Politics
The 'train wreck' debate and the moral decay of the Republican Party

The Biden-Trump debate wasn’t a debate in the ordinary sense.   
Mainstream media chastises China, ignoring U.S. crimes

Journalism can never be totally objective.  
Wren's week: Victoria makes strong progress in battle against COVID-19

We Victorians are resilient people. Yes, we have challenges in Victoria, but we are surmounting ...  
From boom to bust: The Treasurer’s population forecasts

The 2020 Budget will include the biggest reversal in any Australian government’s forecast of ...  
One Nation loses $500K to troubled investment company

One Nation made a $500,000 payment to a troubled investment company responsible for the stalled ...  
Reform in uncaring aged care is needed

The Federal Government isn't doing enough to adequately look after our elderly and reform in aged ...  
The Coalition protection racket: Why Tudge won't budge

Tudge, Colbeck and Fletcher are the latest Morrison Cabinet ministers to be mired in scandal, but ...  
MUNGO MACCALLUM: The Coalition unveils its energy policy

At least the Coalition's latest energy plan is not all about gas.  
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EDITORIAL: The Coalition protection racket and why Tudge won't budge

Back in November last year, we pondered whether Coalition MP Angus Taylor – then the subject ...  
Security agencies assume greater role in Australian policymaking

The question taxing many is why are our security services and not the Department of Foreign ...  
Australia's invisible Indigenous left behind

Megan Krakouer promises to hold governments and institutions to account as a vital suicide prev ...  
Mikakos resigns; Tudge's criminal conduct ignored

We need the mainstream media to hold the Morrison Federal Government to the same standards they ...  
The Federal Government would not pass its own values test

The Federal Government has revamped the citizenship test by adding a “values” section, feat ...  
Interstate rivalry costly in times of crisis

COVID-19 has brought into focus the century-old rivalry between the Commonwealth Government and ...  
HELEN CALDICOTT: Small modular reactors — a radioactive idea

Politicians debating nuclear power as an energy source know little of the facts that make small ...  
'Rest in Power': America mourns the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

At the United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. this week, the American flag flew at half ...  
Federal Government fast-tracks grants to Foxtel

According to an ABC report, government funds were fast-tracked to Foxtel during the coronavirus ...  
World Vision aid worker detained in Israel on 'trumped-up charges'

The Morrison Government is gaining notoriety for leaving people behind.  
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