3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (674+ words) The news: Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government will consider additional requirements on social media companies to blunt the damaging effects of algorithms, as well as potential bans on pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation. Speaking on ABC Insiders,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (221+ words) That’s the pattern Liberal MP Garth Hamilton has detected in populist movements across several decades and many countries. He believes the latest iteration of One Nation will follow the same pathway and is cautioning his jumpier colleagues to hold tight....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (411+ words) The news: China has warned it will do whatever it takes to protect its interests after the US threatened sanctions over its business dealings with Iran. At a regular press briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said China…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (219+ words) Labor and the Coalition have overtaken One Nation in the latest Capital Brief/DemosAU opinion poll after a sharp and sudden slide in support for Pauline Hanson, particularly among women. The poll shows Labor ahead on the primary vote with…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) The news: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s latest threats as a distraction. In a post on social media, Araghchi said Trump’s promise to unleash “economic D-day” was a diversion from America’s own crises with…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) Capital Brief The NSW government is facing an escalating backlash from councils after it axed local government powers to slow down data centre construction despite rising community angst over metropolitan builds This week, the country’s largest state government removed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) The news: Moody’s Ratings has warned rising political fragmentation in Australia could make it harder to deliver economic reforms that support the country’s triple-A credit rating. The ratings agency reaffirmed Australia’s highest possible credit rating with a stable outlook on…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (358+ words) The news: One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has accused the government of lying about skilled migration numbers. Hanson told News24 on Sunday morning AEST that she is “not against migration but we’re in the predicament we are now at the moment…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (128+ words) Capital Brief The National Anti-Corruption Commission is failing to meet its 90-day timeframe for assessing referrals, is beset by tech issues and staff turnover and has been hostile to accountability NACC Inspector Gail Furness SC delivered the scathing assessment of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (137+ words) Capital Brief A journalist friend of mine who works for a major newspaper was cranky yesterday when our paths crossed in a corridor at Parliament House “There’s some serious stuff going around at the moment,” he said…...