2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (726+ words) Increasingly Australians feel that they cannot get ahead. That the economy is failing to work for them. If people don't have a stake in our society, they are more likely to turn to more extreme solutions. An important reason for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (457+ words) There was a marked shift in Australian media in the past week, after Pauline Hanson released One Nation's new gas policy. The headlines were all similar; "overhaul the gas industry" and "Nordic-style plan". Which it is " Hanson proposes gas companies…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (638+ words) False claims spreading on social media allege that the federal government will fast-track citizenship for millions of temporary visa-holders. The claim is one of several that emerged following Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's appearance on a podcast." Other claims include…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (399+ words) A Liberal senator has taken aim leader Angus Taylor's tone and approach to the debate over migration after the Coalition promised to slash the number of foreigners entering Australia. South Australian senator Andrew Mc Lachlan argued the framing of Taylor's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (366+ words) US President "Donald Trump says he's holding off "on "a "planned military attack "on Iran while "efforts continue to "reach "a "peace deal. Trump's announcement on social media late on Monday (local time) came after he had threatened that the…...

2+ week, 18+ min ago  (952+ words) The Liberal Party's leadership's claims that half a million migrants have entered the country each year under Labor are misleading, experts say." While net overseas migration " the number of migrants arriving minus those departing " was 555, 800 in 2022-23, it has fallen in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (451+ words) Universities and academics have blasted the coalition's plan to cut Australia's migrant intake, warning it would hurt the economy and cost jobs. The opposition is promising one of the biggest cuts to migration in Australian history, and Nationals leader Matt…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (626+ words) I have been writing about budgets for 12 years and for almost all that time the government has been claiming that it wants to do something about housing affordability. But every policy successive governments have put up has been rubbish. The…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (628+ words) Pauline Hanson says One Nation's next target is western Sydney after winning former Liberal leader Sussan Ley's NSW seat in a historic by-election victory. David Farley ended 77 years of Coalition rule in a thumping win on Saturday that marked the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (357+ words) US President Donald Trump has announced on social media that there would be a three-day ceasefire in "the war between Russia and Ukraine from May 9 until May 11 to mark "the end of World War Two for the Russians. Trump had…...