Crossbench MPs and environmental groups have warned Australian taxpayers could be left exposed to billions of dollars in offshore oil and gas decommissioning costs unless Australia’s petroleum laws are urgently reformed.
Last week, Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg offered Australians a solution to the housing crisis: worse housing. The Coalition has since doubled down. Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson suggests renters don’t need a warm or energy-efficient home, instead they can just put on a jumper in winter.
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from journalists and the public help hold governments to account. Let’s have a look at thirteen FOI stories from around Australia and what they tell us about the policies and operations of different governments.
During yesterday's question time, Liberal MP Tim Wilson wanted to know why the number of first-home buyers dropped “more than 6% this calendar year.” This, however, was a very weird question, because he was comparing the June 2026 quarter to the December 2025 quarter. That is like comparing apples and oranges.
One Nation’s suggestion to cut the excise by 75% is utterly ludicrous. It would take the excise back to where it was in 2013, and in real terms back to where it was in 2001. That isn’t a policy to reduce illegal smoking; it’s a policy to increase all smoking.
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There are lots of people worried that the housing changes in the federal budget are going to hurt renters by reducing the number of rental properties and pushing up prices. But there is no need to worry. These changes will not increase rents.
One of the risks for higher inflation comes from the data centre boom we are now seeing. The RBA’s liaison with business has detected that data centres are hoovering up construction workers, adding to capacity constraints in the economy.
A broad coalition of industry groups, unions, NGOs and statutory bodies have published an open letter calling on the NSW Government to regulate the labour hire firms that employ large numbers of working holiday makers and PALM visa holders. The letter has been published amid a hotly contested debate over Australia’s national migration levels.
Online gambling companies are hitting the jackpot in Australia, with research showing five of the biggest operators raked in $5.4 billion in a single year while paying just $107 million in company income tax.
Earlier this week, NASA released the July global land-sea surface temperatures. It shows that July set a new record for global temperature – it was 1.45C above the 1880-1905 average.
A new working paper released today has found the Federal Parliament should disallow a controversial new method for making carbon credits. The paper, by University College London Associate Professor Fergus Green, examines the New South Wales Government's proposal to sell carbon credits in return for creating the Great Koala National Park.
New polling has revealed that Australian voters across the political spectrum overwhelmingly believe governments have an obligation to protect koala habitat. The polling, commissioned by The Australia Institute, found 82 per cent of Australians believe governments have an obligation to protect koala habitats.
A new submission to the Treasury on the regulation of accounting, auditing, and consulting firms in Australia has recommended separating the auditing and consulting arms of accounting firms, while regulating both in line with corporations in order to guard against future misconduct.
It’s been pretty clear for nearly a year now that Australians have taken a look at what Trump and his ICE goons are doing and have decided that the USA isn't the place for them.
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.
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A bitter battle over fracking is brewing in South Australia, with a consortium of community groups and councils imploring Premier Peter Malinauskas to abandon plans to lift a decade-long ban in the state’s South East two years early.
The ABS has released the May average earnings figures, which allows us to look at the gap in pay between men and women. The good news is that the gap is narrowing.
A Senate inquiry’s decision to back the Albanese government’s proposed NDIS overhaul has sparked outrage, with one participant warning the government and committee would have blood on their hands over deaths resulting from the changes. Despite hearing repeated warnings from experts and harrowing evidence from participants and their families, the committee tasked with scrutinising the controversial reforms recommended the bill be passed.
70 of Australia’s leading scientists have signed an open letter calling on the Australian Government to implement a 25 per cent tax on gas exports. The tax, suggested by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, could raise $17 billion annually, money scientists argue would help make Australia a scientific powerhouse again.
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a scathing critique of the AUKUS security pact, arguing anyone who believes the US will hand over its nuclear-powered submarines is living in a “political fantasy land”.
