Australia

Complex language of trade falls on deaf ears

The empty space that sits where detailed, comprehensive and forward-looking planning for British post-Brexit trade should be set out is arguably the most perplexing example of why the Brexit debate has been…

Brexit reality: the UK is part of Europe

A shallow stretch of water between mainland Europe and mainland UK does not separate the United Kingdom from the consequences of what happens in Europe. Whether it is a member of the…


Party strategists struggle to woo voters

There is a deep sense of frustration about how to stop and reverse the breakdown of understanding between ordinary people and the political leaders and decision makers who serve them, writes Geoff…


The politics of research and science

Australia’s conservative coalition government has been caught intervening in the allocation of research funding. Labor is promising a comprehensive review of the country’s research needs and priorities. The shadow minister for Innovation,…


Corporate America waits in the post-Brexit wings

Trade deals involve trade-offs and every trade deal the UK strikes will involve some degree of sovereignty shedding, writes Geoff Kitney. The great phoney war over sovereignty grinds on in its never-ending…


Climate of division, even in the Lucky Country

Australia was once dubbed ‘the lucky country’. The difficult and divisive issue of climate change may just have put paid to that, writes Geoff Kitney. Travelling through Europe over the past month,…



Immigration: the ugly face of Brexit and beyond

A growing tide of desperate people seeking sanctuary and a surging anti-immigrant sentiment among the native populations of some nations will lead to an even greater crisis in Europe, writes Geoff Kitney….



Britain hit by harsh political and economic storms

It is alone in a world in which the rules-based global order of the last half-century is set to be replaced by dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, beggar-thy-neighbour trade policy chaos, writes…