Roundabouts and car parks? The major parties are promising much on...
Roundabouts and car parks? The major parties are promising much on transport, but they should stick to their jobs
Marion Terrill, Grattan Institute
In the seat-by-seat...
A revolution in Wentworth, a study in teal
Margot Saville writesIt’s been impossible to buy a plain teal-coloured T-shirt anywhere for days. Organisers for Allegra Spender’s Wentworth bid have scoured websites for...
Independents are the shock the major parties need
By Fred ChaneyThe former British prime minister Harold Macmillan may never have said, “Events, my dear boy, events”, in response to the question of...
Thursday Mussing from Annabell
Beta blockers were the order of the day for Labor types in Canberra as Anthony Albanese — riding queasily on a new poll suggesting...
Budget repair starts with grants
Andrew Brown, AAP writes in Crikey
Anthony Albanese says axing $750 million in government grants will go some way to repairing the budget left in...
The Big Gas Con – how fossil fuel giants are cheating...
by Callum Foote | May 15, 2022 |
An unholy alliance of carbon farmers and Big Gas lobbyists are quietly shaping Australia’s emissions reduction framework...
I have not seen an Australia so bereft of trust in...
Kerry O'Brien writes
A strong, independent public broadcaster, with its governing board appointed at arms-length from executive government, and funded by and accountable to...
The legal playing field has tilted sharply against Bernard Collaery
The legal playing field has tilted sharply against Bernard Collaery
The latest ruling in the trial of the former ACT attorney-general effectively liberates Australia's intelligence...
Integrity policy Where do the parties and candidates stand?
Over the past weeks it has been mostly confusing. Distorted by bullshit, bravado, macho statements from his and his fawning self-interest groups. Ginormous pork...
Renovate or detonate? Morrison opts for latter with late campaign bombshell
David Crowe The Sydney Morning Herald's Chief political correspondent writes
Scott Morrison has gained the political fight he wanted by promising a housing policy that...












