Our media has suffered greatly because of the manipulation by powerful overlords with a political axe to grind. Democracy and media independence are continually at risk,and we can only hope that our version of them survives.
Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI,fake news and other threats to our way of life?
Many countries would respond to Trump’s tariff hike with tit-for-tat trade restrictions. That would increase the cost of goods and services traded internationally,stoking inflation.
The compulsion to vote has served us well for more than a century and is the best way for the voices of all the people – even mute ones – to be heard one way or another. What could be more democratic than that?
As a former resident of the US,I can attest to the differences between the two nations. For starters,even in the hotly contested 2020 US presidential election,33 per cent of the voters abstained from voting. Even worse,the crazy electoral system in the US enabled the popular vote loser to become president in two of the last six presidential elections (George W. Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016).
Dutton is no Trump and his party are not MAGA idiots,yet the Coalition and Labor have different views on values.
Keith Pitt’s concern that an enforceable code of conduct would deter good people from entering politics is mystifying. It would appear that we have a different understanding of the term “quality”.
Biden is eager to help Harris defeat Republican Donald Trump but must be careful not to overshadow a candidate who must make her own mark on the trail.
Yes,Kamala-phoria has entranced the Democrats and re-energised the base. But Donald Trump is far from beaten,and the election itself is only part of the story.
The more the US depends on Australia,the more likely it will defend it,runs the logic. But if Trump returns to the White House,a rethink will be required.
Somehow,the former president has managed to choose a vice presidential candidate whose views on women are even more Draconian and mean-spirited than his own.