What would it take to make the PALM scheme a genuine win-win for Australia and its neighbours?

PALM visas holders do not get Medicare (outside of a trial limited to 200 people), so what happens when they are injured, get sick or fall pregnant?

Where do the thousands of people who have left the PALM scheme, but stayed in Australia, go? How do they survive without a valid visa and, more importantly, what does the future hold for them?

In this summer mini-series, we examine the Australian guestworker program that could be putting people from Pacific Island nations and Timor-Leste at risk of modern slavery.

Rumours about America's role in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam have circulated for decades – but is there any truth to them? 

Traditional custodians are fighting back against climate-destroying gas developments being rammed through by Canadian governments.

These days, Aussie music is falling out of the charts, leaving local acts wondering if they’ll ever see your face again.

Australian scientific discoveries improve people’s lives and made the economy more productive – so why is the CSIRO being forced to shed workers again?

With brave climate leadership, says former South Australian Premier Mike Rann, Anthony Albanese could leave a lasting legacy similar to Bob Hawke with Medicare, Paul Keating with compulsory superannuation and Kevin Rudd with the apology to the Stolen Generations.

Protecting Australia’s incredible natural environment from bad policy, spurred on corporate interests and a hostile media, can sometimes feel like an impossible task. But sometimes, people power wins out.

Poor governance, poor policy and decades of neoliberalism have broken Australia’s university sector, with devastating consequences for students and the country.

Australia’s natural environment is in crisis and its wealth is disappearing into the hands of a few powerful fossil fuel companies – but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump was relatively drama-free, but the devil is in the detail when it comes to the president’s ‘commitments’ on AUKUS and critical minerals.

Environment laws that don’t stop new gas and coal are like putting screen doors on a submarine.

If Australia just collected the OECD average in tax, the government would have an extra $130 billion a year to spend on essential services like health and education.

With the international order changing rapidly, there’s never been a more important time for effective Australian diplomacy.

One and a half million Australians could be at risk from rising sea levels, yet the Government continues to approve new climate destroying fossil fuel projects.

Former Senator Doug Cameron calls on the federal government to reject “warmongering” and abandon the AUKUS deal.

The government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws represent a “serious attack” on Australia’s democracy, according to former Senator Rex Patrick.