Conventional wisdom advises against holding referendums at election time. Conventional wisdom is wrong, argues Peter Brent.

A new strategy would start by recognising that the market alone can’t help many jobless Australians find work, writes Rob Sturrock.

Britain’s liberal beacon, The Guardian, is scaling down but thinking big, writes David Hayes.

Governments have yet to create a coherent strategy to help the almost three million Australians providing informal care, writes Lesley Russell.

Canada is showing the way on housing policy, but the funds in Australia need to start flowing — and that means biting the bullet on tax, writes Peter Mares.