Liberal Party Squid Games. How secure is new opposition leader Sussan Ley?By Andrew Gardiner | May 18, 2025Fresh opposition leader Sussan Ley is already feeling the heat days into her job. Will her marginal party-room win ...
Facts and evidence missing in claims about increasing antisemitismBy Emma Thomas | May 16, 2025Falacious definitions have led to claims of 'record levels of antisemitism' in NSW universities, supported neither ...
Transparency. Is Labor’s large majority a threat to truth in government?By Rex Patrick | May 15, 2025Information is the currency of power in a democracy. It’s what allows informed debate and scrutiny of Government. ...
Profits v Patients: privatisation of public hospitals does not workBy Michael West | May 14, 2025The Cayman Islands owner of Northern Beaches Hospital, Healthscope, has blown up financially and hospital ...
Fat cat salaries and the secretive Remuneration TribunalBy Rex Patrick | May 13, 2025Our top civil servants are being paid exceptionally well by international standards and much more than our Prime ...
Greenslide to fratricide: how the LNP lost the veteran vote in QueenslandBy Stuart McCarthy | May 12, 2025With Elizabeth Watson-Brown retaining her seat in Ryan (QLD), the Greens are down to a single rep in the lower ...
Quantum roadkill? What happens next to Ed Husic’s pet project?By Michael Pascoe | May 12, 2025One of the Albanese government’s oddest ventures was joining with Queensland to bet $1 billion on a roughy running ...
Greenslide to fratricide: how the LNP shot themselves in the foot in QueenslandBy Stuart McCarthy | May 11, 2025If the national result for the Coalition was a bloodbath, the electorate of Ryan was the crime scene. Stuart ...
Liberal Party China syndrome another campaign disasterBy Marcus Reubenstein | May 9, 2025The Liberal Party ran a disastrous campaign in electorates with large Chinese-Australian populations, with swings ...
Election brinkmanship. Defence Dept mute on East Coast AUKUS basesBy Rex Patrick | May 8, 2025The location of Australia's nuclear submarine bases on the East Coast is so sensitive that the Defence Department ...
NSW antisemitism inquiry. Jewish organisations reject Zionist claimsBy Emma Thomas | May 7, 2025Submissions to the NSW antisemitism inquiry show large cohorts of Jewish people reject the attempts at conflating ...
Sinners are winners. Is Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism saving the planet?By Kim Wingerei | May 7, 2025The first report since the Safeguard Mechanism demonstrates the fundamental flaws in a system that may reduce ...
An Ambulance Chaser’s Tale: case against Michael West Media droppedBy Michael West | May 6, 2025The Federal Court defamation case against Michael West Media has been dropped, but so has the regulator's ...
Will an emboldened Albo play it safe, stick to the middle, or reform?By Andrew Gardiner | May 6, 2025Expecting a “courageous” Anthony Albanese (as Sir Humphrey Appleby might say) following Labor’s spectacular ...
The democracy sausage eaten by Labor landslide. What’s next?By Kim Wingerei | May 4, 2025The Labor party added at least ten more seats to return with a clear majority, while a leaderless LNP will be ...