Independent Analysis and Reportage
Lesbians were misrepresented and parodied by men in ancient Roman texts. Yet these depictions can reveal a lot if we read between the lines.
Here’s why billionaires can face lower tax rates than people whose income primarily comes from wages.
Australia has more polls than ever. Research shows poll-focused media coverage increases public cynicism and damages political debate.
AI-powered breakthroughs are raising big questions about how to do mathematics – and why we do it in the first place.
Secession, the formal withdrawal of a region from a country, involves trade-offs. Preliminary research shows those trade-offs would be significant for Albertans.
COMMENTARY: By Joel Jenkins Of late, Australia’s public broadcaster ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national charter, but modified from within after years of ideological, technical, and operational transfer, the organisation is failing in its duty to inform Australians. This is occurring at a time of
Africa still needs millions of better-paying jobs and higher productivity to reduce poverty. What has changed is the route to achieving those goals.
Asia Pacific Report “Triple-tap” attacks by Israeli and US forces against Palestine, Iran and Lebanon were condemned today at a Stop Wars Aotearoa rally against the atrocities in the Middle East in Auckland’s Aotea Square. New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters was also criticised in satirical theatre over accusations of racism and insults against immigrants.
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific Disagreement from some China-aligned Pacific Islands countries has prevented regional countries within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) issuing a joint statement against missile testing in the Pacific. At their meeting in Suva on Friday, PIF foreign ministers failed to agree on a unified statement against China after it fired
The construction of the pool reflected a national ambition to build something unifying and enduring. The rushed renovation and political fallout of 2026 reveal how much that civic vision has changed.
Pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham to address small boat crossings into the UK.
The rocket section struck the lunar surface near Einstein crater on the Moon’s near side.