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By Christina Watts With the rise in illicit tobacco sales in Australia, tobacco control policy has become a headline issue. But while the debate over tobacco taxation has dominated public discussion in recent times, Big […]

By Graeme Orr   Mining magnate Gina Rinehart and close associates have reportedly gifted over A$3 million to the One Nation Party in the last financial year. In cash and even an entire aircraft. ‘Reportedly’, […]

By Gabriele Gratton Running political parties and election campaigns costs money. Lots of it. In 2024–25, Australian political parties took in approximately A$490 million. Of this, around A$347 million came from private and other non-government […]

To all men, Whenever a woman is hurt, mistreated or killed by a man, there is usually some discussion about what that woman did leading up to that event. Why did she trust him? Why […]

UNSW Sydney Media Release Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Tax at the School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation, UNSW Business says: Some objectivity re taxation of discretionary trusts would be welcome in debate Both major […]

Taunting the Bullies: Navi Pillay‘s Nobel Peace Prize win The Nobel Peace Prize is an institution long stuffed with straw. Established by the inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel, its very creation suggested less contrition than […]

The Political Bird Bath: An Essay on “Shared Values” and the Language That Buries Truth A Sarcastic Enquiry Addressed to the Third-Party Reader The essay is written for a third-party reader who may or may […]

Chapter 8: The Proxy Model Domesticated – How the State Uses Providers to Mediate Its Relationship with Citizens Continued from Chapter 7 8.1 The Shift from Provider to Purchaser The state did not always deliver […]

Three weeks before Americans go to the polls, the midterm elections are beginning to take shape. Early voting is under way in some states, campaign spending is intensifying, and a growing number of competitive races […]

A child takes something from another child. They’re four. The other child objects. The educator steps in. She helps one child articulate what happened and helps the other listen. She acknowledges the anger but doesn’t […]

You’ll conclude from the screenshots below that: There are some things a civilised society simply refuses to turn into entertainment. The execution of a human being should be one of them. That, at least, is […]

Chapter 7: The NSW Mental Health System – Financial Management Orders and the Pipeline to the State Trustee Continued from Chapter 6 7.1 The Order That Outlives the Admission A Financial Management Order (FMO) is […]

Aboriginal cultural fire serves many purposes and carries important responsibilities. Its value cannot be measured through an ecological lens alone. Traditional Owners hold authority and responsibilities for Country, and Aboriginal fire practitioners already undertake detailed […]

By James Moore The price sign at a truck stop changes overnight and nobody ever sees it happen. You pull in and there it is. A number that means an 18-wheeler will need likely over […]

On December 3, two traditions risk combining in foul if remarkable fashion. In the United States, an execution is set to take place with a ghoulish offering of livestreaming through the World Wide Web. This, […]