Today on Pearls and Irritations
The One Nation vote is a map of government neglect
One Nation’s rise is often treated as cultural anger. New data point to something more concrete: poor health, financial insecurity and communities left without the services that make life work.
Three leaders, one reminder: moral courage is not dead in politics – Message from the Editor
Shoebridge targets taking the Greens from reforming Labor to replacing it
When crises reshape nations: what history tells us about Australia’s energy vulnerability
A ‘Catch-22’ in Australia’s criminal justice system
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