SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

Housing woes and cost of living a re-run of 2004 poll

Costs at the cash register, aged-care reform and house prices were key concerns of John Howard's cabinet ahead of the 2004 election, documents show.

AAP · Dec 31, 2024

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024

Welcome to Trump’s trade war – where no one wins because everyone just pays more for things

Tariffs raise prices much like the GST – and like the GST it hurts people on low and middle incomes the most

The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2024

Albanese pledges permanent free Tafe places – as it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2024

After 25 years of piss-taking Australia’s politicians, the ‘disturbingly accurate’ Wharf Revue bows out

The minds behind the satire reflect on a quarter century of politics and belters

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2024

More than 430,000 Australians could have owned their own home today – if not for 7 prime ministers’ inaction

Thirteen years ago at the tax summit called to discuss the Henry Tax Review, David Koch stopped discussion of negative gearing dead in its tracks.

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2024

What’s really going on with negative gearing? Here are four paths for change

Many have tried to reform Australia’s controversial tax settings and just as many have failed. Largely absent from this week’s frenetic debate: the options actually on the table

The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2024

No clear winner for Australia in US poll: former envoy

Australian businesses could be hurt no matter who wins the US presidency, with flagged economic policies aimed at China potential threats, a former envoy says.

AAP · Sep 26, 2024

Morning Mail: Israel prepares for ground war, official’s alleged ‘sex-for-housing’ offer, suspected Iran plot to kill Trump

General tells troops the wave of airstrikes is to get ready for ‘your possible entry’; NSW police investigate alleged proposition to woman on waitlist

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2024

Politicians breathe easy: the Wharf Revue is retiring after a last hurrah

The hit satirical revue's creators say that 25 years is enough.

The Canberra Times · Sep 15, 2024