Despite vowing to support those who had suffered sexual abuse in their institutions, the Marist Brothers are uniquely aggressive in using the law to crush accusers.

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Tony Abbott’s run to become the Liberal Party’s federal president is just the first step in returning to a lower house seat, ...

The social issues in Alice Springs are part of the complex legacy of colonisation and arbitrary settlement, interrupting kin ...

As a run of inquiries examine the governance of Australia’s universities, senior leadership refuses to accept there is a crisis in the sector.

The hard-won pay deal for Victorian teachers has highlighted shortfalls in how public schools are funded and staffed, so why is the state government forgoing $2.4 billion in much-needed money for the ...

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with The Saturday Paper, NDIS Minister Mark Butler concedes that the scale of fraud used to justify sweeping new legislation is worth only a fraction of the targeted savings ...

An unintended consequence of the current focus on universal childcare is that it ties gender equality too closely to mothers’ workforce participation. What are the alternatives?

What makes a great prime minister in 21st century Australia? If there is an alchemical formula for prime ministerial greatness, Paul Strangio’s The Alchemy of Leadership: Seven Australian Prime ...

What happened to someone’s life that they ended up sobbing in a pawnbroker? She reached Cash Converters, its doors wide open, mercifully clear of sobbing men. She walked inside, up to the counter.

Jim Chalmers pitched his budget as risk-taking and ambitious – the question is whether it will reshape Australia’s future into one that is fairer and more promising.

A creative writing teacher at a prestigious Australian university deducts a mark from his students’ stories every time he becomes too aware of the act of reading. It’s hard to imagine Chloe Wilson’s ...