Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has stepped into the debate on changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) announced in last week’s budget with a full-throated defence of the Government’s proposals.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for urgent nationwide reform to address racism in Australia’s criminal justice system after the United Nations raised “grave concerns” about the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
The Australian Services Union (ASU) is right, a 25% gas tax would raise far more than the PRRT does, and enough to pay for vital community services that Australians rely on.
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The Greens have accused major corporations of capitalising on global instability to drive stronger inflation and boost profits, following the release of new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) research.
The Albanese Government’s move to tackle the CGT discount is aimed at addressing one of the very settings many economists and housing advocates argue helped push the dream of home ownership further out of reach.
Rebekha Sharkie is right: Australia Institute research has found that Medicare is failing regional and remote Australians, with rural people getting sicker and dying younger than their city counterparts.
In an op-ed published in the Sydney Morning Herald, chair of Independent Schools NSW Margery Evans argues that Jane Caro’s Rich Kid Poor Kid Vantage Point essay generalises and misinterprets the state of Australian education. But in doing so, Evans does exactly what she accuses Caro of, misleading the reader about the actual state of private school education.
Environmental groups have accused the Albanese Government of laying the groundwork to weaken nature protections after the federal budget allocated millions toward devolving environmental approval powers to states and territories.
While Labor gained seven seats, their first-preference vote was actually 2.5% lower than the 40% they had achieved in 2022. Labor won over 70% of the seats on a preference vote of almost half that, 37.5%. This is thanks to single-member electorates.
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.
The first calls for a boycott came in 1964. A young Danish left-wing activist stormed the stage holding a banner reading “Boycott Franco and Salazar”. Though, the most controversial part of the competition has long been the inclusion of Israel.
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One of the more hilarious aspects of the budget is that conservative newspapers have discovered that young people exist. Not all young people, mind. Not young people trying to cope on Jobseeker, or young people coping with a more precarious labour force than in the past, or young people with disabilities about to be kicked off the NDIS, not even young people wanting to buy a home. Nope, we are talking about young people who invest.
Next year, WA drivers will pay more in rego fees than gas companies will in royalties. It gets worse if you add up all the revenue forecast over the next 4 years. It’s not just drivers, but those paying the emergency services levy and gamblers who will all pay more than gas companies do in royalties.
Former oil and gas executives are urging the Albanese government not to use the Middle East crisis as justification for expanding fossil fuel production, warning Australia risks locking itself into an “outdated” energy system as the rest of the world accelerates towards electrification.
