Australia’s biggest competitor has massively expanded nickel production, funded by Australia’s biggest customer. What can Australia's nickel industry do to survive?
2023 was a watershed year for women’s reproductive rights in Australia, but the cost of contraception and abortion services remains too high.
The Andrews government has made a decent first step to reduce Victoria’s mountain of debt by $30 billion over the next decade.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
Just as we have the country’s smartest legal minds on the High Court, and our best health practitioners setting vaccine policy, the review wants the best economists to set monetary policy.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used words with specific meanings in the objective he intends to legislate, among them “preserve”, “dignified”, “equitable” and “sustainable”.
Until February 17, 2023, the public can have your say on the government’s plan for standardised company reporting of climate‑related risks, which would start in 2024-25.
The first Labor budget in nine years, delivered against a grim economic backdrop, contains few surprises as it charts Australia's way through uncertain times and high-cost hazards.
Legislation must be created to ensure that Scott Morrison’s underhanded ministerial power-grab never happens again.
Does Collingwood, and indeed the AFL, have a problem with women, or is it a case of “boys just being boys”?
Judging by what the new federal government has promised, the answer appears to be a resounding “Yes”.
Although election night started well enough, another miracle victory quickly evaporated as voters turned their backs on the incumbent government.
Some foreign officials promoting central bank digital currencies want to be able to track and limit transactions in real time, raising privacy concerns.
Unlike many politicians, Anthony Albanese doesn’t appear to harbour a sense of entitlement to the top job – and his journey towards it has been a long one.
With marginal seats in play, and the outcome of the previous election to remind us, it’d be foolhardy to write off the Coalition from recording another unexpected result.
Although the clock’s running out, Australia has no agreed policymaking framework for our unique renewable energy transition issues, and little in the way of budget support.
There’s a crisis in women’s safety, but the budget commitments are piecemeal – and some aren’t even new.
Unpacking where the money’s going, and what it means for you and the post-COVID recovery.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still causing volatility, and the vaccine rollout just beginning, the next few months may prove to be the most difficult yet for the Morrison government.
The federal government has unveiled a budget filled with tax cuts and massive fiscal stimulus that will generate billions in deficits through to 2023.
The federal government's proposed code of conduct aims to support journalism by using competition law to divert profits from Facebook and Google.
Governments will rely on taxation to repair the fiscal damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that will likely mean a GST rise, even if there are better, but politically unpalatable, alternatives.
Priests receiving payments under the federal government's wage subsidy scheme is almost certainly unconstitutional – but unlikely to be challenged.
The aged care royal commission's interim report paints a picture of a system in deep crisis. Its recommendations for action have some merit, but won't address what are underlying systemic problems.
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