Before WW2, New Zealand was among the most egalitarian nations on earth, but recent OECD stats suggest that its once narrow gap is widening so fast, it’s now ranked second from the bottom. But in contrast to its early years as a largely white, Anglo-centric culture, today 213 different ethnic groups call New Zealand home...

Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne's promise to overhaul Gonski has become a lightning rod for conflict between the Abbott Government and the States. But his critics argue that clawing back the Gonski reforms would see the return of the deep inequities of the SES scheme implemented by the Howard government. But what impact might any...

With governments failing to address the rising expectations of the educated middle class, and a complex world giving rise to democratic Caesarism and Putinism across Europe, Professor Francis Fukuyama and Professor John Keane joined RN look at what the future holds. Can middle class social movements hold governments to account, or are the middle classes...

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is just the latest of many Australian legal processes which have been, and will be, fundamentally flawed, according to Evan Whitton. Guests Evan Whitton Legal historianFormer chief reporter of The Sydney Morning HeraldFormer editor of The National Times Credits Producer Ann Arnold

Pamela Williams, editor-at-large of the Australian Financial Review, details the part played by James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch in the fall of the once mighty Fairfax empire. Guests Pamela Williams Editor at large, Australian Financial Review and author of Killing Fairfax. Publications Title Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge Author Pamela Williams Publisher...