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Australia has a proud history of thinking big. We built the Snowy Mountains Scheme, connected a continent through telecommunications and invested...
NSW Premier Chris Minns delivered an attention-grabbing prediction this week. “By any poll, by any measure, [NSW One Nation leader] Mike Newman will...
The AUKUS agreement is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the UK and the US. It was negotiated in secret in 2021. Scott Morrison...
Exit polls in Israel’s 2026 elections suggest Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will be significantly smaller than the bloc of parties opposing him...
AustralianSuper is not shy about its role and responsibility in managing the escalating investment risks climate change poses to the retirement nest...
It’s probably best for most people’s mental health that they are not forced to consider the hypocritical and ever-shifting grasping positions of...
In recent months, many Australians would have seen or heard celebrities such as Dave Hughes, Karl Stefanovic and Kyle Sandilands becoming more...
Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis has reopened doors long closed to Big Tobacco, as companies lobby for excise cuts and gain private access to...
We are about to enter a parliament week heavy with the weight of what happened to Helen Haines. We’ll hear about who and what is to blame, and what...
One of few silver linings of these dark Trump times is that much of what had been hidden has now been exposed. I’m referring specifically to where...
As the national political conversation descended into fear and loathing after Monday’s horrific attack on Helen Haines, two federal parliamentarians...
There are a lot of people getting very angry about the government’s policy to limit the ability of discretionary trusts to reduce tax. You can...
Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70 per cent of all websites. Left...
Just hours after Helen Haines was struck by a Toyota LandCruiser in an alleged deliberate act, Tanya Plibersek was interviewed about her experience...
Every generation believes it has it tough financially. Young Australians complain about housing affordability. Middle-aged Australians worry about...
Labor won the 2025 federal election in a landslide victory that many attributed, at least in part, to a savvy social media campaign that prioritised...
Independent federal MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta,...
In May, when the RBA raised the cash rate for the third time in three consecutive meetings, journalist Michael Pascoe asked its governor, Michele...
As in most political discourse these days, opposition slogans can only get you so far. So it is with demands to slash “wasteful government...
Singapore has a new dating app. Unlike Tinder, Bumble or Hinge, this one has the government playing matchmaker. FirstDate, developed by Singapore’s...
I don’t really speak about my child’s birth too much. Both were traumatic for a variety of reasons, all too personal and horribly common, and...
The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government’s budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many...
The Albanese government this week introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament, including an “off switch” to allow social media...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has urged progressive voters to stop mocking, scolding and “cancelling” One Nation supporters, warning that dismissing...
New card rules do not stop businesses passing on transaction costs. They simply require the advertised price to be the price customers actually pay. I...
Double standards are pretty standard in Australia – so standard that the past couple of weeks have been full of them in politics and barely an...
Once a month, somewhere in Darwin, six people sit down together to regulate a multibillion-dollar online gambling industry. Their decisions affect...
Inflation remains stubbornly high and drives up costs of living dramatically. This forces the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep raising interest...
It has never been easier for us to access images of people being harmed, maimed and killed. Two recent cases have focused on very different, prominent...
When, way back, the opposition started talking about cutting immigration, it would have thought that on the basis of polling, it was tapping into a...
When Bill Clinton ran against George Bush in 1992, he started from behind. The senior Bush had started the campaign on a high, with his approval...
For the White House, the midterm elections are always agony. They are always a referendum on the president. On October 12, 2010, I was serving on the...
At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil last year, I learned a Brazilian saying that has stayed with me: “There is a sun for everyone.” This week,...
With poll results showing a strong tilt towards Democrat candidates in some swing and red states ahead of the US mid-term elections in November, Elon...
Another high-profile Australian man has been accused of domestic violence after reality TV star and influencer Sam Wood was arrested for domestic...
The Greens’ official research think tank has proposed forcing Woolworths and Coles to sell 200 stores as a first step to creating a national chain...
Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while...
Australia has a new centre. If any policy finds itself between Labor and One Nation, it’s now considered “the middle ground”. That should be...
With national property values down by an average 5.2 per cent in September from their March peak, Australia’s housing market is in a distinct...
The population of Australians aged 85 years and over is especially important to watch. Once Australians reach these older ages, the likelihood of...
Following months of discussions and partial announcements, Liberal leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition’s migration policy, including the...
In a federal Redbridge poll, the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition has been steady since late August at 50 per cent, but Anthony...
It’s hard to read US President Donald Trump’s mind – what with his chronic lies, delusions and fake promises. His incentives to finish his term...
Christa Pike survived an execution attempt in Tennessee this week, after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug. As a result, Governor...
For many years, the annual United Nations climate conference, known as the COP, has represented something profoundly important: The hope that the...
One of the issues with sushi train political journalism (just grabbing whatever comes round on the train) is that only the bright and shiny – often...