With the date of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum being confirmed for the 14th of October, read along to keep yourself informed of what's going on and what you will be voting for.
On the 23rd of March 2023, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood up in Parliament and officially announced the Voice…
Gemma Hudson reflects on her childhood and her struggles identifying with politicians.
Like most kids, I would, on occasion,pretend to be sick to stay home from school.
But my motivation for this was rarely to get out of a test or avoid an activity I didn’t like. I generally enjoyed school as a kid, I…
Rob Abadee discusses the vaccination roll-out and the COVID-19 lockdown, postulating that Australia may not be as safe as everyone thinks.
“We’re going to have to generate what we call herd immunity…and the only way of developing that, in the absence of a vaccine, is for the majority of the population to become infected.” -…
William Price responds to Max Raine’s article, arguing that treating governments like a start-up is naïve, misleading, and ignores democratic realities.
Max Raine recently argued in Drew’s News that politicians should think like start-ups and that government policy should be more flexible in order to adapt to changing circumstances. This is an appealing proposition, but…
Max Raine analyses the structural reasons behind political failure and presents some ideological alternatives to consider
Good start-ups are case studies in building things from scratch that serve people well over time. A good company is able to stay true to market demand and change as the world around them does. It’s about wrangling the…
Elisabeth Woodcock critiques the US electoral system and argues for potential reform of the Electoral College.
In this unsuspectingly strange election year, arguing for the reform of the Electoral College may seem odd, especially when so many other issues concern us and because the system is only really detested when it doesn’t work in favour…
Rob Abadee discusses why even though Donald Trump may seem harmless, we should be concerned with his increasingly authoritarian attitude,
I used to find comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler rather amusing.
Although Trump promised to rebuild a nation that had lost its intrinsic “greatness” and exploited prejudices through a distinct brand of populism,…
Elisabeth Woodcock examines the structures that underpins democracy and questions whether it is truly representative at all levels.
As countries throughout the world continue to strive for greater prosperity, democracy has been widely recognised as a means of improving both gross domestic product (GDP) and human development index (HDI). In 2019, 9/10 of countries…
Pamela Murphy investigates the role of the UN and other non-profit organizations on intervention, specifically regarding occurrences of genocide and the lack of humanitarian aid.
Like many others I am sure, I have always looked up to non-for-profit organizations that have strived to ‘help make the world a better place’. Growing up, I was in…
Dan Breden reflects on Scott Morrison’s political revival in a challenging period of Australia’s history.
It’s a strange feeling knowing that your experiences and actions will go down in history. In decades to follow, we will look back and judge the actions that we, as a nation and as humans, make today. Governments will be…