Year: 2026

The missing nine per cent: Will Farrer voters choose fresh local representation or more of the same? By Jack Arnold In the 2025 federal election for the seat of Farrer, 10,234 informal votes were cast – […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock   Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ecocide in country since 2023. It is an extension of Israel’s destruction of Gaza – and its obliteration doctrine. Israeli military aggression has “reshaped both […]

Indigenous Business Australia Media Release For the first time since Federation, Australia will be measuring the Indigenous-led Economy. Today Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) is officially launching the Office of the Indigenous Economy (OTIE) to monitor […]

By Jack Arnold   The NSW and federal electorates represented by the Nationals for too long and now federally One Nation until the next elections, have missed out on essential government infrastructure spending for the duration […]

There are moments in public life when satire simply gives up, packs a small bag, and leaves town without a forwarding address. This may be one of them. In a recent reflection on his own […]

A response to Bernard Keane, Crikey, with a nod to Martin Amis There is a particular kind of political insanity that masquerades, with remarkable persistence, as strategic vision. It wears a Grammar Old Boys tie. […]

By Jack Arnold In the lead-up to the Farrer by-election on 9 May 2026, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party has announced substantial private donations totaling at least $2 million. The announcement, made via social media during […]

He can hardly be blamed for being given the brief by his Prime Minister. King Charles III is in the United States on a repair job, playing diplomatic handyman and mender for Sir Keir Starmer […]

By Steve Davis   “My philosophy, just in a very potted form, is that information organises matter. Take a long-term view: how much matter will be organised around [humans’] information systems in the future? A lot, […]

An article that cuts through the royal rhetoric, the empty speeches, and the polished performances, that looks at King Charles’s address to the US Congress and sees it for what it is: a masterclass in […]

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney-led Poverty and Inequality Partnership Media Release Concerns about poverty in Australia are rising as cost-of-living pressures hit hard, with a majority of people agreeing income support payments are not enough to […]

By Walt Zlotow   In a poker game with Iran’s unified, determined, winning government, Trump is playing 52 Pick-Up Trump loves to bleat the US is winning his criminal war on Iran. The opposite is true. […]

By Jack Arnold   There is media speculation and press leaks that the 2026 Federal Budget will include changes to both Negative Gearing (NG) and the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to curb the massive inflow of […]