Democracy & Accountability
What is inflation and why is everyone so scared of it?
Inflation has been on everyone’s lips as supermarket prices have spiked and Australians have felt the cost-of-living squeeze.
PODCASTAfter America
“I’m not a dictator”: how Trump is consolidating executive power
Trump is behaving like “an emperor”, enabled by insufficient checks and balances on the power of the Oval Office.
PODCASTFollow the Money
Will AI kill traditional media?
With large language models threatening to swamp Australia’s traditional media, a little bit of government funding could go a long way to protect public interest journalism.
Experts warn FOI changes defy PM's transparency pledge
Experts have criticised proposed changes to Australia's Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, saying they seek to fix problems which either don’t exist or have been caused by officials rather than applicants.
Was your house freezing over winter? A bit more 'red tape' could have kept you warm
'Deregulation' is back in the news, but this time it’s not Tony Abbott talking about 'cutting red tape', it’s Labor ministers.
PODCASTAfter America
Empire strikes back
An imperial revival is occurring under the second Trump presidency.
PODCASTDollar & Sense
Red mist over the red tape cop out
Some regulations are good. Some are not. But cutting mystery ‘red tape’ is not panacea for improving productivity growth.
What matters for the country is not that differences of opinion exist in political parties, but how those differences are managed
The Australian Labor Party is as much a broad church as John Howard once proclaimed the Liberal Party to be.
Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few
Each of Australia’s 150 members of Parliament (MPs) must split their attention between more constituents than ever before: 120,659 voters per MP, over six thousand more than in 2022.
The rise of early voting in Australian elections
Are voters missing out on more than their democracy sausage?
