Former Labor minister Melissa Parke has warned that Australia's close military ties to the United States make it a priority nuclear target that adversaries would likely strike before attacking the US directly.
Barnaby might not understand the velocity of money, but neither does anyone else, and to be honest, the entire concept of it on inflation is pretty disputed, so trying to argue against him on that score is a mug’s game. The same goes for the One Nation and LNP’s policy of letting people raid their super.
ABC’s Political Editor Jacob Greber said on 730 that the Greens’ decision on how to vote on the carbon credit method’s disallowance motion is “reprising memories of another hard-fought battle over climate policy”, the vote on the Rudd Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) in 2009. What does a vote 17 years ago have to do with next week’s disallowance motion, and what lessons might the Greens take from the CPRS history?
In an Instagram video, the Executive Director of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation (ACBF), Lyndon Schneiders, discusses the controversial Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) offset method and wider climate policy in Australia. While ACBF’s support for carbon offsets was expected, there are plenty of unexpected bits in the video. Let’s unpack a few...
Former defence minister Kim Beazley expects the United States to deliver its promised Virginia-class submarines to Australia, arguing the country cannot afford to go it alone and would be left “substantially deafened and blinded” without the alliance.
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In a sign of the brutal impact of the Reserve Bank’s three interest rate rises, more than 1 million Australians worked multiple jobs in the June quarter for the first time. When cost of living pressures rise, one of the more dramatic impacts we see in the economy is more people needing to work more than one job to make ends meet.
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.
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.
David Farley, the One Nation MP who won the Farrer by-election in May, is “poised to quit One Nation” according to the Saturday Paper. It wouldn’t be the first time a One Nation MP has quit the party soon after being elected. In fact, that’s been the fate of 25 of the 52 MPs that have ever represented the party in Australian parliaments.
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.
Australia cannot assume it will have any control over what US submarines do in its waters or while docked at facilities near Perth, an independent inquiry into the AUKUS deal has heard.
Triple R station manager Dave Houchin on 50 years of Triple R, the power of volunteers and why community radio remains vital in the age of social media and streaming platforms.
Seventeen thousand people voluntarily pay for a Melbourne radio station they could listen to for free. At a time when traditional media is shrinking and Big Tech algorithms increasingly decide what information audiences see, Melbourne radio station Triple R is showing there’s still strong demand for local, independent media.
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Since Parliament last sat, the likelihood of a rate rise this year has gone from 'not likely' to 'lock it in'. I wish I could say this is because, in the past couple weeks, there has been data showing that the economy is going gangbusters and is in need of cooling off. But alas… this is not the case.
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.
One of Australia’s leading submarine experts, retired Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, has declared that the AUKUS submarine plan is 'flawed and undeliverable', arguing a French alternative remains the best option.
The AUKUS security agreement is an extraordinary and deep betrayal of Australia’s national interests and will invite the frontline of the next great war onto our doorstep, an independent inquiry into the deal has heard.
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.
