Labor’s Linda Burney has said that Australia is the only first world nation with a colonial history that doesn’t recognise first people in its constitution. Does the claim hold up?
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Australian politicians are slamming China while preparing to sign a free trade deal with a widely discredited administration that is subjugated to Beijing. What planet are they living on? The
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Wind energy could supply more than one third of global electric power demand by 2040 and could, in turn, save up to four million lives a year, according to a new study from professional services network KPMG and commissioned by wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
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The whistleblower behind allegations the Australian Taxation Office misused its small business debt recovery powers has cast a cloud of doubt over a subsequent tax watchdog review of the claims, arguing the investigation was botched. In a scathing submission to a Senate inquiry into the conduct of the Inspector-General of
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We live in a particracy – the party-room rules and we are run by clever politicians, not leaders with courage and the fortitude to make tough decisions.
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Julie Collins, pictured, is Labor’s Shadow Minister for Women. The recent elevation of Sarah Henderson to the Senate was widely celebrated as a victory for equality as the Senate achieved gender parity. After being in the minority for 118 years, women finally have an equal voice in one house of Australia’s
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Three interest rate cuts have failed to lift the economy. As have the Government’s $1080 tax breaks. Printing money is now a serious option. Quantitative Easing they call it, or “QE”.
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One minute Australia’s media is rallying for freedom of the press. The next, it’s tearing down climate protesters. Speaking out shouldn’t be a professional privilege. The post The media’s glaring
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Politics in the US and the UK represent the death of shame in democratic government. To be caught lying in today’s populist, post truth world of tribal politics is seemingly, at worst, a peccadillo. Legitimacy is now based on the will of the people (as the leaders interpret it), not
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Major global miner BHP has said big miners’ profits will not survive if they simply pay lip service to the social and environmental toll of resource extraction, with the “social value” of a business decision increasingly important to a company’s long-term future. Speaking to investors in London, BHP’s external
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In the past five years, more than 95,000 people who arrived by plane have lodged a claim for asylum in Australia, new statistics show. Labor’s Immigration Spokesperson, Senator Kristina Keneally, has labelled this a “crisis”, stating: Peter Dutton’s incompetence and recklessness has allowed people smugglers to run
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Solar power continues to set stunning new milestones in the renewable state of South Australia, reaching 80 per cent of total demand on Saturday and accounting for more than 70 per cent of demand over four hours in the middle of the day. The 80 per cent
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