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A loud "phew!" echoed yesterday afternoon across newsrooms, broadcast studios and the lone desks of journalists who work at home. $0/ (min cost $0) ...
A loud "phew!" echoed yesterday afternoon across newsrooms, broadcast studios and the lone desks of journalists who work at home. $0/ (min cost $0) ...
The disclosure last week of donation details for last October's Indigenous referendum displayed again the weakness of electoral law, but also gave...
It was kick-a-refugee week again in Australia last week. Whether the Coalition or Labor is in power, it is the same smoke-and-mirrors game. Get...
If you watch only one TV series in the next few months, make it Mr Bates vs The Post Office. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue reading...
If you watch only one TV series in the next few months, make it Mr Bates vs The Post Office. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue reading...
For me this is heresy, but here we go. I think the authors of the CSIRO report on the costs of electricity in Australia, GenCost, should sue...
After being clobbered the Dunkley byelection for delivering hysterical exaggerations amid an absence of policy and the non-appearance of senior...
There are a lot of lessons to take away from the Dunkley byelection. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue reading Let's take the Coalition...
This weekend's Dunkley byelection is bringing misleading political advertising down to a new low. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue...
This weekend's Dunkley byelection is bringing misleading political advertising down to a new low. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue...
Australia is turning into a nation of mean, bad, tax-deducting landlords, and if this month's publication of MPs' pecuniary interests is any guide,...
Australia is turning into a nation of mean, bad, tax-deducting landlords, and if this month's publication of MPs' pecuniary interests is any guide,...
Most governments, especially western democratic ones, say they will not deal with terrorists. It only encourages further violence, they argue. There...
Most governments, especially western democratic ones, say they will not deal with terrorists. It only encourages further violence, they argue. There...
After the Australian Electoral Commission released the 2022-23 political-donation data various think tanks and media commentators painted a picture of...
The week that sees Australia's biggest lottery jackpot in history on offer is perhaps the wrong time to talk about gambling. But Prime Minister...
The week that sees Australia's biggest lottery jackpot in history on offer is perhaps the wrong time to talk about gambling. But Prime Minister...
If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants a second term, he will have to fix the causes of the cost-of-living crisis, rather than throw a bit of direct...
If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants a second term, he will have to fix the causes of the cost-of-living crisis, rather than throw a bit of direct...
How do we know that the outer Melbourne seat of Dunkley, held for Labor by the late Peta Murphy, is very winnable by the Liberal Party in the upcoming...
How do we know that the outer Melbourne seat of Dunkley, held for Labor by the late Peta Murphy, is very winnable by the Liberal Party in the upcoming...
Never in the 40-year history of releasing cabinet documents after 20 years have we learnt so much about the value of proper cabinet government and the...
Never in the 40-year history of releasing cabinet documents after 20 years have we learnt so much about the value of proper cabinet government and the...
Unless things change this year, the Albanese government will not deserve to win the next election. That said, neither will the Peter Dutton-led...
Unless things change this year, the Albanese government will not deserve to win the next election. That said, neither will the Peter Dutton-led...
Cyclone Jasper wasn't supposed to hover there, right next to the coastline dumping a metre of rain (two and half times Canberra's annual rainfall) in...
Cyclone Jasper wasn't supposed to hover there, right next to the coastline dumping a metre of rain (two and half times Canberra's annual rainfall) in...
In the brouhaha over immigration in the past fortnight, we must ask ourselves how did Australia allow 512,000 people to enter as immigrants in the...
The report card is in and the results are bad, and appear to be getting steadily worse. Last week's Programme for International Student Assessment...
The report card is in and the results are bad, and appear to be getting steadily worse. Last week's Programme for International Student Assessment...
Media has been alive with comments about the Albanese government losing steam and even the possibility of Peter Dutton becoming prime minister. Then...
Media has been alive with comments about the Albanese government losing steam and even the possibility of Peter Dutton becoming prime minister. Then...
The recommendation by the parliamentary committee on electoral matters that the ACT and the Northern Territory should get two extra Senate seats...
National security is often cited as the number-one priority of government. Without that, all else becomes meaningless. It is why we are spending...
The dangerous sonar pulsing by a Chinese naval vessel close to HMAS Toowoomba in international waters off Japan that injured some Navy divers this...
The dangerous sonar pulsing by a Chinese naval vessel close to HMAS Toowoomba in international waters off Japan that injured some Navy divers this...
The other day a family member showed me his "man's shed" in his new house. It has a wall with silhouettes where the tools should be: chisels, fret...
The other day a family member showed me his "man's shed" in his new house. It has a wall with silhouettes where the tools should be: chisels, fret...
Over the past half decade or so, you must have noticed the proliferation of "zero-tolerance" signs at businesses and government services. They quite...
Over the past half decade or so, you must have noticed the proliferation of "zero-tolerance" signs at businesses and government services. They quite...
Overhead power lines are ugly, dangerous and costly. Yet here we go again. As part of Snowy Hydro 2.0, a 360km overhead powerline called Humelink is...
Overhead power lines are ugly, dangerous and costly. Yet here we go again. As part of Snowy Hydro 2.0, a 360km overhead powerline called Humelink is...
So, Victoria can no longer demand that owners of electric vehicles take snap shots of their odometers each year and pay a tax according to the...
So, Victoria can no longer demand that owners of electric vehicles take snap shots of their odometers each year and pay a tax according to the...
The German jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779-1861) introduced the concept of "volksgeist" into legal and political thinking. The "volksgeist"...
The German jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779-1861) introduced the concept of "volksgeist" into legal and political thinking. The "volksgeist"...
Behaving badly is literally in the DNA of large corporations, if you make the reasonable assumption that a corporation's DNA is its articles of...
Behaving badly is literally in the DNA of large corporations, if you make the reasonable assumption that a corporation's DNA is its articles of...
Former ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja's attempted comeback to politics via a NSW Senate vacancy highlights yet again the Liberal Party's identity...