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Forgive me if I politely scoff at any suggestion I might be stupid enough to be a landlord again. Renting out a property is the great roll of the...
Our neighbours can grow stuff. Some evenings we hear Michael and Debbie tending a communal garden ... until their arrival, a narrow bark stretch...
Last week was another rough week for the Catholic Church but an even tougher week for their victims. And while the Catholic Church is far from the...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is reimagining capitalism and where policy needs to go. His essay extols the virtues of government and business...
If the Albanese government were looking for some political cover to remove the chokehold of the $254 billion stage three income tax cuts on the...
Amongst other compelling reasons, the Voice to Parliament is a must because no program will succeed unless it is based on a sound understanding of...
In the past week, nothing has been more alarming than a leaked memo from a US general who said he expected his country to be at war with China in...
HBO's The Last of Us is three episodes in, and enjoying wild critical and commercial success. It's no surprise that the same story that captivated...
Voice of Real Australia is a regular newsletter from Australian Community Media, which has journalists in every state and territory. Today's is...
This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to theechidna.com.au Her hand, gripping mine, was...
The XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as "Kraken", is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following...
Jim Chalmers likes to say we need national "conversations" about the economic issues facing the country. Now, just as the new parliamentary year is...
In the sleepy first weeks of January, policymakers in Canberra have been furiously working on the most significant review of Australia's migration...
Few parents could forget the magical days following the birth of their first child. For my partner John and I, the arrival of our daughter Dune in...
Good news a little way in so hold tight. Remember the excitement about the teals? Even if you were a rusted-on Labor supporter, the realisation...
This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to theechidna.com.au He was instantly unlikeable,...
Labor's change of tack in its targeting of Premier Jeremy Rockliff in his role as the Minister for Health is somewhat welcome. But only because...
The Voice debate has turned ugly. Why do we have a debate where people with good intentions but with doubts about the Voice proposal are made to...
This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning. To sign up for FREE, go to theechidna.com.au The dog looks up at me...
In the dark ages of the 1980s and '90s telephone calls were like treats - rare, planned, hard-won and savoured. You probably had to fight family...
In the dark ages of the 1980s and '90s telephone calls were like treats - rare, planned, hard-won and savoured. You probably had to fight family...
2022 certainly didn't live up to the promise we all felt of a post pandemic year. In fact, it's the year we have been shaken from the complacent...
It has been two years since the Myanmar military coup on February 1, 2021. Yet Australia still has not sanctioned a single member of Myanmar's...