The AJIA is edited by Professor Nick Bisley, Head of Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University and publishes […]

Australia has a great opportunity to boost its relationships with Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands countries with the implementation of a First Nations foreign policy doctrine. To ensure its success, the government must empower the diplomatic services. 

There is a much needed to debate to be had on energy security and, as a result, high ticket items such as the AUKUS submarines. Australia's media conglomerates need to do more to ensure journalism remains a gateway to such debates. 

With the Australian economy weathering the disruptive trade measures Beijing imposed in 2020, much triumphalism has followed. As one commentator put it, “While they hurt for a while, Australia found other markets.”

We are at a unique time in world history. This is a period of unprecedented turbulence stemming from a confluence of events that we have not witnessed in the past three-quarters of a century.

Since the early 1900s, women have used International Women’s Day (IWD) to demand equality and fight for equal pay, better workplace conditions, and the right to vote. In 2023, IWD continues to be a platform to advocate for women’s rights, and it is more important than ever to remember that this day is for, and about, ALL women, not just cisgender women.  

2015 to 2022 are now officially the eight warmest years on record.  The climate crisis is here and will only get worse. Thus, […]

Despite the decline of unions, there are many signs of worker resistance. This is related to rising inequality, union inroads into seemingly impenetrable occupations and industries, the development by unions of international links and digital tools, and the inevitable pressure for labour reform.

Election discussions of an anti-corruption commission have largely focused on domestic concerns. But a national integrity body can become a valuable tool of statecraft, enabling Australia to work with countries in Asia and the Pacific to build more effective and inclusive governance.

This week in Australian foreign affairs: additional sanctions against Russia, Payne’s address to the US Studies Centre, and Payne’s joint statement with the Global Partnership on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse on World Press Freedom Day.

Australia is attempting to maintain its influence across the Pacific But this soft power campaign will not work if viewers are shown the wrong content.