Month: April 2025

Donald Trump’s knack for self-praise is the gift that keeps on giving. Part Einstein, part superhero – at least in his own mind – Trump’s confidence is a spectacle. Take his word for it: “I […]

Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release Independents, Greens and other crossbench candidates are pushing the next government to substantially increase income support to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and lift people out of poverty. […]

Has the love, or even more so the fixation, gone with the US dollar, that all cushioning reserve currency that has shown itself unimpeachable for decades? A curious event teasing and ruffling currency watchers and […]

By Maria Millers They think I’m building a house. I’m building a haven, not with brick, but with tenderness. (“What They Don’t Know” by Jericho Brown). Housing seems to have moved centre stage in the […]

Oxfam Media Release Restrictions on movement and total siege making aid operations almost impossible As Gaza enters the eighth week of an Israel-imposed siege, blocking aid, vital supplies and commercial goods, Oxfam staff are describing […]

UNSW Sydney Media Release Amid ongoing market volatility, should Australians reconsider common assumptions about their superannuation? As global stock markets fluctuate in response to rising geopolitical tensions – including renewed tariff threats impacting global trade and supply […]

Yesterday, the Trump administration dropped a bombshell: tariffs as high as 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. This move, finalised after a year-long probe started under Biden, targets alleged subsidies and […]

By Walt Zlotow The death of Pope Francis presents a golden opportunity for the Catholic Church to leap all the way from before the Middle Ages to the 21st Century. They could so do by […]