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.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said on ABC’s 730 last night that a 25% tax on gas exports would be “bigger and simpler” than Labor’s proposed gas reservation policy. She's right.
David Farley, the One Nation MP who won the Farrer by-election in May, is “poised to quit One Nation” according to the Saturday Paper. It wouldn’t be the first time a One Nation MP has quit the party soon after being elected. In fact, that’s been the fate of 25 of the 52 MPs that have ever represented the party in Australian parliaments.
The evidence is clear: NSW’s gun laws are working. They offer a clear path forward to other states and territories to reduce the number of guns in their communities; they only need to follow NSW’s lead.
On Tuesday, Bob Brown told ABC’s 730 that the NSW Government’s plan to make the creation of the Great Koala National Park dependent on being able to sell carbon credits “a scam”. And Bob Brown is right, these credits do not represent actual carbon abatement.
There have been some recent claims that the Journalism Assistance Fund is funnelled toward left-wing outlets, but this is not true.
According to the most recent Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) data from 2018, theft is the largest source of new illicit weapons in Australia. Every theft adds more guns to the over 200,000 illicit firearms in Australia. Fewer legally owned firearms means there are fewer firearms that can be stolen.
On the face of it, Hanson is right that the 2021 census reported 872,000 people spoke English either “not well” or “not at all”. But that number hides details that make Hanson’s claim highly misleading. For example, of those who reported speaking English “not at all”, most are Australian citizens. And about half of those have a pretty good reason for not speaking English – they’re babies.
Despite the backing of its own review into firearm laws and Victorian police, the State Government has refused to crack down on gun ownership.
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.
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.
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