Tobacco company Philip Morris claims "the data is clear" that plain packaging has not stopped people smoking.

The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx’ work. Tonight on Big Ideas, David Harvey looks at the nature of capitalism and points out fundamental contradictions of capital. David Harvey is one of the world’s foremost Marx scholars. Guests David Harvey Marx scholar and Distinguished Professor of...

Austerity is the order of the day in Europe, but Professor Mark Blyth argues that austerity is a very dangerous idea and does not work. While it makes sense for any one state to try and cut its way to growth, it simply cannot work when all states try it simultaneously: all we do is...

WA Minister Troy Buswell claims implementing a series of measures to increase safety for swimmers and surfers in Western Australia "does not represent what you would call a culling" of sharks.

Assistant Minister for Education Sussan Ley claims Labor's $300 million fund to subsidise childcare workers' wages was only ever about the unions.