Where are the uni vice chancellors as dangerous ignorance flourishes?
Australian vice-chancellors have been speaking in platitudes, desperate not to upset anyone. The chickens are coming home to roost. Chickens being the operative word.
Politics
Construction focus to save ‘a million new homes’ promise
Construction workers are set to receive wage subsidies and skills assessments fast-tracked for foreign tradies as Labor uses the budget to shield its 1.2m new homes pledge.
Waning support for clean transition
Only two-in-five voters are confident that Australia will meet its 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets, as support for climate action and renewables continues to slide.
Canberra confronts EU over threat to beef industry
The European Union’s new deforestation regulation could put Australian farmers in the same category as those razing and burning the Amazon.
Miles egg-thrower has form
A pro-Palestinian activist arrested and fined for trying to egg Queensland Premier Steven Miles at a Labour Day march has been revealed as the same woman who targeted Jewish singer Deborah Conway.
New video as hunters spot illegal arrivals in croc habitat
New video shows five men – believed to be asylum seekers from West Africa – covered in blankets and surrounded by Australian Border Force officers.
Strap yourselves in Australia, the RBA is not backing off
If mortgage rates stay higher for longer, or if Michele Bullock pulls the cash rate trigger again, the political heat on Labor will be red-hot.
Victorians’ mental health kicked down the road
The losers in the Allan government budget include a multitude of in-demand social programs, including mental health services, childcare and free kindergarten.
Pro-Palestine slogan could incite violence
Anthony Albanese has agreed with former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson that the chant ‘from the river to the sea’ is a violent statement that does not belong in Australia.
Court gets in first on deport powers
The High Court’s decision on ASF17 will be handed down on Friday, days if not weeks before the parliament will consider the Albanese government’s ‘far-reaching’ deportation powers.
Supermarket inquiry an abuse of Senate power
The Greens-led Senate inquiry into supermarket prices was a display of political theatre and abuse of parliamentary resources.
Senate inquiry issues 14-point plan to bust supermarket power
The Greens-led Senate inquiry into the supermarkets wants greater powers for the government, courts and regulators to crack down on the power of Woolworths and Coles including threats of breaking them up if they misuse market power.
‘Hopeless’: judge slams former LNP president in renewables row
David Hutchinson’s legal defence against allegations he misused $500,000 in energy research money was so bad, it amounted to an abuse of process, a judge has ruled.
Chalmers hits the brakes on road user charges for EV drivers
The Treasurer will delay the introduction of road user charges on electric vehicles, despite warnings that Australia’s dwindling fuel excise revenue will heap long-term pressure on infrastructure funding and revenue.
Treasurer poised to roll dice on great inflation gamble
Jim Chalmers is about to roll the inflation dice with this third budget but needs people to buy the argument that the economy is in a weaker state to justify spending.
Rail Loop gets the green light, airport link on hold
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas is pushing ahead with the controversial Suburban Rail Loop, but delays Melbourne Airport train by years.
State debt interest $26m a day
Victorians face an interest bill of $26m a day to service their debt, despite spending cuts and delays to major projects announced in Tuesday’s state budget.
‘Trainwreck’: Dreyfus ‘wrong’ on detainee ankle bracelet
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus refuses to say who was responsible for removal of freed detainee Doukoshkan’s ankle bracelet before he allegedly bashed a Perth woman.
Atop debt mountain, Pallas barely tinkers
Tim Pallas has delivered a budget that does little to address Victoria’s soaring debt and keeps the state on Labor’s well-worn political path.
Victoria’s infrastructure idiocy puts feds on hook for bailout
The sad reality is that Victoria has now very little going for it, apart from rapid population growth spurred by excessive international migration. It’s a masterclass in mismanagement.
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