Skye Predavec is a Researcher at the Australia Institute. Her publications cover a range of topics, including Australian elections, democracy, media, arts, firearm laws, and education. Prior to the Australia Institute, she worked mainly in campaigns and advocacy on issues such as public transport, education, housing and queer rights.
This week, former Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley left the party. This follows the Liberal party pushing out their first female leader in February, and with this move the Coalition now has just 98 women elected across Australia’s state, territory and federal parliaments – compared to over 200 men.
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Three quarters (76%) of parents with children at independent (non-Catholic private) schools think government funding for private schools should “increase at a rate closer to the consumer price index”, according to a new poll published by Independent Schools Australia.
New South Wales was the first state to tighten its gun laws after the Bondi Massacre, limiting the type and number of guns someone can own in the state. While there has been predictable outrage from the gun lobby, they’re already working.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australia’s arts and culture cannot be produced overseas, and cannot be moved offshore. It can only be made here. So, amidst a struggling sector, what has the government announced to make sure it still is? In short, not much.
Taxing the gas industry fairly won’t make companies leave Australia; Norway didn’t kill its oil and gas industry when it raised their taxes. In fact, it has flourished in the five decades since then.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 loses all of the commentary of its predecessor, and most of the chic.
