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The year is ending on a remarkably positive note for Australia’s majority Labor Government. The political finales include the passage of the environmental reform package and the implementation of controls on access to selected social […]

In the political theatre of Victoria, Premier Jacinta Allan’s government is staging a performance of profound contradiction. On the domestic stage, it is pushing a so-called “tough on crime” agenda, targeting vulnerable children for political […]

The messiness of Australia’s social media ban for those under 16 as part of the Online Safety Act 2021 is becoming more apparent by the day. From December 10 this year, as announced by the […]

While Finland invests twenty years teaching its children to think critically about media, Australia reaches for symbolic gestures and declares them progress. Within days, a new law regulating social media will take effect; one already […]

By Denis Hay    Description Learn how money is created in Australia, why most money is digital, and how both government spending and bank lending create new money. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? […]

Stop the Bill Shock Media Release New AER data shows hundreds of thousands are struggling with rising energy debts as Australians demand more government intervention to lower bills. An alliance of energy justice advocates is […]

A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time, ordering their forces and disciplining their charges from straying. But straying […]

The strategic placement of key US and joint military facilities across Australia reveals a pattern not of national defence, but of integration into a global, offensively-oriented network for force projection and intelligence gathering. An analysis […]