Amy Remeikis
Once upon a time, it was assumed that progressive voters, even if they were gritting their teeth, would fall behind Labor to block the Coalition and One Nation from winning power.
The Australia Institute’s chief economist is betting on a Melbourne Cup interest rate rise, after RBA governor Michele Bullock confirmed Australia’s rate hikes this year have outpaced those of other major advanced economies.
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of September has just been released, and it shows that inflation has gone up to 4.6%. This increase has been driven by increasing fuel prices.
Australian Greens Leader David Shoebridge has once again voiced his support for a 25% tax on gas exports during a key speech at the National Press Club in Canberra today.
Welfare groups had urged the Albanese government to scuttle plans to restart the payment cancellations, warning that unresolved legal concerns and inadequate safeguards could leave vulnerable Australians without money for food or rent.
The latest Foodbank Hunger Report 2026 has found that one in three Australian households had experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months, an increase of 100,000 compared with last year.
NSW Greens upper house member Sue Higginson has written to the state’s resource minister calling for the publication of a document at the centre of a controversial coal deal.
Two United Nations human rights experts have formally challenged the Albanese government over its continued approval of coal and gas projects, raising serious allegations about Australia’s failure to protect young people from worsening climate change.
Australia risks falling short of its global pledge to protect 30 per cent of the country’s land by 2030, with a new national review warning the biggest challenge isn’t just how much land is safeguarded, but whether it includes the ecosystems and species most at risk.
Motor racing could be permitted in parts of the long-awaited Great Koala National Park precinct, sparking outrage among conservationists who say the NSW Government is putting recreational activities ahead of protecting endangered koalas.
The NSW Government has committed to restricting the size of election posters but stopped short of committing to a proposed six-sign limit within 100 metres of polling booths ahead of the March 2027 state election.
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