Category: The Saturday Paper

Read moreApr 9, 2022News‘Eviction by dereliction’: the decay of public housingClaire ConnellyHousing initiatives purporting to create a ‘social mix’ are a convenient way for governments to avoid building new social housing or to neglect existing stock while shifting public land into private ownership.

Read moreApr 9, 2022NewsImmigration case raises concerns over High Court politicisationKieran PenderA High Court decision on citizenship, seen as being as important as Mabo, is being recontested in what some experts say is an attempt at an American-style politicisation of the judiciary.

Read moreApr 9, 2022NewsCoalition stacking Liberals across the boardsRick MortonIn the days before the caretaker period, the Morrison government has made 19 appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, many of whom have links to the Liberal Party.

Read moreApr 9, 2022NewsFact check: Frydenberg’s record employment figuresMike SeccombeAs Josh Frydenberg outlined the lowest unemployment figures in almost half a century, he failed to note that the increase in jobs had been accompanied by a decrease in real wages.

Read moreApr 9, 2022NewsExclusive: Fresh details in Morrison preselection sagaKaren MiddletonBefore being rolled by Scott Morrison for preselection in the safe seat of Cook, Michael Towke was made a clandestine operative for the Liberal right, with Alex Hawke acting as his ‘handler’.

Read moreApr 2, 2022NewsLismore inundated again in ‘never-ending’ floodsRick MortonAs further floods tear through southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, communities are exhausted, devastated and searching for answers.

Read moreApr 2, 2022NewsThe devaluation of Disabled livesGeorgia CrankoAnn Marie Smith died in abject circumstances, at the hands of her carer in the middle-class Adelaide suburb of Kingston Park. Her killing raises questions about the way our society treats the Disabled, in life and in death.

Read moreApr 2, 2022NewsWalking towards freedomMehdi AliThe author spent nine years of his life in detention, most recently at Park Hotel. Now he is in America, experiencing freedom he had only imagined, and wishes his friends were also free.

Read moreApr 2, 2022News‘Actually a Moslem’: The true story of Morrison’s ruthless preselectionKaren MiddletonAfter 15 years without answers, a series of statutory declarations finally reveals how race and allegations of  ‘criminal’ activities were used in Scott Morrison’s controversial preselection.

Read moreApr 2, 2022NewsTracking the Coalition's attacks on green energy infrastructureMike SeccombeFor nearly a decade the Coalition has been attempting to dismantle the country’s green energy infrastructure – first trying to defund it, then hollowing it out, then using it to fund fossil fuel projects. Through all this, careful drafting