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In the midst of rising global tensions and fierce debate regarding Australia's strategic position, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recent comments on defence spending may seem, on the surface, uncontroversial. Facing pressure from the White House to increase Australia's defence spending to 3.5% of GDP in line with NATO, Albanese instead reaffirmed a commitment to "decide what you need, your capability" to protect the nation, refusing to specify an exact figure.…

Last Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese landed in Kananaskis, Canada, to attend the 51st G7 summit with careful planning and high hopes. He was seeking a highly-anticipated first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, even going so far as to invite golf legend Greg Norman to act as an intermediary. However, any hope of a sit-down abruptly vanished after Trump departed the G7 summit on the eve of their scheduled…

On Tuesday, Nationals leader David Littleproud announced that his party would not be reentering the Coalition Agreement with the Liberals over a breakdown in negotiations on several key policy fronts. As a Liberal supporter, I am confident that this split will provide a much-needed opportunity for our party to fundamentally redefine its image and reconnect with the inner-city Australians that were historically so crucial to its voter base. The alternative…

Every three years, the election cycle comes into full swing and we are once again told that it will be the ‘most important election of our lifetime’. But for the federal election earlier this month, maybe it was actually true. With two major conflicts, a U.S. President who has upended the global economy and a cost of living crisis plaguing our country, 2025 was potentially shaping up to be the…

On 17 October 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the United States Department of Education with the intent to “improve the quality of education” and “strengthen equal education opportunities for students” across the nation. In the years since, the Department of Education has been the subject of intense criticism from Republicans since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, who proposed “to dismantle two Cabinet Departments, Energy and Education” in his 1981 Address…