Media
Why Pauline Hanson may never be prime minister

The present media narrative is filled with stories about the rise of One Nation and the resurgence ...  
Telcos: Australia's greatest infrastructure success under attack

Telecommunications have transformed Australians' lives, but they remain under attack from medi ...  
What Hanson should be asked at the National Press Club

As Pauline Hanson's National Press Club appearance nears, Dr Abul Rizvi prepares a list of ques ...  
News Corp jumps on One Nation bandwagon

News Corp’s growing support for One Nation follows a familiar playbook: protecting billionaire ...  
Flailing newsrooms flog fears of a fictional recession

Anxiety over Australia’s economy fomented by craven anti-Labor ‘reporters’ is unfounded.  
AFR Rich List offers a scorecard of Australian inequality

The Rich List reveals a system that concentrates wealth and narrows the pathways to economic ...  
AFR-king what!? Mad money mag grovels to Gina, bootlicks billionaires and promotes plutocracy

‘Billionaire barons have every right to use their money to influence us’, pontificated the ...  
The glaring problems with Labor’s dreadful, appalling, terrible 2026 Budget

Few observers in Australia’s media have had a kind word for last month’s controversial Budg ...  
The more powerful you are, the more unaccountable in media

Media neutrality is enabling powerful figures to normalise racism while ordinary people face ...  
Australia now has best-ever economy and worst-ever reporters

Coverage of the recent Federal Budget proves standards of economic reporting are at an all-time ...  
The real assault on aspiration isn’t tax reform: It’s inequality

When aspiration pathways are blocked, the political rhetoric of aspiration becomes detached from ...  
Why political diversity lags as ethnic diversity rises in Australia

An examination of immigration, demographics, media influence and electoral systems asks whether ...  
Curated accounts conveyed to Royal Commission without context

Hyperpartisan accounts of curated, centred lived experience omit key facts at the Royal Commission ...  
Chalmers' fair go budget a fair bet to charm

It is the most ambitious Federal Budget the nation has seen for a couple of decades and the ...  
Gold Coast councillor caught in fallout from collapsed charity probe

A vanished raffle car, conflicting public statements and mounting questions over a collapsed ...  
One against six in Labor’s battle for reform

As Labor prepares major housing and tax reforms, it must once again battle a powerful alliance of ...  
Two words: Case closed

"ISIS brides" – the two words that ended a debate before it began.  
The richer Australians get, the sadder they become, data shows

While the economy recorded its best year ever in 2025, life dissatisfaction hit a new low.  

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