More NDIS secret perks: Sorry Bill Shorten, you must stop this
So it turns out government bureaucrats have been enjoying some nice little perks too on the back of the NDIS. Things like secret golf trips, drinks and fancy meals. This has to end.
So it turns out government bureaucrats have been enjoying some nice little perks too on the back of the NDIS. Things like secret golf trips, drinks and fancy meals. This has to end.
In the Northern Territory, everything is heavily discounted or free – until it isn’t, writes Matt Cunningham.
The bigotry on display against Jerry Seinfeld across Australia and a despicable attack on a Labor MP leave no more room for excuses, writes David Penberthy.
This wasn’t a competition; it was a wipe-out. Biden appeared frail, confused and dazed as he became incoherent, writes body language expert Katia Loisel.
The first US presidential debate was a disaster for Joe Biden. It was so bad that, for the first time, his allies finally began to speak publicly about their panic, says Tom Minear.
From the moment Joe Biden opened his mouth, cheers and jeers from those watching quickly turned to groans and silence, writes Annelise Nielson.
I’ll always believe that Morant was following orders and that he became a scapegoat of empire – but he was also a war criminal, writes Peter Goers.
You can blame journalists or Labor’s inability to make an argument stick if you want, but there’s only one word to describe this “indefensible” furore, writes Samantha Maiden.
Too many frail elderly Aussies like my dad are forced to take up a hospital bed while they wait for aged care, writes Sue Dunlevy. And some are still waiting after six months.
In a week where we learnt terror groups are radicalising autistic kids in Australia, why is it up to a billionaire to take up the fight with social media, Julie Cross argues.
The only way to view the floor price of alcohol policy as a success is to manipulate the data in a way that distorts reality. Because the raw data shows this policy has had no impact in reducing alcohol-related harm, writes Matt Cunningham.
Australia cannot surrender on laws to hold social media giants accountable, News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller has told a parliamentary committee.
Nothing in what Federal Labor says about nuclear power has anything to do with science, writes David Penberthy.
Hunter Biden’s lawyers filed a motion for a new trial following his conviction in a gun case. But what they did next has left onlookers baffled.
US sports do a far better job than Australian leagues in making players give interviews. But when Dustin Martin refused to talk before his 300th game, Tom Minear didn’t care. This is why.
If politicians like Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan had any respect for Australia’s King’s Birthday honours, they’d give theirs back, writes David Penberthy.
Our biggest cities are so congested they’re almost unliveable. Eleven years since Kevin Rudd flew to Darwin with a plan to develop northern Australia, we might pause to wonder where we would be today if he’d got his way, writes Matt Cunningham.
Does anyone feel like we have seen this election movie before? Over and over and over again, writes Samantha Maiden.
Qantas’s new system to speed up boarding could prove painful for passengers if the US is anything to go by. Here’s why.
Bill Shorten’s had a tough week, with criticism over how much his speechwriter is paid. Julie Cross imagines what a cheaper (perhaps less professional speechwriter) might produce.
A national energy regulator report has confirmed Power and Water has put to bed the mad, full steam ahead approach to renewables – even if the government is still pretending 50pc by 2030 is achievable, writes Matt Cunningham.
The AFL is clearly not shy about stealing good ideas from rugby league, so when is it going to toughen up and take back Origin, writes Caleb Bond.
In just one generation, we have gone from magic to madness argues News Corp Australasia Executive Chairman Michael Miller, who is calling on Australia to impose a ‘social licence’ to force Tech monopolies to play by Australian rules.
The Prime Minister is serene in public, but there are goings on behind the scenes, writes Samantha Maiden.
Donald Trump is trying to convince Americans of two things so they will be willing to elect him as a convicted felon. The problem, as Tom Minear argues, is they cannot both be true.
Australians like to think we know better than Americans, especially on guns and healthcare. But Tom Minear argues there’s a US policy that Treasurer Jim Chalmers should copy.
Paying for staff to go for a long weekend to Mykonos. Then there’s team pizza and cocktail-making nights, plus two extra weeks off over Christmas. These workers have nailed it.
The true test of a free-speech advocate is to stand up for the speech you disagree with, writes Matt Cunningham.
When the ABC star says Australia is a racist country she doesn’t mean her friends or viewers of 7.30, writes Caleb Bond.
The jaw-dropping revelations of this week about the genuine scumbags granted citizenship confirms my long-held suspicion, writes David Penberthy.
Peak woke or progress? That’s up for debate after it was revealed a job applicant was left shocked with a Welcome to Country in the interview. HAVE YOUR SAY
Ultimate responsibility for the detainee debacle lies with the man who appointed the besieged immigration minister in the first place, writes Samantha Maiden.
When the No campaign told Australia that a Yes vote would “divide” us, they failed to mention this part, writes Douglas Smith.
Intolerable ambiguities are rarely discussed at the kitchen tables, market stalls and public bars inhabited by swinging voters who decide elections. They’re more likely to see this for what it was, writes Matt Cunningham.
Robots selling wine, jobs being outsourced to computers and face-to-face service as rare as hen’s teeth. David Penberthy bemoans what the world is coming to, and with good reason.
Older Australians are being dudded out of their home care funds which could be better spent so they have more to survive on, argues Julie Cross.
Australia has been sold a pup on renewable energy, and now our early exit from fossil fuels is leaving us very precariously perched, writes Caleb Bond.
The billionaire men who unleashed social media on the world don’t let their kids use it, so why should we, writes Samantha Maiden.
I’m a captain who has flown this route in B777’s hundreds of times and know what can go wrong, writes aviator Byron Bailey.
We know the NDIS is rife with fraud, the taxpayer is losing at least a billion dollars a year there. Now child care has similar issues. Something must change, writes Julie Cross.
The environmental health of the planet is in much better shape than the financial health of the Northern Territory – and something needs to give. writes Matt Cunningham.
There is a deep-seated ambivalence and in some quarters open hostility to business in this country, writes David Penberthy.
Two major cases this week lead me to wonder if our country could learn some lessons from Indonesia, writes David Penberthy.
Scott Morrison knows God loves him and has direct quotes to prove it in his new book, writes Peter Goers.
Whether it’s on the car windshield, in the letterbox or stuck to the front door, it seems real fury deserves a personal touch these days.
It’s another depressing return to an all-too familiar Labor Fiscal Future – high-taxes, big spending, budget deficits and rising debt set to exceed $1 trillion.
Shovelling cash to double-dipping property investors may prove harder to explain than deciding not to means-test billionaires, writes Samantha Maiden.
Rushing to recognise a Palestinian state, as Australia is now willing to do, risks backing Israel into a corner. Tom Minear argues it ignores the reality of the politics of peace.
King Charles was busy hosting a Buckingham Palace garden party, but it seems there was not even after work drinks or a supper catch-up. I wonder why?
Everything is up for debate in politics but there’s little argument to be had over the fact this place is being far better run, writes David Penberthy.
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