The decision to have our first new AUKUS submarines operational in a decade is extraordinary, but building a parallel domestic nuclear power industry to provide the capabilities necessary to run a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines will be more challenging. The United States is to sell Australia three, and possibly another two, Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines, America’s most important military technology after their nuclear-ballistic…

Conventional thinking in the media states that, should the referendum on The Voice be successful, Anthony Albanese will be unassailable as Labor leader for as long as he chooses to stay in the Lodge. Albanese has staked a lot on winning the referendum. He has put his reputation on the line by personally getting involved in the mechanics of the campaign, prioritising it…

Sometimes all you can do is go through the motions. Sometimes you’re so tired you can only manage the bare minimum. This is natural and part of what it means to be a finite being, limited by time and space and matter. Going through the motions can even be a good thing, as this might be the way you keep up some necessary…