FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 44 | History Defined

Who's holding back electric cars in Australia? We've long known the answer – and it's time to clear the road

New analysis this week found strong fuel efficiency standards would have saved Australia A$5.9 billion in fuel costs and emissions equal to a year’s worth of domestic flights if the policy was adopted in 2015.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022

Australia retires $21m CovidSafe contact-tracing app that found just two unique cases

Users offered an update of app that ‘removes functionality … so no information is stored or collected’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2022

FOI documents show Peter Dutton’s ‘captain’s call’ to make senior Liberal head of defence thinktank

Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s choice of candidate was overruled by then defence minister

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2022

'Lack of vision' led to Lib election loss

The Liberals' youth wing has cited failures on integrity, climate and women in a submission to the party's review of its federal election defeat in May.

AAP · Aug 5, 2022

Young Liberals blame election defeat on climate inaction and ‘coordinated attack’ on net zero target

Party’s youth wing also cites failure to recruit women and to deliver national integrity commission as factors in Coalition loss

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2022

Friday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2022

Warren Entsch may support Labor’s climate target if he can be shown it’s not a ‘brain fart’

Liberal MP says he is open-minded on bill but doesn’t want it to become an ‘impost on the community’ amid high inflation

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2022

Pork barrelling could be corrupt: ICAC

The NSW corruption watchdog says the targeted spending of taxpayer cash for political purposes could amount to corruption, and has recommended new guidelines.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Albanese wants to change the way politics is done. This means the way politics is reported will have to change too

If politics really is to be done differently, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised, then the way politics is reported will need to be done differently too.

The Conversation · Jul 31, 2022

Popular PM Anthony Albanese lifts Labor to 56-44 lead in latest Newspoll

Anthony Albanese has recorded the highest satisfaction rating for an incoming Prime Minister in the first post-election Newspoll released on Sunday night.

The New Daily · Jul 31, 2022