Failing to act. RBA caught in the headlights of uncertainty.By Michael Pascoe | March 24, 2025The Reserve Bank continues to ignore market signals and runs the risk of once again leaving the brakes on for too ...
Soundcheck. Are Australian music festivals really on life support?By Joshua Barnett | March 22, 2025Big-name music festivals are shutting down, ticket sales in free-fall, costs are spiralling. But beyond the dirge ...
Manufactured antisemitism. Universities relied on fudged numbersBy Emma Thomas | March 20, 2025Australian universities recently adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of ...
Greenhouse gas emissions. Winning slowly or losing the battle?By David McEwen | March 20, 2025With the election campaign already in full swing, what progress has Australia made towards emission reductions ...
Dollars over democracy. Is the Election Reform Bill fit for purpose?By Richard Cullen | March 19, 2025The recent Electoral Reform Bill does not remove big money from politics, as Labor decreed, but shifts it towards ...
Sending the wrong Signal. Australia’s disappearing political historyBy Andrew Gardiner | March 17, 2025Canberra politicians and bureaucrats could be breaking the law strengthened late last year, by using auto-deleting ...
Australia’s Trump cardsBy Rex Patrick | March 16, 2025Anthony Albanese has it all wrong, writes former senator and submariner Rex Patrick. He’s trying to bribe Trump ...
Protecting our independence. How to react to Trump’s bullyingBy David Shoebridge | March 15, 2025Labor and the Coalition look the other way while the US, our closest ally, is engaged in a very public and ...
Carbon Capture project risks asbestos contamination in Manning ValleyBy Kim Wingerei | March 15, 2025Residents of the Manning Valley in NSW are raising concerns about foreign-owned mining companies' plans to extract ...
Radioactive secrets. Fight to hide AUKUS nuclear waste sites gets absurdBy Rex Patrick | March 11, 2025Where to store nuclear waste from AUKUS submarines is a decision which will impact us for millennia, but they are ...
Whistleblower persecutions. The cost of ignoring those who dare speak out.By Tony Watson | March 10, 2025Whistleblowers everywhere act for reasons of conscience and integrity. They are vital to protect our society ...
Un cri de coeur. Where to, when trust in our government is gone?By Michael Pascoe | March 9, 2025What happens when people no longer trust a Government that abandons whistleblowers, surrenders its citizens to a ...
New glasses? The unsightly world of optometry retailingBy Zacharias Szumer | March 6, 2025With Medicare shaping up as a key election issue, we examine optometry retailing and how your friendly optometrist ...
Safety grants. Dutton promising Morrison-era electoral briberyBy Michael Pascoe | March 5, 2025Opposition leader Peter Dutton is promising a return to Morrison-era electoral bribery with his "safety grants", ...
ANZ boss Shayne Elliott challenged over Israel lobby, human rightsBy Michael West | March 4, 2025Chief executive Shayne Elliott is plausibly violating the bank’s Ethics Policy and ANZ's human rights obligations ...