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The migration debate is outrageous by design

The migration debate is outrageous by design

In last week’s column I showed that 59 per cent of GPs (General Practitioners or Family Doctors) in Australia were foreign born nationals at the...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Experts are struggling to explain One Nation’s surge

Experts are struggling to explain One Nation’s surge

One Nation’s rapid rise has left political science and orthodox analysis struggling to explain why a chaotic party with little policy depth and a...

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John Warhurst

Now bird flu is in Australia, can we stop the spread?

Now bird flu is in Australia, can we stop the spread?

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia. Testing has confirmed highly...

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Jane Younger

Why 'average Australians' does not mean 'most'

Why 'average Australians' does not mean 'most'

So what is the middle income for Australians? Each year, the ATO’s taxation statistics provide insight into this topic, and this year’s release is...

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Greg Jericho

ATO data: Men earn more than women in most jobs

ATO data: Men earn more than women in most jobs

The latest annual statistics from the Tax Office reveal the gender pay gap remains very real and spans almost every occupation. The annual tax...

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Greg Jericho

AUKUS has a big waste issue – and not only money

AUKUS has a big waste issue – and not only money

Many people are shocked by the price of the AUKUS agreement. The government has budgeted a staggering $368 billion, hundreds of times the cost of a...

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Ian Lowe

Bulldozers and batsh--t: What's going on in secret?

Bulldozers and batsh--t: What's going on in secret?

If Australia’s current political environment were a Bond film, we have reached the point where the villain feels comfortable enough to explain their...

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Amy Remeikis

Nine spectacular – and serious – Australian hikes

Nine spectacular – and serious – Australian hikes

From rugged wilderness trails and epic outback adventures to lush tropical hinterlands, Australia offers some of the world’s most unforgettable...

20.06.2026 10

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Lonely Planet

Govt concedes on tax, as doubt surrounds NDIS

Govt concedes on tax, as doubt surrounds NDIS

Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in...

20.06.2026 10

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Michelle Grattan

Trump and wild losses in US's misbegotten Iran war

Trump and wild losses in US's misbegotten Iran war

The memorandum of understanding that ostensibly ends the four-month war between the US and Iran illuminated the profound US defeat. In addition, a...

20.06.2026 10

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Joseph Gerson

Australia could become a local energy superpower

Australia could become a local energy superpower

Energy security is a top priority globally, as governments grapple with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an accelerating clean energy transition...

19.06.2026 10

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Robert Monterosso

We need migrant workers more than we might think

We need migrant workers more than we might think

As a demographer, I remain concerned about the ageing of Australia and the resulting universal skills shortage, especially in aged care. I therefore...

19.06.2026 10

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Housing reform is cooling demand. That's the point

Housing reform is cooling demand. That's the point

Since the federal budget, auction clearance rates have fallen and house prices have gone sideways. The slow-down in the housing market is being blamed...

18.06.2026 10

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Matt Grudnoff

We are in a post-fact world and Hanson revels in it

We are in a post-fact world and Hanson revels in it

Pauline Hanson wants to increase defence spending by an easy $340 billion a year or so, make it easier to sack workers (who she thinks are lazy),...

18.06.2026 10

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Amy Remeikis

RBA holds interest rates steady, but with a warning

RBA holds interest rates steady, but with a warning

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate unchanged at 4.35 per cent, choosing to pause after raising interest rates three times...

17.06.2026 20

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Stella Huangfu

What the Socceroos teach us about belonging

What the Socceroos teach us about belonging

The Socceroos’ success is more than a sporting story – it is a reminder that the children of migrants and refugees are not outsiders to...

17.06.2026 20

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John Frew

The war may end but what did the US, Israel achieve?

The war may end but what did the US, Israel achieve?

After weeks of on-again, off-again negotiations, US President Donald Trump finally seems to have secured an agreement from the Iranian regime to end...

16.06.2026 20

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Amin Saikal

One Nation, science and democracy – a trust deficit

One Nation, science and democracy – a trust deficit

The rise of anti-establishment politics reflects a deeper loss of confidence in Australia’s economic model, making investment in science, research...

16.06.2026 20

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Kim Carr

White House UFC fight is a perfect storm for the US

White House UFC fight is a perfect storm for the US

The US government is preparing a suite of events to celebrate “the most important milestone” in the country’s history – the 250th anniversary...

15.06.2026 20

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Erin nichols

Nonnamaxxing: The fantasy of inherited nostalgia

Nonnamaxxing: The fantasy of inherited nostalgia

Every few months, the internet invents a new aesthetic. Cottagecore. Clean girl. Tomato girl summer. Mob wife chic. Now, gen Z has turned its gaze...

15.06.2026 20

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Lisa Portolan

Interest is headed for a cut – that's not all good

Interest is headed for a cut – that's not all good

Want some good news? The next interest rate change will probably be a cut. Almost everything else I have to say is bad news. Interest rates have gone...

15.06.2026 20

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Matt Grudnoff

Political Lord of the Flies assumes worst of us

Political Lord of the Flies assumes worst of us

In 1968, American ecologist and eugenicist Garrett Hardin published his essay, the “Tragedy of the Commons”, in Science magazine. It posited that...

14.06.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

Luxury apartments won't teach kids or treat the ill

Australia’s housing crisis is a failure to provide a basic human right – that of a roof over one’s head. But it also poses a serious threat to...

13.06.2026 10

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Daniel o’hare

PM’s broken promises play into Hanson’s rise

After Labor targeted the threat of One Nation in a recent appeal to supporters for donations, the insurgents played tit for tat. One Nation on...

13.06.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Mining, media and politics unite to influence debate

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is bankrolling the acquisition of a 9.5 per cent stake in Southern Cross Media by Bruce McWilliam, who worked for...

12.06.2026 20

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Denis Muller

Are we being misled about NDIS fraud? Yes, we are

Current changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will remove at least 241,000 people from the by the end of the decade. Some estimates are...

11.06.2026 20

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Chris coombes

Only one reason a Liberal-Hanson deal makes sense

For those watching politics at the moment, none of it seems to make sense. Why would the Liberal Party, which arguably has the most to lose, at least...

11.06.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

Australia should boost permanent visas, not cut

Australia is a “migration nation”. This line is repeated so often that it risks becoming meaningless. The more interesting question is what type...

10.06.2026 20

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Reform is hard. Labor needs to hold course

Do Australians really want reform? It’s a reasonable question to ask as the Albanese government weathers trenchant attacks on its recent federal...

10.06.2026 30

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Chris Wallace

Trump makes US birthday about one thing: Himself

Donald Trump looked at America’s 250th birthday this year and neurotically concluded that he’s the main attraction. A celebration intended to...

09.06.2026 20

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Thom Hartmann

Rise of far-right reveals major 'working class' error

Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding...

09.06.2026 20

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David Peetz

Australia’s time to shine as climate talks begin

This week will bring the first phase of talks paving the way to the next UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Türkiye later this year. It is a...

08.06.2026 20

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Melissa Conley Tyler

O'Neil's 'remarkable' speech shows what's possible

There was something quietly remarkable about a moment in question time this week. It was subtle, so subtle it was largely missed. But in response to...

07.06.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

Australians worse off under Liberals' tax index plan

Australians would be paying significantly more tax today if income tax brackets had been indexed to inflation since the Howard government came to...

06.06.2026 40

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Tegan George

Landmines on all sides as Hanson takes the big stage

When One Nation leader Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club on June 17, there will be landmines everywhere. It’s her first formal speech...

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Michelle Grattan

Aus faces tariff on slavery claims. Is the US right?

The United States is threatening to impose trade tariffs of up to 12.5 per cent on 60 countries, including Australia, over their inaction on forced...

05.06.2026 20

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Justine Nolan

Budget tax changes will cost me, but I support them

The debate around the federal government’s changes to trusts, negative gearing and Capital Gains Tax has people all fired up about broken promises,...

05.06.2026 10

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Mark brosnan

How Trump could lose control of the US Congress

US presidential elections are always about a choice for the future. Who do you want to lead the country? Who will best address your needs? But the US...

04.06.2026 20

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Bruce Wolpe

Nothing 'reasonable' about rebooted abortion fight

Back in 2009 (which seems an entirely different world at this point) then US president Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to the Notre...

04.06.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

Germany's population debate offers a lesson for us

A German child born in 2020 may spend 57 per cent of their lifetime wages paying for pensions, healthcare, aged care and unemployment benefits.  At...

03.06.2026 30

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Simon Kuestenmacher

One Nation poll is a warning, but no crystal ball

Polling points to a rapidly fragmenting electorate, with One Nation attracting unprecedented support and the major parties facing growing voter...

03.06.2026 20

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Kim Carr

Workers to get a pay rise, but it can’t match inflation

Almost 2.8 million of Australia’s lowest-paid workers will get a 4.75 per cent pay rise from July 1 this year, after the latest Fair Work Commission...

03.06.2026 20

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John Buchanan

How billionaire media buyouts affect democracy

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person and one of the world’s most powerful mining magnates, recently helped finance a deal to acquire a 10 per...

02.06.2026 10

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Cameron Mcternan

Why our politicians are using migrants as a weapon

I remember vividly being eight years old. My father was sitting beside the small fountain in our garden at the front of our home in suburban Adelaide....

02.06.2026 20

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Serafina maiorano

Hanson's allure for women is a global trend

Pauline Hanson and her party One Nation have dominated headlines after their recent electoral successes in South Australia and Farrer. A new national...

02.06.2026 20

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Sofia Ammassari

This budget will make most people better off

Increasingly Australians feel that they cannot get ahead. That the economy is failing to work for them. If people don’t have a stake in our society,...

01.06.2026 30

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Matt Grudnoff

What a depressing month this political week has been

A democracy is only ever as strong as its institutions and people’s trust in it. And yet, just this month, we have had Jewish people denied leave to...

31.05.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Effective NACC ‘reset’ must include public hearings

At the 2022 election, “integrity” was a big-deal issue. Then after winning government, Labor ticked off a promise when it set up the National...

30.05.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Three Australias: Polls show our deepening divide

Changing voting patterns are no longer a reaction to short-term events, they are a rebellion against inequality, says Kos Samaris. Our new Multilevel...

30.05.2026 20

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Kos Samaras

Why scientists scrapped worst-case climate outlook

When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look...

29.05.2026 20

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Andrew King