A century after the one-time attorney-general’s legislation was shot down by the Privy Council, Australia’s new criminal cartel law is up and running.

How resilient are Western democracies? Two new books enlighten in their different ways what is happening now and what might happen next.

Australians are losing faith in politicians, politics and even democracy itself — and is it any wonder? Another day, another political scandal. Today it’s One Nation caught apparently soliciting donations from the American gun lobby. What will it be tomorrow?

No matter how much he wants it, Scott Morrison can never be a unifying mourner-in-chief, writes Peter Brent.

The social media giants say they’re dealing with online predators, but they really don’t want to talk about it.