Politics

By Denis Bright   Election 2022 is more than a Labor victory. It opens the parliament of Australia to new voices from the Greens, Teal Independents […]

Rarely in Australian history has a governing party suffered such loss in the face of an opponent unable to claim complete victory. It said much […]

An emboldened Scott Morrison would be a disaster for Australia. A vote for Anthony Albanese would bring new hope for better leadership and a more […]

By Melissa Marsden   The outcome of Saturday’s federal election will have widespread implications for Australian democracy. The increasing number of ‘Teal’ candidates threatening marginal Liberal […]

A walk down memory lane, with a cast of all too familiar characters. Saved for prosperity. We begin: Our Prime Minister Our Treasurer Our Defence […]

By Loz Lawrey   That the LNP Coalition is desperate to win this election has been in stark evidence throughout the campaign. Morrison’s bullying tone at […]

By Alan Austin   First the Covid crisis was “worse than the global financial crisis”, then it was “thirty times worse”, then it became “the most […]

It’s the last week of an election between the uninspiring and the unspeakable. Australia’s conservative incumbents – the unspeakable ones – are even desperate enough […]

By John Haly   “Climate change takes centre stage in Australia’s election” was proclaimed in 2019, but then the party of Climate scepticism took the stage. […]

Science & Technology Australia Media Release Australia’s political parties and independent candidates at the 2022 election have pledged their support for science and technology investments […]

It is becoming a cliché to say the Coalition government has a ‘woman problem’. This is nonsense: it has a man problem. From the ‘big […]

Scott Morrison has made it patently clear that he thinks he is above the law and that public money is his to spend as he […]