After prevaricating about whether the United States would enter Israel’s war on Iran, President Donald Trump finally made a decision. Early Sunday, US warplanes and submarines struck three of Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, where the Iranians have a uranium enrichment plant buried about 80 metres beneath […]
Politics
For the first time in its 124-year history, Treasury will be led by a woman. Jenny Wilkinson’s appointment is historic in its own right. Even more remarkable is the fact she joins Michele Bullock at the Reserve Bank and Danielle Wood at the Productivity Commission. Australia’s three most powerful economic institutions […]
Imagine replanting various native species only to have them die because the area is too hot or too dry. Or reconnecting woodland habitat only to lose large tracts to bushfire. Well, our new research suggests those scenarios are entirely possible. We analysed the two most common ways to prevent overall biodiversity loss […]
The Coalition is being glued together again, after a Liberal Party meeting on Friday gave the go ahead for Liberal leader Sussan Ley to negotiate with Nationals leader David Littleproud on the fine print of a settlement on policy. The Liberal party room agreed to accept broadly the Nationals’ four […]
The Nationals have broken the Coalition, for the first time in nearly four decades, because new Liberal leader Sussan Ley would not agree to their policy demands being part of a new agreement between the parties. Ley had hoped an agreement could be reached. The split will make running a […]
This week, more reports emerged of horrific abuse of children at childcare centres. An ABC investigation reported young children had suffered burns and been verbally abused. In another case, a baby was repeatedly slapped by an early childhood educator. This follows claims of sexual abuse and neglect earlier this year. On Tuesday, we also saw the […]
Industry Minister Ed Husic, dumped from the frontbench ahead of Anthony Albanese’s announcement of his new ministry, has made an excoriating attack on Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, describing him as a “factional assassin”. Marles, chief of the Victorian right, in large part drove factional changes which saw Husic, from […]
In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week. An opposition that a few months ago had looked just possibly on track to dislodge the government, or at least run it close, has […]
Liberal Party candidate Vivek Singha has issued an apology after a series of offensive social media posts were uncovered, including derogatory remarks targeting Indigenous Australians and deeply personal attacks on federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. Singha, who is contesting the hotly watched Western Sydney seat of Fowler, came under fire […]
Immigration is shaping as one of the most potent policy issues of the election campaign. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a Coalition government would cut the two major migration programs – permanent and net overseas. He has directly linked the number of people coming into the country to high house prices, […]
