Australia’s most senior bureaucrats have been put on notice by the Senate over a push to restrict how footage of public servants appearing before parliamentary committees can be used.
As America’s international behaviour since 9/11 so clearly demonstrates, the damage of 9/11 is burned deeply into the American psyche. America is perpetually hyper-vigilant, and perpetually defensive. It constantly reaches for military solutions to complex problems where diplomacy and some self-reflection might offer better outcomes.
Australia is set to ban non-compete clauses for workers earning under $190,100, with the government eager to do away with what it describes as “massive productivity and wage killers”.
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.
Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has claimed it’s a 'myth' that Australia gets less from its oil and gas resources than countries such as Norway and Qatar, despite figures showing the two nations reap substantially more public revenue from comparable LNG exports:
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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.
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.
The latest data from the National Accounts shows that gambling losses reached a new, all-time high of $36 billion in the 2025-26 financial year. Losses went up $1.2b more than in 2024-25, which is the biggest increase in three years.
Three Greens Senators have crossed the floor to support a disallowance motion which would stop a new method to increase the supply of carbon credits. It comes after Greens Leader Senator Larissa Waters said her party would vote with the government this afternoon to allow the method.
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.
Half of Australians believe tech executives should face jail time if their companies facilitate the spread of illegal and dangerous content online, as the Albanese government moves to impose a new duty of care on digital platforms.
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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When direct subsidies and indirect costs are taken into account, private health insurance rebates cost the taxpayer more than $12 billion a year, yet there is little evidence to prove they achieve their primary goal of taking pressure off the public health system.
Australia’s usual model of general practice relies heavily on private businesses earning revenue for each service they provide. That can work reasonably well where there are lots of patients and doctors (i.e. cities). It works less reliably in a town of a few thousand people, where maintaining a viable practice can depend on rents, accommodation, hospital arrangements and whether somebody can cobble together funding from three levels of government.
The long-serving CEO used his address to mount a broader case for Australia to increase gas development, saying conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East had shown how heavily the world still relies on fossil fuels.
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.
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.
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.
