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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government gives ground on tax, but how much will it have to cede on the NDIS?
The Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues as the sitting fortnight looms.
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Vodafone has suffered another major outage. A telco expert explains what went wrong
The nationwide outage highlights problems with how the network is designed.
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‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Hahona challenges NZ foreign minister Peters
Asia Pacific Report A member of the Aotearoa delegation on the Global Sumud flotilla humanitarian aid mission seeking to break the illegal Gaza enclave blockade imposed by Israel since 2007 clashed with New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters in a parliamentary hearing yesterday. Peters was attempting to defend his heavily criticised government response to Israel’s
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Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat
RNZ Pacific A Pacific politics expert and ni-Vanuatu woman has become the first woman to be appointed to lead the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat. Anna Naupa, described by the Vanuatu government as “one of the nation’s finest minds”, is the new director-general of the sub-regional bloc, which is headquartered in Port Vila. The MSG
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jonno Duniam on guilt and relief about quitting politics
The departing Liberal frontbencher also said it’s ‘mad’ to be talking about doing deals with One Nation so far from an election.
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Halving the fuel tax was a bad idea – and it shouldn’t be extended. There’s a fairer alternative
A more radical reform package would include a road user charge.
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India’s youth-led Cockroach party may prove as hard to kill as its namesake
Despite its comedic origins and mission as the ‘voice of the lazy and unemployed’, the movement represents a seismic shift in India’s political landscape.
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From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation
Anti-trans policies are often described as protective, but they follow a documented pattern that creates conditions to make exclusion and harm easier to justify.
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Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far worse than Obama
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two days ago, I wrote an article and posted on FaceBook describing the US-Iran ceasefire as a surrender document. That article has since been viewed more than 4.5 million times, liked 56,000 times, and shared more than 11,000 times. The response confirmed what many already sensed but could not yet prove:
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How Australia can deliver the secure gas, renewable fuels and battery minerals Asia and the Pacific need
Energy security has been front of mind for Asia-Pacific leaders this year. Australia could play a key role in assuring supply of both gas and clean exports.
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New study shows 1 in 7 people have been victims of sextortion – and AI is making it worse
Sextortion is a form of online blackmail where a perpetrator coerces or tricks a victim into sending intimate images. New research shows it’s on the rise.
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Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness
Canada is now investing billions to strengthen domestic AI capacity. But sovereignty is not simply about where the servers sit.