by MURRAY HOGARTH | Oct 28, 2024 | Analysis, Politics
Wanted urgently: a highly popular but economically responsible election policy that strongly targets the cost of living for households in the inner cities, outer suburbs and regions. That’s one takeout from the Queensland election at the weekend — which the Labor...
by JACK TOOHEY | May 22, 2024 | Immigration
“When you have no solutions, blame immigrants.” – Australian proverb. This seems to be Peter Dutton’s election strategy based on his budget reply last week. Dutton proposed three key measures to address housing affordability: allowing first home...
by JACK TOOHEY | May 16, 2024 | Economy
Australia, the crisis colony. Every day, we are bombarded with news of the housing crisis, the rental crisis, the crisis of men’s violence, the climate crisis, and the cost of living crisis. These are the daily realities that shape the lives of millions of...
by CRYSTAL ANDREWS | May 13, 2024 | Economy
Jim Chalmers wants me to have a baby. Actually, Jim Chalmers needs me to have a baby – preferably two or three – as he told The Sydney Morning Herald last week. Australia’s natural birth rate sits at around 1.6, one of the lowest fertility rates in our history and...
by JONATHAN GREEN | Apr 30, 2024 | Integrity
It feels counter intuitive to say it, but the Australian politician to have done the most to curb the lethality of men’s violence against women was probably John Howard. As criminologist Michael Salter writes today, the gun control legislation boldly implemented...
