In the decade since I began this Guardian column much about Australian politics has made me despair – and yet there are still reasons to hope

We live amid the wreckage of formerly treasured institutions and services, despoiled by decades of marketisation and neglect

We tend to think about media disruption as driven by technological innovation. But the ‘enshittification’ of our socials shows that the tech itself plays a relatively minor role

As the planet continues to heat, politicians will go to greater and greater lengths to suppress popular outrage

If the authorities won’t stand up to fascists, ordinary people must be prepared to come out in numbers

No one should be surprised that young people reject a status quo so manifestly stacked against them

By the time Australia gets its first nuclear-powered submarines, ecological collapse will already have reshaped world politics

Perhaps a long symbolic resonance explains the otherwise baffling battle raging in 21st century skies

Nick Cave has condemned a song designed and directed by ChatGPT. But new technology should be embraced, not feared

It’s far better to speak too loud than to remain silent. With the environmental catastrophe accelerating day by day, activism has never been more important

Along with subsidising big polluters, governments are setting in place repressive anti-protest laws to protect them

There is no ‘peace’ to be brokered with fossil fuel companies who stand to make billions. Effective policy is to threaten their gains

The conservative commentariat could not be more wrong in dismissing global heating as a concern of only the ‘woke elite’