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Brisbane Times

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Up in smoke: How one budget burnt a $115 billion hole in the nation’s finances

It’s now clear two decisions by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg in 2018-19 have created huge fiscal headaches for all taxpayers.

yesterday 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

Up in smoke: How one budget burnt a $115 billion hole in the nation’s finances

It’s now clear two decisions by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg in 2018-19 have created huge fiscal headaches for all taxpayers.

yesterday 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Up in smoke: How one budget burnt a $115 billion hole in the nation’s finances

It’s now clear two decisions by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg in 2018-19 have created huge fiscal headaches for all taxpayers.

yesterday 8

The Age

Shane Wright

Up in smoke: How one budget burnt a $115 billion hole in the nation’s finances

It’s now clear two decisions by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg in 2018-19 have created huge fiscal headaches for all taxpayers.

yesterday 7

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

25.12.2025 10

WA Today

Shane Wright

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

25.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

25.12.2025 20

The Age

Shane Wright

Looking for a Christmas Day movie? Try A Dingo Ate My Christmas Spirit

There are great Christmas movies to enjoy this time of year. And then there are the offerings from Hallmark – an industry unto itself.

25.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Drivers aged over 40 are pushing us towards record-high road tolls

The nation’s road and transport ministers hope to halve the road toll by 2030. But deaths and accidents are increasing, at a huge human and...

10.12.2025 7

WA Today

Shane Wright

Drivers aged over 40 are pushing us towards record-high road tolls

Drivers aged over 40 are pushing us towards record-high road tolls

The nation’s road and transport ministers hope to halve the road toll by 2030. But deaths and accidents are increasing, at a huge human and...

10.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Drivers aged over 40 are pushing us towards record-high road tolls

The nation’s road and transport ministers hope to halve the road toll by 2030. But deaths and accidents are increasing, at a huge human and...

10.12.2025 7

The Age

Shane Wright

Drivers aged over 40 are pushing us towards record-high road tolls

The nation’s road and transport ministers hope to halve the road toll by 2030. But deaths and accidents are increasing, at a huge human and...

10.12.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Rates on hold as RBA grows wary about inflation pressures

The Reserve Bank has finished the year with official interest rates at 3.6 per cent. But the next move may be up.

09.12.2025 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

Rates on hold as RBA grows wary about inflation pressures

The Reserve Bank has finished the year with official interest rates at 3.6 per cent. But the next move may be up.

09.12.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Rates on hold as RBA grows wary about inflation pressures

The Reserve Bank has finished the year with official interest rates at 3.6 per cent. But the next move may be up.

09.12.2025 5

The Age

Shane Wright

Rates on hold as RBA grows wary about inflation pressures

The Reserve Bank has finished the year with official interest rates at 3.6 per cent. But the next move may be up.

09.12.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

In the game that really matters, Australia is smashing NZ

Almost one-in-five Kiwis don’t live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there’s a good chance they won’t head back.

26.11.2025 6

WA Today

Shane Wright

In the game that really matters, Australia is smashing NZ

Almost one-in-five Kiwis don’t live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there’s a good chance they won’t head back.

26.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

In the game that really matters, Australia is smashing NZ

Almost one-in-five Kiwis don’t live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there’s a good chance they won’t head back.

26.11.2025 6

The Age

Shane Wright

In the game that really matters, Australia is smashing NZ

Almost one-in-five Kiwis don’t live in New Zealand, with most calling Australia home. And there’s a good chance they won’t head back.

26.11.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Immigration policy is no place for a banker

Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion’s den.

18.11.2025 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

Immigration policy is no place for a banker

Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion’s den.

18.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Immigration policy is no place for a banker

Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion’s den.

18.11.2025 8

The Age

Shane Wright

Immigration policy is no place for a banker

Immigration is one of the most contested political debates in the world. Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn ventured into the lion’s den.

18.11.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry...

17.11.2025 10

WA Today

Shane Wright

Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry...

17.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry...

17.11.2025 9

The Age

Shane Wright

Whenever I ask about Australia’s $1 trillion failure, the response is pure anger

I spoke to hundreds of people about how Australia’s mishmash of local, state and federal government functions (or doesn’t). Everyone is angry...

17.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers

We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.

12.11.2025 7

WA Today

Shane Wright

It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers

We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.

12.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers

We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.

12.11.2025 7

The Age

Shane Wright

It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers

We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.

12.11.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

What burritos in California can teach us about Australia’s fight against inflation

Inflation pressures are roaring back. Every central bank is now worrying about the threat it poses, and these real-world examples of price pressures...

30.10.2025 10

WA Today

Shane Wright

What burritos in California can teach us about Australia’s fight against inflation

Inflation pressures are roaring back. Every central bank is now worrying about the threat it poses, and these real-world examples of price pressures...

30.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

What burritos in California can teach us about Australia’s fight against inflation

Inflation pressures are roaring back. Every central bank is now worrying about the threat it poses, and these real-world examples of price pressures...

30.10.2025 3

The Age

Shane Wright

What burritos in California can teach us about Australia’s fight against inflation

Inflation pressures are roaring back. Every central bank is now worrying about the threat it poses, and these real-world examples of price pressures...

30.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Tasmania’s economy is going south, and it will hit the hip pockets of every Australian

This unfolding disaster in Tasmania means more to taxpayers in suburban Sydney or Melbourne than they realise.

29.10.2025 6

WA Today

Shane Wright

Tasmania’s economy is going south, and it will hit the hip pockets of every Australian

This unfolding disaster in Tasmania means more to taxpayers in suburban Sydney or Melbourne than they realise.

29.10.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Tasmania’s economy is going south, and it will hit the hip pockets of every Australian

This unfolding disaster in Tasmania means more to taxpayers in suburban Sydney or Melbourne than they realise.

29.10.2025 6

The Age

Shane Wright

Tasmania’s economy is going south, and it will hit the hip pockets of every Australian

This unfolding disaster in Tasmania means more to taxpayers in suburban Sydney or Melbourne than they realise.

29.10.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Inflation results are a nightmare for Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock

For Chalmers, the questions range from the government’s economic policy agenda to the political imperative of ensuring cost of living pressures...

29.10.2025 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

Inflation results are a nightmare for Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock

For Chalmers, the questions range from the government’s economic policy agenda to the political imperative of ensuring cost of living pressures...

29.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Inflation results are a nightmare for Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock

For Chalmers, the questions range from the government’s economic policy agenda to the political imperative of ensuring cost of living pressures...

29.10.2025 10

The Age

Shane Wright

Inflation results are a nightmare for Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock

For Chalmers, the questions range from the government’s economic policy agenda to the political imperative of ensuring cost of living pressures...

29.10.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

A phoney culture war is one thing, but it ignores the facts of life. There is a tsunami headed Australia’s way, and it’s not migrants.

16.10.2025 10

WA Today

Shane Wright

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

A phoney culture war is one thing, but it ignores the facts of life. There is a tsunami headed Australia’s way, and it’s not migrants.

16.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

A phoney culture war is one thing, but it ignores the facts of life. There is a tsunami headed Australia’s way, and it’s not migrants.

16.10.2025 10

The Age

Shane Wright

Where do babies come from? Immigration critics don’t seem to know

A phony culture war is one thing, but it ignores the facts of life. There is a tsunami headed Australia’s way, and it’s not migrants.

16.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shane Wright

Getting frequent calls from Keating – or Costello – is all part of being treasurer

Jim Chalmers has revealed how frequently Paul Keating has talked to him about planned changes to superannuation tax. It’s just part of being a...

14.10.2025 5

WA Today

Shane Wright

Getting frequent calls from Keating – or Costello – is all part of being treasurer

Jim Chalmers has revealed how frequently Paul Keating has talked to him about planned changes to superannuation tax. It’s just part of being a...

14.10.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shane Wright