Opinions
OPINION
Communities win again in the Otway Basin, but why do they have to keep fighting?
The recent rejection of the CGG Regia 3D marine seismic blasting survey off Victoria’s south-west coast was a hard-fought victory for coastal communities, marine life and common sense.
OPINION
How to foster global lawlessness: Destroy the UN and its agencies
Here’s a question that everyone should be asking as global rupture (to use Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s word) spreads. What’s the best way to make the world more lawless, more chaotic and much more dangerous? The answer is stunningly simple. Defund the institutions responsible for managing the international rules-based order.
OPINION
Australia’s tax concessions benefit men more than women
Budgets are about choices, and as the Federal Budget approaches in May, it’s a good time to ask who the Australian Government has in mind when they make their choices.
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Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an early election
In five days, Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s longest-serving prime minister since John Howard. He will equal Scott Morrison’s record of 1368 days on Thursday. On Friday, he’ll surpass him, leapfrogging both John Curtin and Morrison, to sit behind Paul Keating as the 12th longest-serving prime minister.
OPINION
Not quite white in the head
An edited extract of the introduction chapter of 'Not Quite White in the Head' by Melissa Lucashenko, out now via all good bookstores and online.
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This is not ‘social cohesion’ – it’s just a tighter net to trap us all
Australians have been lectured a lot in the past couple of years about social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch this week in response to protests against the visit by Israel’s head of state.
OPINION
Let’s talk about tax, baby: How economic reform can change the world
It may be fifty shades of boring to most of us, but by all rights tax reform should be the water-cooler topic du jour. Despite the many damning reports about our ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Oxfam found that in Australia, billionaires have increased their wealth by 70.5% or $120 billion since 2020.
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High Court to hear that the deck is stacked against independents and minor parties
A new High Court case is set to challenge the constitutionality of Australia’s political donation laws. It is the third such case currently on foot, and if successful it could help level the playing field for independents and minor parties.
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The last stop on the train line of Australia’s social failures: Tales of a homelessness case worker on the NSW South Coast
Life as a homelessness case worker is brutal. You often feel like the last stop on the train line of our country’s social failures. Hardest of all is knowing that people aren’t helped as well as they could be because of inadequate resources and a failure of political will and imagination.
OPINION
After speaking to hundreds of whistleblowers, it's clear our laws are failing them
Since launching Australia's first dedicated whistleblower legal service in 2023, we’ve heard from hundreds of whistleblowers wanting to speak up about corruption, corporate misconduct, human rights abuses, environmental damage and other wrongdoing.
