Climate policy. Is the era of unlimited emissions offsets ending?
By implicitly agreeing with EnergyAustralia that offsets don’t neutralise fossil fuel emissions, is government signalling an overhaul of the Safeguard Mechanism?
“I’m sorry but …” BHP v coal miner Simon Turner delayed again
BHP’s case against coal miner Simon Turner has been vacated as the disabled miner has fallen ill in his 10-year quest for justice
Robert Pether stuck in Iraq. UN experts on torture voice concern
Robert Pether, the Australian engineer jailed for five years on trumped-up charges, remains in Iraq facing life-threatening illness and is unable to leave for treatment.
Australian media ignores UN report on deliberate killing of children
Devastating UN report into the targeting and murder of Palestinian children by Israel is not very newsworthy, apparently.
Mandarin salaries. Another win for transparency as Tribunal publishes submissions
After much pressure from the public and the Senate, the Remuneration Tribunal initiated a review of senior bureaucrats' salaries. They have now gone one step further. Transparency warrior Rex Patrick submitted his MWM article to the review and asked that it - and...
An invitation from Newscorp’s “most trusted media brands”. What’s the scam?
Murdoch’s News Australia has invited “a select group of local businesses” to a workshop hosted by “Australia’s most trusted media brands.
Pauline vs GetUp and Gina’s Israel Plan | Scam of the Week
Welcome to Scam of the Week, and this week we had a crowded field. Pauline Hanson finally made it to the National Press Club, where the nation’s journalists seized the chance to talk about the nation’s journalists. GetUp lowered a banner behind her mid-speech,...
Climate policy. Is the era of unlimited emissions offsets ending?
By implicitly agreeing with EnergyAustralia that offsets don’t neutralise fossil fuel emissions, is government signalling an overhaul of the Safeguard Mechanism?
That’s not a bomb, it’s my garbage bag
The Sydney lawyer accused of calling Alex Rivchin an ‘evil Zionist’ is also being prosecuted for putting out her garbage. Michael West reports.
White City. Government slots one club $86m, the other can’t get a toilet
Funding for the Sydney Hakoah Club far exceeded its building cost, including millions from state and federal governments.
AUKUS Inquiry exposes nuclear weapon-sized crater
The AUKUS Public Inquiry has reminded Australians of a nuclear weapon proliferation problem which may change the program from full-steam-ahead to a dead stop
From the Westfield centre to the Downing Centre
A one-time manager at Scentre Group, convicted fraudster Darron Levin has for years been selling the same Sydney property
Merchants have become princes – and threaten us all
If you thought capitalism has been guilty of excess in its dealings with society and the environment, the bad news is that it’s getting worse, existentially worse.
Is a genocide modelled on Gaza happening in Lebanon?
Australia’s Lebanese is outraged at Israel’s attacks which have killed thousands and displaced millions. Is it genocide? Jude Manning reports.
Is Bondi Royal Commission evidence making social cohesion worse?
Much of the evidence at the Bondi Commission is one-sided, uncontested and delusional. So much for ‘social cohesion’.
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- Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Royal Commission hypocrisy July 14, 2026 The tide has turned a little at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Jeffrey Loewenstein reports.
- Three decades unpaid. 82% of musicians have never seen a cent of their super July 16, 2026 Musicians have been legally entitled to superannuation since 1 July 1992. Almost none of them ever got it. Now a 37-year-old jazz festival has crashed
- UN refutes Jillian Segal’s Gaza death toll claim before Royal Commission July 17, 2026 Responding to Special Envoy Jillian Segal's claim of a "grossly inflated" death toll in Gaza, UN spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres backed the Gaza Ministry of Health.
- “Intolerable pressure”. Inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism July 17, 2026 The Zionist lobby engaged in a concerted pressure campaign against AHPRA leadership in the lead up to their adoption of the IHRA definition.