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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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Australian farmers are desperate to escape the latest mouse plague – and may soon get relief
Mice numbers are likely to drop as winter sets in – an expert explains.
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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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Jeremy Clarkson has aggressive prostate cancer. But what makes some cancers more aggressive than others?
Jeremy Clarkson says his prostate cancer is ‘aggressive’. Here’s what that actually means.
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Thousands of stateless people live in limbo due to gaps in Australia’s system: report
Stateless people can struggle to access the most basic human rights many of us take for granted such as education, health care, the ability to work and move freely.
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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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Former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern donates book, media earnings to homelessness project
Kindness in Power Media Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has donated her personal income from speaking engagements, book projects, and community initiatives over recent years — estimated at NZ$3.8 million — to a nationwide homelessness support initiative across Aotearoa. The project helps fund 60 transitional housing units and more than 120 emergency shelter…
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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.