YOU WONT BELIEVE: 49 - You Need To See This

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 soon

The really bizarre thing about calls for a UK-style windfall profits tax on gas is that Australia’s already got one.

The Conversation · Jun 14, 2022

It’s been called the worst job in politics. Can Peter Dutton buck the trend?

Like former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton found party stardom in the immigration portfolio. The two men’s contest for the leadership back in 2018 wasn’t the result of any huge demand for change among voters. It happened because they were popular within the Liberal Party’s base, or at least…

The Conversation · Jun 14, 2022

Turnbull Calls Dutton A ‘Belligerent Blusterer’ Over Submarine Deal BRB Grabbing A Dictionary

Pretty sure Belligerius Blustarius was in Slytherin.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 13, 2022

'Champagne corks popping' after Australia's $830 million French submarine compensation payment

French company Naval Group says its $830 million compensation deal for the scrapped future submarine program is "fair and equitable", as debate continues over whether Australia has paid too much to make things right.

ABC News · Jun 11, 2022

France accepts Australian cash compensation deal to end submarine spat

Australia on Saturday unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group, ending a contract dispute that has soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 11, 2022

Michael Pascoe: Mates rates, or how the Coalition sat on a $100-billion gas-tax rort

Treasury officials are "briefing the new government on a number of matters, including the PRRT gas transfer price review”.

The New Daily · Jun 10, 2022

The change in tone at Ardern and Albanese’s meeting could not have been more stark

A lot has changed since the fraught trans-Tasman exchanges of the Morrison government with the two countries now hitting reset

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2022

Albanese vows to reconsider Australia’s deportations rules in olive branch to New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern welcomes ‘reset’ in trans-Tasman relationship after years of tension over visa cancellations on character grounds

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2022

Albanese, Ardern trade vinyl at inaugural Sydney meeting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern have met for the first time as leaders of their respective countries.

The New Daily · Jun 10, 2022

Malcolm Roberts says a rule change at the WHO 'would have decimated' Australia's sovereignty. Is he correct?

The One Nation senator has continued to push the baseless claim that Australia could be forced to adopt restrictive health measures by the World Health Organization.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022