Leanne Minshull

OPINION

Budget 2026: A Labor budget that looks more like Coalition-era environmental settings

Direct funding for environmental protection in this year’s budget is just 0.3% of total budget expenses. Alarmingly, it then falls off dramatically over the forward estimates. Such low levels of direct investment in the environment used to be a feature of Coalition rather than Labor governments.

OPINION

Why bravery alone won’t get us through the great disruption

OPINION

The unfair burden we put on our independent writers

Independent writers ventilate what is bubbling under the surface and, through their work, provide an agora for modern Australia. Without the input of creative thinkers, Australia would be a duller place. It would be less representative, and less safe.