New Zealand and the surprising battle over abortion
New Zealand. Home of beautiful mountains, amazing butter and The Hobbit. More recently, it has made headlines thanks to its young, ‘woke’...
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A constitutionally enshrined aboriginal voice is a necessity in Australia
In Australian politics, socio-economic inequalities and frustrations among indigenous communities are among a few of the many effects...
Budgeting happiness: New Zealand's approach
New Zealand’s Labour coalition government has created the world’s first ‘Well-being Budget.’ The 2019 budget marks a historic shift in...
Jacinda Ardern's response to the Christchurch attack is a model for the world to follow
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s immediate response to the Christchurch shootings as a far-right terrorist attack have been...
Political Turmoil Leaves Australia Floundering
Even in these heady days of Brexit and Trump, Australian politics continues to lead the way in its example of absolute political chaos....
Australia is treating China like the expansionist power it really is
The United States has been the dominant player in the Pacific since the end of World War Two and has a well-established military presence...
The unbreakable Australian mould
In 2008 Kevin Rudd came to power in Australia on a Labour Party platform that promised change for minorities and indigenous peoples in...
Same-sex marriage in Australia: The first step of many
The legalisation of same-sex marriage is an extraordinary achievement for a country with a relatively conservative social policy....
Terrorism in Indonesia: An Obsession
Phtograph: Flickr, Image Courtesy: Freedom House Following the recent Jakarta attacks on the 14th of January 2016 in Indonesia it appears...
Australia Day: A Celebration of Genocide?
Photograph: Flickr Australia Day is a national public holiday celebrated across Australia on the 26th January every year. It is a day to...
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