Did someone say labour exploitation? Key question missed in Jokowi’s EV battery deal
Indonesia's president will leave Australia today after a successful three-day visit talking up a new economic ...
Zacharias Szumer is a freelance writer from Melbourne. In addition to Michael West Media, he has written for The Monthly, Overland, Jacobin, The Quietus, The South China Morning Post and other outlets.
He was also responsible for our War Power Reforms series.
Labor shows ambition on political donations reform. But influence of big money untamed
An influential parliamentary committee this week handed down its first major report into electoral reform. But, as ...
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Carbon offsets stampede: Australian polluters are spending big in Indonesia
One of the controversial aspects of the Safeguard Mechanism is the use of carbon offsets which many Australian ...
Could this one reform stop Australia from going to war with China?
The AUKUS submarine deal reveals deep divisions about what Australia's role should be in a US conflict with China. ...
CoalKeeper is dead but Chris Bowen’s New Energy Scheme is secret like Dan Andrews’
In early December, the nation’s energy ministers met to drive the final nail into the coffin of the Scott ...
War Powers Inquiry: “just as Britain has the Gurkhas, the Americans have us?”
The Parliamentary inquiry into war powers heard the pros and cons of a parliamentary vote to go to war versus the ...
Reform, say vets who know the horrors of war, yet most politicians say status quo
Australian war veterans who have seen the war in all its horror wants Parliament to have a say in declaring war. ...
They represent us in parliament, but MPs say declaring war is above their pay grade
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Flaps up and blinkers on: politicians happy with the unknown unknowns of fighting war
When it comes to the powers vested in politicians to send Australians to war, the major parties wilfully ignore ...
Beyond the Vales: towering profits and squalid PR tactics at the twilight of the coal boom
"Extremely investor friendly" is how the latest fossil fuel buyer describes Australia. Along with the twilight of ...
Zero sum game: questions surround Australia’s electricity transition
The urgent task of decarbonisation is raising questions about whether Australia's energy structures are fit for purpose.
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