Richard Denniss
One Nation’s historic victory in the once safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour was of no more surprise than their recent defeat of the Liberals in the Farrer by-election, but the failure of the Greens to pick up any of the votes Labor is shedding has attracted far less attention.
The Minerals Council of Australia is advertising that mining companies pay “at least 30 cents of every dollar to government”, rising to as much as 54 cents “once royalties are included”. Except, this is not correct.
Musicians, performers and other artists may worry that being too political will alienate their audiences. But polling shows that audiences are far more likely to take action if their favourite Australian artists invite them to.
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On Monday, Australian Energy Producers (AEP) - the lobby group representing the foreign owned gas giants that export 80% of Australia’s gas - welcomed the Coalition’s announcement to help them export even more of Australia’s finite gas resources by cutting environmental protections and increasing subsidies.
The evidence is clear: NSW’s gun laws are working. They offer a clear path forward to other states and territories to reduce the number of guns in their communities; they only need to follow NSW’s lead.
The latest greenhouse gas emissions data for the March 2026 quarter were released on Friday - as ever with no fanfare or advance notice - by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW). They showed that in the past year, Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.6%.
In an interview with ABC released on Tuesday, Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, suggested that the NSW Government’s plans to sell additional carbon offset credits in return for the Great Koala National Park represents a "common-sense" approach.
On Tuesday, Bob Brown told ABC’s 730 that the NSW Government’s plan to make the creation of the Great Koala National Park dependent on being able to sell carbon credits “a scam”. And Bob Brown is right, these credits do not represent actual carbon abatement.
Australia’s newly released National Environmental Standards have been torn apart by conservation and legal groups, which warn the Albanese government’s centrepiece reforms have failed to close the loopholes that allowed habitat destruction under the old law.
Human rights advocates have lambasted Western Australia’s Cook government over its proposed “extraordinary powers” for police to use against those protesting a major defence and weapons expo in October.
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
Chalmers was interpreting GDP growth as a symbol of the Australian economy’s health. The higher the GDP growth, the healthier the Australian economy. But just a week before his speech, the United Nations was cautioning member states from doing exactly that.
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There are about 22 million adults living in Australia, but at the 2025 federal election fewer than 16 million votes were counted. What happened to the other six million adults? This explainer goes through the voting process to explain who gets counted.
The Albanese government is being urged to axe Youth Allowance and create a single income support payment rate for all working-age Australians. The call comes amid warnings that people born in the 1990s are at risk of becoming the first generation in modern Australia to be worse off than their parents.
Two million Australians are delaying or skipping an appointment each year, with around half doing so because of the rising cost of seeing a specialist.
In late 2025, the long held promise to build the Great Koala National Park became “dependent” on the NSW Government being able to sell carbon offsets relating to the founding of it. But is this money necessary to create the park? No, it isn't.
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
