As Labor considers tougher migration measures amid pressure from One Nation and the Coalition, the legacy of Tampa still shapes how Australia treats refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

Washington says its restrictions on Chinese robots are about security. But shielding US manufacturers from their strongest competitors may leave Chinese firms to gain the scale, data and global ...

A new biography of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat offers a lens through which to consider two very different reigns of terror – and what their histories might tell us about Donald Trump’s ...

Jenny Wilkinson makes a strong case for evidence, pragmatism and intellectual rigour in the public service. But good advice also depends on ministers willing to hear it and officials protected from ...

Thomas O. Falk is a journalist. He writes about German, British, and US politics. Washington says its restrictions on Chinese robots are about security. But shielding US manufacturers from their ...

Australians are changing jobs far less often than they did 50 years ago. Financial insecurity, debt and workplace barriers may be trapping workers in jobs – and helping entrench a low-productivity ...

New research links unilateral economic sanctions to more than half a million deaths each year, with children under five ...

Britain’s eccentric election candidates are easy to dismiss as comic relief. History suggests they can expose public discontent, influence results and help redraw the boundary between the political ...

A collective show of support for NSW DPP Sally Dowling has raised questions about whether senior prosecutors used the ...

A long-running subscription rip-off ended with refunds and a $10 million penalty. More importantly, it showed what government ...

Trump may be willing to declare victory if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran is using its leverage to demand ...

Australia needs a migration policy based on workforce reality, not populist fear, racial resentment or a political race to ...