October 2024
How to make a six-figure salary writing newsletters
Inside the colourful, sometimes niche and wacky world of newsletter publishing. Some, like James Check and Alec Dejanovic, have made a full-time job of it.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
June 2022
George Christensen feeds the global elite he rails against
No longer suckling $210K from the public teat, the former MP wants $1000 donations for his news services. The beauty is the funding mechanism.
- Liam Walsh
April 2022
Christensen’s $100k payday for joining One Nation
The turncoat Member for Dawson in Queensland has reneged on his retirement plans, which will cost taxpayers money previously denied the One Nation candidate.
- Andrew Tillett
February 2022
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Cane farmer exposes sugar debacle
A German-owned sugar milling company in north Queensland has been blamed for costing a farmer $500,000 in income because of poorly maintained infrastructure.
- Tony Boyd
January 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Bringing America together
Joe Biden and US divide, Xi Jinping’s conciliatory signal, Australia’s population, Putin’s threats, decarbonisation, Novak Djokovic and George Christensen.
PM acknowledges voters’ ‘frustration’ over omicron outbreak
Amid pressure from business to cut isolation rules, the PM says according to medical advice 30 per cent of people remain infectious five days after getting sick.
- Andrew Tillett
May 14 firming as the federal election date
Government ministers and MPs believe May 14 or May 21 are the most likely dates for the federal election with the budget the last chance for a reset.
- Andrew Tillett
Don’t compare Coalition’s anti-vaxxers with Djokovic, PM says
Scott Morrison says the tennis star was ‘wrong’ to think he could enter Australia but does not rule out a reprieve being granted from the three-year ban.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2021
Government dumps voter ID laws in deal with ALP
The Coalition has cut a deal with Labor that will increase the scrutiny of charities and single issue groups who campaign politically.
- Phillip Coorey
November 2021
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Amid the chaos, Scott Morrison must still think ahead
The mood in the governing Coalition is unusually volatile in the run-up to the election. The best cure would be to have some policy to talk about.
- The AFR View
Anti-vaccine rebel MPs claim partial victory, liken premiers to Stalin
Rebel senators opposed to state-imposed vaccine mandates have won a concession from the government regarding the vaccine compensation scheme.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2021
Chris Bowen opens door to Kerry Schott’s energy reliability mechanism
But Labor’s energy and climate change spokesman said the opposition would not support “an indefinite subsidy for old technology” such as coal.
- Jacob Greber
September 2021
The true believers backing ivermectin
While some believe the anti-parasitic drug is an effective COVID-19 treatment, global healthcare experts are far from convinced.
- Emma Connors
August 2021
- Opinion
- Satire
A nation holds its breath as patient zero found in Canberra bubble
Lnp-ConserV-2 could be the most infectious thing from Queensland since johbjelkevirus, experts fear.
- Rowan Dean
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Libs in name only cancel Christensen’s dissent
It’s hard to know what will remain of the Liberal party at the end of COVID-19, when not a single one of its MPs supported the principle of freedom of speech.
- John Roskam
Any NSW lockdown surrender will imperil national recovery: PM
Scott Morrison has expressed concern at the increasingly defeatist language of the NSW Premier that vaccination, rather than suppression, was the ticket out of lockdown.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2021
PM encouraging anxiety over potential for China conflict: ALP
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong will slam Scott Morrison’s approach to foreign policy, citing his domestic political gain.
- Andrew Tillett
April 2021
Coalition fretting over two seats as Christensen departs
George Christensen’s exit has raised concerns inside the Coalition that at least two of its Queensland coal seats are now vulnerable.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Qld explains why the PM is so cautious on climate
The Morrison government is not looking for policy positions to win seats in the other states, just to hold onto the ones it has got. The Coalition can’t afford to lose seats in Queensland or Western Australia.
- Laura Tingle
January 2021
PM damaged US ties by getting too close to Trump: Albanese
In a major foreign policy speech, Anthony Albanese says Australia wants a US that offers 'steady and predictable engagement' in the Indo-Pacific.
- Andrew Tillett