HECS architect slams Greens ‘scaremongering’ over debt rise
The architect of the higher education loan scheme has accused the Greens of ‘scaremongering’ over the indexation of student debt, calling on Labor to reform the cost of university degrees.
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Just imagine this: Faruqi and her academic guest praise Australia
‘Thanks to the generosity and sacrifices of Australians before us, I have realised ambitions and a lifestyle that my native Pakistan would not have afforded me. Thank goodness I live in a Westminster democracy.’
HECS relief ‘a bid to win votes’ in Labor, Greens and teal seats
New analysis reveals the suburbs that will see the greatest benefit – that is, those with the largest average HELP debts per debtor – are all Labor, Greens or teal independent inner-city seats.
Major parties have a reform opportunity to ensure stability
Apart from effectively sidelining the Greens and teals for 18 months, the strategy suggested by Joel Fitzgibbon would refocus the government on proceeding with much-needed reform agenda.
Muslim Votes Matter backs Greens candidate in key Labor seat
Australian advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has backed high-profile Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam in one of its target seats for the upcoming federal election, as it protests against the government’s response to the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Greens platform for anti-Israel academic
The Greens hosted Randa Abdel-Fattah as the keynote speaker at an international women’s day event, as the party’s deputy leader said the nation had to stop using words such as inclusivity and social cohesion.
Beware the ad bans of a minority nanny state
Many of the policies the independents or Greens are promulgating would have wide-ranging consequences for so many businesses.
Child-killing cult leader’s sickening outburst
Explosive footage captured a killer cult leader’s defiant outburst to police after the fringe Christian sect fatally withdrew an 8yo girl’s insulin for God to “heal” her.
Nation’s poor defence focus a serious worry for voters
It is vital that Australia has a stable, majority government that has far more in common with our major ally than a future union-backed Labor-Greens-teals minority government could ever offer.
‘Time they paid’: Call to tax tech titans
Tech giants such as Meta, Amazon, Uber and Microsoft could be hit with a hefty tax under a new election policy demand put forward by the Greens.
‘Broken up’: Wild price gouging penalty
Aussie grocery giants face being broken up or paying hefty fines for price gouging under a wild election proposal from one party.
The PM’s first term has been a mess — but a second would be worse
The dystopian picture of an Albanese second act with major roles for Greens and teals may be just the scare campaign the Coalition needs. Yet we have to steel ourselves for the prospect that it could become our lived reality.
Harvey: nation’s day of reckoning ‘inevitable’
Prominent retailer Gerry Harvey says Australia has the worst energy and industrial relations policies in the world, but is still doing well; however, whoever wins the election we still face a daunting black hole of debt when the reckoning comes. And it will.
A vote for stagnation and chaos
The Greens and most teal MPs, in their ideological zeal, are prepared to let Australians suffer falling living standards by blocking new resource projects.
Activism of minor parties will endanger nation’s prosperity
The Greens would continue to erect roadblocks to prosperity in the Senate, and, if the teals hold the balance of power, their approach to climate action would bring us back to the Dark Ages.
‘Get in bed with Greens and the lights go out’
A hung parliament could spell trouble for Australia’s renewable energy rollout, Infrastructure NSW chairman and veteran company director Graham Bradley has warned.
Doctors fear strain of Greens’ autism, ADHD diagnosis promise
The latest ‘Robin Hood’ reform from the Greens would have $181m committed annually to free all-ages diagnoses for ADHD and autism.
National ‘nightmare’ of teals on a Green pitch, warn energy chiefs
Top energy chiefs have warned a hung parliament would be responsible for ‘horrific’ policy outcomes, amid fears the PM could be left hostage to a crossbench dominated by Greens and teals.
WA $30bn gas row shows folly of hung parliaments
Stopping the North West Shelf extension would hurt the nation, with the dispute serving as a prime example of why voters need to back a majority government.
Negative energy: Greens, teals vow to push Labor to axe gas expansion plan
Anthony Albanese will come under immediate pressure from the Greens and teals to cancel the $30bn extension of the North West Shelf gas project if Labor falls into minority government.
Bad influences skew coverage of anti-Semitism
Journalists in Australia have been slow to cover the story of the rise of domestic anti-Semitism.
Anti-Israel comedian hosts Greens’ campaign launch
The Greens have cancelled a free community lunch in Prahran, days after hiring an anti-Israel comedian to host its new candidate in Melbourne’s largest Jewish electorate.
MCA backs itself into corner over unwelcome guest speakers
Another day, another dreadful call by an arts institution, this time Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, which has got itself in a tangle over a bash booked by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for International Women’s Day.
Row over details of stronger hate laws
The NSW government has accused the state Liberals of ‘teaming up’ with the Greens to weaken its hate-speech reforms, but the opposition has hit back, saying Labor rejected its raft of stronger measures.
State lashes Canberra over North West Shelf delay
The environmental approval delay has prompted concerns that a decision may not come until after the federal election, potentially making the project a bargaining chip of the Greens and teals.
Poke empire on the brink owing $1.2m amid founder’s legal battle
Companies that launched trendy restaurants from Brisbane to Sydney have collapsed owing more than $1.26m, while their founder is battling tax and migration troubles in the Federal Court.
‘Levy on punters’: Warning over Greens’ plan to shut down racing
Federal National Party MP Darren Chester has sounded alarm bells about the Greens’ agenda to ban horse racing, which he says would see punters forced to cough up a levy to fund a ‘Horse Racing Transition Taskforce’.
Greens’ $7.2bn welfare pledge as vote looms
The Greens are setting out their agenda as expectations of a Labor minority government after the federal election grow.
Greens push for $4bn cut to insurance costs
The minor party has proposed a five-pronged attack to lower rising insurance premiums which they say could save households a total of $4bn.
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