
Josh Bornstein: Australia is suffering a democratic recession – and we can’t blame COVID
Australian democracy is in serious trouble and it has nothing to do with the severe pandemic restrictions that we have endured or...

Why Australia’s whistleblower protections are waning
In 2013, a dying man, Noel Stevens, was refused an insurance payout after a Commonwealth Bank teller and financial planner fraudulently switched...

Integrity – it’s all Greek to the hypocrites of the Right
The original Greek word hypokrites, literally translated, means “impersonating from underneath”. Hypokrites was a stage actor who narrated each drama by impersonating...

The year Australia’s newspapers broke me
In 1893, US publisher Sam McClure established McClure’s Magazine, employing a crack team of writers including Ida Tarbell, Ray Stannard Baker and...