Northern Territory

It’s an article of faith in the National Party that public services should move away from capital cities. Every National Party leader in recent history has made the same plea, writes Stephen Bartos.

When a minister has a big shadow hanging over them, how does it affect their departments? How do departmental leaders react and should anything be done differently?

In a landmark reform agenda, the Victorian Public Advocate has called for nation-wide cognitive disability screening for prisoners and a series of accompanying support services.

Restrictive planning rules add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the average price of a property. This is driving high prices, long commutes and poverty.

It’s clear the Australian government has failed to understand the reasons why entities such as Facebook and Google have become so powerful as to defy state sovereignty. To understand their business model is to understand digital robber barons at work, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Facebook’s ban on Australian news content, implemented in response to legislation establishing the federal government’s mandatory media bargaining code, stands to make it harder for public servants to communicate with the Australian public and, specifically, challenge misinformation around COVID-19.