Opinion
'A radiating anti-Maga totem': Why Jacinda Ardern's new mission is more important than ever
Dame Jacinda's new role means she will be more than merely accommodated in Australia.
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White Queen Pauline Hanson ready to rip
The rise of Pauline Hanson is a cleaving moment for the Australia we thought we knew.
Australian budget ends decades of policy that favoured wealth-building for boomers
Latest budget is big, bold and aimed at under 45s, heralding a break with the past.
For Australian soldier hero Ben Roberts-Smith, the longest war is far from over
Australia’s most-decorated living soldier faces years in limbo after war crimes charges.
With budding pressure from US troops, is America a reliable ally?
The US military want to deter China, but how much involvement do they seek from Australia?
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation rides high once more buoyed by a wave of anti-immigration sentiment
The mid-December massacre at Bondi has fuelled the newly febrile debate around migration.
The political divide over the future of Bondi’s bridge
The bridge at the centre of the Bondi massacre is the latest subject of debate.
Pauline Hanson’s resurgence is an indication of deeper threats in Australia
Pauline Hanson continues to cash in on anti-migrant and anti-net-zero populism.
Once powerful and influential, the reputations of three prominent Australians are now in tatters
Across the 1980s & 90s, three entitled men had an outsized influence over Australia.
Victoria’s treaty bill sparks hope for Australia’s first peoples
State proposes a treaty with potential to take reconciliation from rhetoric to reality.
Bernard Lagan: Can anything stop the tidal wave of Kiwis heading for Australia?
NZ's winners are in Australia, leaving the country poorer with every departing plane.
This Australian milestone is worth celebrating
Generations of refugees have helped shape Australia.
Why breaking up with the US may be in Australia’s best interests
In this new world, Australia will look to other allies to help deepen its security.
Why travel with PMs is not for the faint of heart
The complicated relationship between NZ Prime Ministers and planes.
What NZ politicians can learn from Albanese’s win
Chris Hipkins and the New Zealand Labour Party should be buoyed.
Will the Australian election spell the end of its one dominant two-party system?
Most polling now suggests Australia will have a minority government after the election.
Gunboat diplomacy: NZ faces growing defence challenges after China’s naval incursion
Chinese navy’s activities bolster the case for rapid replacement of NZ's ageing frigates.
Could Peter Dutton be Australia’s next PM? Momentum builds
Lifting from Donald Trump's playbook is paying off for Peter Dutton.
Albanese’s risky re-election road trip into Dutton’s Queensland stronghold
A deadly road, a political battleground: Albanese takes fight to opposition heartland.
How an ancient fish may hold the key to Aussie PM’s re-election
Is Anthony Albanese's govt about to sanction the world’s first modern-day fish extinction?
How Australia’s outback is becoming the US’s frontline
The U.S is spending A$3.5 billion transforming an Outback base into a spearhead.
Australia now looks less the perennially lucky country, sucking in many young New Zealanders
Given the feeble economic growth, it’s possible the country could soon be in recession.
Luxon’s bold defence claims contradicted by NZ’s outdated aircraft and low budget
Australia might ask what more NZ can offer when Wellington’s defence spending remains low.
Opinion: Public broadcasting crisis deepens - Australia Has “Aunty”, why doesn’t NZ?
Bernard Lagan: Why NZ needs a public broadcaster.
Bernard Lagan: I hope the Australian referendum is not lost
Defeat will suggest Aboriginals remain to too many Australians as strange people.
Bernard Lagan: US-Oz military alliance could make Australia a target
The deal clinches Australia’s reputation as a “deliriously loyal US ally".