March
Could offshore wind blow Alex Dyson off course?
The independent launched his political career with a dance backing renewable energy by impersonating a windmill. Today, he’s dancing to a different tune. Voters say that won’t work.
Alfred highlights need to fix insurance industry
Readers’ letters on the insurance industry after Cyclone Alfred, Peter Dutton’s nuclear power policy, attacks against Australian Muslims, Donald Trump’s policy and the share market slump.
Private markets need better regulation
Readers’ letters on ASIC’s transparency push, David Littleproud’s climate stance, Chinese navy vessels circling Australia and democracy under Donald Trump.
The Climate 200 candidate who won’t commit to wind power
Independent candidate Alex Dyson famously launched his political career with a viral video backing wind farms via interpretive dance. Now, he says, it’s more complicated.
November 2024
Inside the Birdcage at Flemington’s Derby Day
With Tabcorp focusing on customers and Lexus on models, Crown’s marquee reigned supreme as the best people-spotting location of the day.
June 2024
Giles junks Direction 99, seeks end to immigration saga
The opposition says the changes to Ministerial Directive 99 do not go far enough and is vowing tougher action if elected.
May 2024
Foreign ‘power couples’ could head the queue under migration revamp
Amid business fears migration cuts will worsen labour shortages, the Coalition wants foreign workers’ partners to have skills that contribute to the economy.
March 2024
Coalition, Greens, Hanson sink Labor’s emergency deportation bill
The Coalition would now “own it” if more failed asylum seekers were ordered out of detention by the High Court, the government said.
December 2023
Labor resists making big cuts to overall migrant intake
Labor has resisted political pressure to slash Australia’s immigration intake, and instead tightened the screws on foreign students in a bid to drive migration down to “normal” levels.
Political crisis deepens as third ex-detainee arrested
The government is fending off calls that two of its ministers resign as Victorian police arrest a former ringleader of a child exploitation gang.
November 2023
Australia has reached ‘peak migration’
Migrant numbers are likely to decline within months, but the issue will remain politically fraught.
This was a dark day for the way laws are made in Australia
The brutality of Peter Dutton’s populist politics on Wednesday conceals the risks that the government has taken in the rush to legislate.
May 2023
‘Unionised by stealth’: Migrant workers come with a catch
The Albanese government will require aged care providers to grant unions extensive access to workplaces as a condition of prioritising migration.
Liberal Party heavyweights gather to farewell Tony Staley
Tony Staley was a kingmaker in conservative Australian politics and a cabinet worth of Liberal Party heavyweights joined his friends and family for his funeral.
April 2023
Albanese cautions against getting ‘carried away’ as Liberals flounder
Anthony Albanese has cautioned against tax changes that Labor doesn’t have a mandate for as his opponents founder after the Aston byelection.
March 2023
Who is winning the war of words on WeChat in the NSW election?
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has paid up for advertising on Chinese social media app WeChat as he looks to attract voters in key battleground seats.
February 2023
Former state MP seeks preselection in ‘new Liberal heartland’
Former Victorian MP Cathrine Burnett-Wake has thrown her hat in the ring to replace ex-cabinet minister Alan Tudge at a byelection in Aston.
October 2022
Unis suffer as older workers opt for jobs over study
The short-term outlook for demand for university study is very soft with mature age students, which normally account for half the intake, opting for work over a degree.
Students ignore costs in choosing university study: analysis
An exhaustive analysis of student preferences in NSW between 2014 and 2022 found there was almost zero change in student enrolment patterns after the introduction of Job Ready Graduates.
July 2022
Government assures unions amid concerns over migration expansion
The ACTU has welcomed fast-tracking visa applications by 60,000 overseas skilled workers, but will play hardball on any shake-up of the migration intake.