The recent victory of the Labor party in Western Australia was remarkable in a number of ways. More of a rout than a ...

A so-called Australian immigration crisis is a central election issue, but it's based on misconceptions easily debunked.

Trump has been described as the model of narcissism, although the celebrated author, Robert Jay Lifton, prefers to call him a ...

The people of Pakistan, deeply nationalistic, in love with their history and culture, are hungry for change and the ...

After weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the 2025 federal election for 3 May. A House and ...

With the news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make the trip to Government House early today, and the election will be called for May 3, Pearls and Irritations begins its election coverage.

Australian voters heading to the polls need to be aware there’s little standing between them and potential manipulation of information by vested interests. The loss of Australia’s go-to political fact ...

After two recent bouts of flooding already this year in Far North Queensland and more in the south-east of the state and in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, the perennial matter of our use of ...