s recent immigration detention laws reveal a stark shift in governance, prioritising power over human dignity. As ...
What is reality and why can’t we bear much of it? In the past, I’ve written about the phenomenon of ‘reality’ shows; I’ve ...
When High Court rulings challenge government policy, they usually prompt reflection and refinement. But for the Federal ...
In a move that’s been both lauded as necessary and criticized as overreaching, Australia has enacted legislation banning ...
The Synod of Bishops may mark a turning point for the Catholic Church, but the real work now begins — locally. From diocesan ...
The final document of the Synod on Synodality has served as a signpost to a quiet revolution in many areas. Not least of these has been the Church’s attitude to disability. As I have discussed in ...
With unaffordable housing pushing families into impossible choices,  homelessness affecting 120,000 people, and systemic ...
As the climate crisis deepens, there's an urgent need for a global shift toward fairness, equity, and living well within our planet’s limits. Drawing from Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’,  sufficiency ...