HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration

Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in ministers’ sights as they seek to reduce overseas arrivals

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2

News Corp’s housing special proves a bit too close to home as cadets enlisted as case studies

Six unhappy young Australians fronting Commonwealth Bank-sponsored series are News Corp’s own employees. Plus: Peter Manning remembered

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2

Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking

​Senate appropriators from both parties are workshopping language that could be added to a spending bill to prevent the White House from exerting political influence on medical research grants. The provision would go into the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that lawmakers hope to pass before stopgap funding expires Dec. 11. The senators, led by Appropriations Chair…

Roll Call · Oct 1

'Angry' Greens chief says Labor leaving voters in lurch

The new Greens leadership is looking to UK counterparts for inspiration as they echo pledges to "replace Labor", which they say has been marching to the right.

AAP · Sep 30

A ‘huge ego’ but effective: who is David Shoebridge, the polarising new Greens leader taking on One Nation?

The 55-year-old senator is renowned for his sharp brain but he divides opinion and could face opposition from the party’s grassroots

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30

Inflation is rising, interest rates are going up – and Labor’s economic woes could be One Nation’s gain

Pauline Hanson’s ability to reflect voters’ discontent is unrivalled and the government has few good options

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30

'No evidence' federal MP assaulted administrator

Federal MP Luke Gosling will be proven innocent over charges he assaulted a territory administrator as there's no evidence he did so, his lawyer says.

AAP · Sep 30

Push to solve housing inequality sparks more division

As Australia falls further behind its housing supply targets, political parties continue to disagree over how to solve the nation's housing crisis.

AAP · Sep 30

Amid rising support for right-wing minor parties, can David Shoebridge reinvigorate the Greens?

New South Wales Senator David Shoebridge was elected Leader of the Australian Greens at a party room meeting organised prior to Senator Larissa Waters’ announcement that she was stepping down from the party leadership owing to health issues. Victorian Senator Steph Hodgkins-May was elected deputy leader, with whom Shoebridge ran…

The Conversation · Sep 30

New Greens leader David Shoebridge declares Greens ‘here to replace’ Labor

New Greens leader David Shoebridge targeted Labor with a strong attack after the party on Wednesday chose him to succeed Larissa Waters, who this week resigned from the position because of ill health.

The Conversation · Sep 30