By focusing on solutions, adopting a light-hearted engaging tone, and weaving individualism into a broader social fabric, Craig Reucassel succeeds where many have failed before him.
As the Prime Minister continues to deny the factual links between the climate, bushfire, and drought emergencies devastating the nation, there can be no doubt that the Australian state has been completely captured by fossil fuel and media billionaires.
No government could be so morally bankrupt and pathetic as to throw a dead cat on the table in the middle of a national emergency, could they?
Naomi Klein's upcoming Australian visit is a vital opportunity to turn conservative political strategy against itself.
The PM reckons the decimation of 500 Aboriginal nations and the funny tummies of his ancestors are comparable. Reading the words of Aboriginal and Liberal leaders side by side, it's hard to deny that white supremacy has long been at the helm of the Australian Government.
A Yolngu man's extraordinary win at the Northern Territory election is a significant milestone for the Treaty movement. Yet all the media can talk about is the 'Indigenous' Andrew Bolt.
The horrors of juvenile detention in the NT shocked Australia, but they are the inevitable result of a system that seeks to punish and to dominate rather than hand back control.
Hanging with Tim Stewart sounds awful, but wait until you read what else Scott Morrison and his band of fanatics have done…
A speech given by Liam McLoughlin at a forum organised by Niko Leka and Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy.
Behind the risible Minister's hapless racism is the kind of evil Hannah Arendt once grappled with.
As Australia's refugee policies continue to inflict agony, it's time for the Prime Minister and Minister for Immigration to suspend their moral disengagement.
An Opposition Leader in lock step with the government is one thing. But an Opposition Leader in lock step on basic human rights abuses...that's Bill Shorten.
In an open letter to the Labor Party caucus, Liam McLoughlin lays bare the lies, cynicism and political cowardice that underpins the party's position on asylum seekers.
The federal government demonises and dehumanises refugees. Those actually affected by asylum seeker policy are fighting back.
The bystander effect is one of the most dangerous tools being used against those in need. But there are ways to combat it.
In Australian politics today, the neoliberal consensus seems unshakable. But the experience of the Curtin and Whitlam Labor governments shows the potential of progressive populism to deliver social change — a potential we can also glimpse in the recent growth of the Greens.
The Write Stuff, a recent collection of essays from the ALP’s conservative wing, argues that Labor must shift even further to the right to become electorally successful. The book’s authors couldn’t be more wrong — to win, Labor must ditch the neoliberal policies they celebrate.
Australian PM Scott Morrison is often compared to Donald Trump. Morrison is certainly a race-baiter who serves the rich, but his brand of reheated “populism” borrows far more from Britain’s Margaret Thatcher and former PM John Howard. Unfortunately, it’s not dead yet.
Australia is not for its people but for its plutocrats: for the billionaires, for the coal barons, for the media oligarchs, and for the corrupt politicians who represent them. It doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s been 10 years since the Greens first introduced legislation for a Federal ICAC to Parliament, subsequently blocked at every turn by the Coalition. Meanwhile, Liberal and National Party politicians have racked up at least 100 examples of corruption and cronyism, virtually without consequence. Coincidence? Probably.
This nation is stained with blood, soaked with white supremacy, and shameless with its boastful brand of discrimination. Aboriginal leaders and refugees light the path to justice and healing, we just need the courage to follow them, writes Liam McLoughlin.
Say what you like about the Prime Minister, but at least when torturing refugees, cooking the planet, and accelerating the corporate takeover of our democracy, he's sensible about it.
The contrasting fates of centre-left parties in the UK and Canada are instructive, and can serve as both a warning and a guide to Labor and the Greens. Centrism doesn't always pay.
The Coalition’s corruption has never been more flagrant, yet the ABC’s ability to hold it to account has never been less potent.Today’s announcement of the axing of 250 more ABC jobs due to budget cuts is but the latest tragic, upsetting, and disturbing assault of an abusive government.
The Insiders host gave the Greens MP a whipping and the Treasurer some whipped cream. It’s indicative of broader crisis in Australian journalism.
Abbott’s Law states the quality of a nation’s satire is inversely proportional to the quality of the government. For the last six years the world’s best satire has called Australia home.
Changes to the media landscape since the 1980s have only exacerbated problems in the industry, and encouraged a model of reporting that gives preference to balance over truth.
The Norwegian sociologist, who helped found the field of 'peace journalism', spoke to NM columnist Liam McLoughlin about conflict, terror and talking to the Taliban.
"This is no longer just an Indigenous People's problem. If you breathe air and drink water, this is about you."
There's a growing push among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for Treaty. Liam McLoughlin reports.
The Prime Minister should listen to Murtadha Ebadi. He's something of an expert on children in detention.
Australia's immigration regime has never been more pernicious nor more secret. Never has it been more vital to lift the veil of secrecy with the voices of refugees themselves. Introducing Ramazan Kawish.
Last night the Morrison Government rushed reheated Abbot-era environmental legislation through the House of Representatives without debate. The bill would yet again undermine protections and fail to deliver the national standards recommended by the recent federal environment law review. It’s just the latest attack on the nation’s life support systems in a seven year record of destruction, any one of which should be disqualifying for any party claiming to represent the Australian people.