With 48% of voters paying little or no attention to the campaign, according to an Essential poll, Senator Kim Carr, a former Labor minister, takes a look at how the two major parties have performed in what he describes as an uninspiring campaign.
Peter Dutton’s budget reply Speech is full of distortions and many of the key polices are flawed or we cannot be sure they will work as intended. The Labor Party might be criticised as too cautious, but the Coalition is clearly not ready for government.
Hollywood star Mel Gibson, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, has urged the US government to reveal the “truth” about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Last week, the Queensland government announced that it would repeal the state’s legislated renewable energy targets. They were set at 50% by 2030, rising to 80% by 2035. Energy Minister David Janetzki stated that the renewable energy targets were “always unachievable”. He added that the government is also likely to amend the state’s existing 2035
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Volatility in equity markets is ramping up after another round of Trump tariff nonsense against China while a miss or two amongst US tech stocks is not helping risk sentiment with S&P and Eurostoxx futures sharply down going into tonight’s session. The latest Chinese GDP figures helped stabilised mainland markets however moves are afoot in
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According to SQM Research, Sydney’s median asking price for houses crossed over $2 million for the first time last week, hitting $2,012,000 on 15 April. SQM Research managing director Louis Christopher confirmed on Twitter (X) that the median asking price incorporates Greater Sydney, including the Blue Mountains and Central Coast. SQM Research’s methodology paper notes
Australia has used preferential voting for over one hundred years, and in that time the party system has changed quite a bit. Since the 1950s, there has been an increasing trend of minor parties picking up votes, but until recently these votes were not enough to actually win many seats. So their main contribution, in the House of Representatives at least, was in having their votes flow as preferences to one of the major parties.
This report from Crikey, which has no idea about international relations, is so alarming that all Australians need to take pause. The story led in places such as The Australian Financial Review and the ABC overnight after Defence Minister Richard Marles came out and said he’d spoken to Indonesia’s defence minister, who rejected the reports. “I have spoken to my counterpart, Sjafrie
At the end of 2024, Australians required a record share of household income to make mortgage repayments on a median-priced home. Based on the latest opinion polls, Labor looks certain to win the upcoming election. When Labor is reelected, it is committed to leveraging Australian taxpayers into the housing bubble. Consider the following policy announcements