Energy A market not worthy of the name: state capture to...
Bernard Keane arguesWe’ve seen it with the big banks, we’ve seen it with the Crown and Star gambling empires, and now we need to...
Albanese’s note to self – Don’t get blamed for the Morrison...
Alan Kohler writes in The NewDailyGovernments usually change after recessions, not before them, so the job is a nice one – to manage the...
Australia already has a UK-style windfall profits tax on gas –...
Australia already has a UK-style windfall profits tax on gas – but we’ll give away tens of billions of dollars unless we fix it...
First Nations people shouldn’t have to wait for a referendum to...
As the entitled self-serving Michaelia Cash, failed ex politicians Cory Bernardi and Tony Abbott join forces with the ratbag far-right-fringe https://www.theguardian.com/.../liberals-accused-of... promoting racist Trump...
Pork barrel’s days are numbered
Peter Hartcher writes in the SMH
When the Morrison government was handing out cheques to build new car parks for commuters at Melbourne railway stations,...
Treasury calls bullshit on company tax cuts, wages growth
Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write in CrikeyIt’s a speech Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy wouldn’t have dared give under the previous government — and...
Bowen has to rule out CoalKeeper — and we need a...
Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyWith Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen meeting state and territory counterparts and energy regulators on Wednesday 8th June 2022,...
Edict for gas storage amid energy crisis
The NewDaily's Dominic Giannini reports Australia’s energy ministers have unanimously agreed to enhance the powers of energy regulators and give the market operator the...
The two great stupidities behind our inflation
Alan Kohler asserts
It’s a bit like chemotherapy that kills the cancer by taking the patient to death’s door.
Here’s a wild idea for mainstream economists...
New Attorney-General promises national corruption watchdog will have power to investigate...
New Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the national corruption watchdog will be empowered to investigate the use of grants programs for politically motivated pork-barrelling, saying...












