Politics
AUKUS and the submarine illusion: Australia’s $368 billion surrender

As Washington debates whether it can spare the submarines, Canberra continues to pay for vessels ...  
Luxury spending boom exposes newsroom lies about the economy

The latest consumer spending data confirms the economy is managed far better than the media ...  
Weapons still being funded over survival

Humanity is in a trillion-dollar arms race, struggling to choose survival over self-destruction ...  
Capital gains tax reform is necessary

The capital gains tax break lays bare a system that rewards wealth over work.  
The plan to transition Australia away from fossil fuels

A plan to rapidly decarbonise the Australian economy is euthanising the Australian fossil fuel ...  
Angus Taylor’s One Nationfication of the Liberal Party is Australia’s MAGA moment

Friday 13 February is a fitting date for Angus Taylor to roll Sussan Ley as Liberal Party leader ...  
LEY DOWN! Libs forge on with "Fantastic" failure  Angus Taylor — liar, denier and water rorter

The Liberals have chosen Angus Taylor, a proven liar who is opposed to net zero policies, as the ...  
Australia's ageing immigrant population bomb

While short-term migration forecasts may soothe Canberra, five decades of compounding growth ...  
The new hate speech bill threatens Australian civil liberties

If there was ever a sign that Australian civil liberties and rights have been thrown under a bus ...  
Australia’s DV system is gaslighting male victims

Australia counts female DV deaths, but it doesn’t count DV-linked male suicides.  
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EDITORIAL: Will the Libs choose a liar as leader?

In another sign of the Liberal Party's predicament, the man being touted as its leader and futu ...  
No intelligence, no trust: The hidden cost of Australia’s foreign policy

Australia’s legally defensible foreign policy decisions are eroding community trust at home ...  
Silencing the evidence: How Australia’s whistleblower inquiry buried the truth

A Senate Inquiry that promised whistleblower reform instead buried critical evidence, suppressed ...  
Pauline's ON in polls but can't PHON a friend... at the AEC

Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON) claimed it would drop the PH part of its name last October. ...  
Australia’s AI paradox: Mass adoption, minimal strategy

As generative AI becomes an everyday tool for Australians, new OECD data exposes a dangerous gap ...  
How Pauline Hanson turned Gen X disillusionment into political fuel

Once defined by dissent and solidarity, Generation X is now fuelling Pauline Hanson’s resurgence ...  
Welcoming a war criminal: Herzog signals death of social cohesion

As protests erupt nationwide against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Australians are ...  
The RBA did not make a mistake in 2025 — the facts changed

The Reserve Bank’s pivot on interest rates reflects a shifting economic landscape rather than ...  

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