Words with Alannah MacTiernan
Former UWA student and current ALP member for the federal seat of Perth since 2013, Alannah MacTiernan has lived and served at the local, state and federal level in Australian…
How Far are we Willing to Go?
The Australian Government's offshore processing policy - introduced under Rudd and currently holding bipartisan support - is a project to side-step our humanitarian obligations by dumping the victims of global…
Billy and The Bull: A Double Dissolution Prologue
After Turnbull successfully staged the failure of the ABCC Bill to pass the Senate for the second time, a double dissolution is on the cards for Australia - the first…
The Panama Papers: a sunny place for shady people
"The repercussions of the Panama Papers have been proliferating steadily since they first made headlines back in the beginning of April this year," writes Leona Mpagi. She goes on to…
Je suis Hypocrite: The Silence of the West
"It’s important to remember that the media is beholden to the capitalist system and it must therefore be profitable in order to be viable. The news will, therefore, be delivered…
A Lurch to the Right? The Polish Question
Poland's late political changes exhibit an uneasy mix of traditional authoritarianism and western capitalism, "typical of former Eastern bloc nations still struggling to come to terms with their past." Bradley…
A Model Citizen…When Convenient
'The UN is not irrelevant to history, as a lasting if imperfect monument to global political cooperation. Most importantly, the UN is not irrelevant to Australia itself.' Jasmine Ruscoe considers…
Seoul Searching: South Korea and its Students
A previous study abroad student in Seoul, Joseph Creese writes on the unique university experience of his South Korean peers, where rare student freedoms must be negotiated against working to…
Scandinavia Buckles: The End of Schengen?
2015 was a hard year for liberal Europe, and 2016 will be harder. The Syrian Civil War continues to escalate with United Nations reports detailing starvation in Syrian cities around…
A Fresh Start: A Tale of Two Presidents
Iran has had a tumultuous relationship with the West. It was exploited by the British in the 1920s, and then invaded by them with the Soviets in the 1940s. In…