Australian politics

New research reveals affordable housing is a vote-changing election issue

Community Housing Industry Association Media Release New research from Redbridge for the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) and PowerHousing Australia…

4 months ago

Election 2025: Who let the dogs out?

Before we all plunge into electioneering mode I would like to say a few things about the piss-poor political choices…

4 months ago

Democracy Fragile in QLD Local Governments

By Callen Sorensen Karklis In 2024 during the QLD Local Government elections - much like in the NSW local elections…

4 months ago

The Liberal Party, Moira Deeming and political Christianity

It is desirable and appropriate that politicians with a religious commitment are elected to office in Australian politics, while also…

4 months ago

There are 12 males and 11 females: That’s what I call a cabinet

With the latest Labor cabinet reshuffle, brought on by the resignation of Bill Shorten, comes the realisation that the Government…

4 months ago

Federal divisions of Maribyrnong and Hinkler

Speaker of the House of Representatives Media Release As previously announced, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable…

4 months ago

The cashless welfare card is not yet dead and buried

Under a potential Dutton-led government, there have been indications that the reintroduction of a cashless welfare card system, similar to…

5 months ago

Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy is unclear policy

Peter Dutton’s signature nuclear energy policy has rightly been subject to significant criticism and analysis, highlighting several key issues: The…

5 months ago

The Morrison Government: A textbook case of rampant, moral disengagement

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that…

5 months ago

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 3)

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 2 Through that single act of dismissal, Kerr had breathed new life into the…

5 months ago

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 2)

By Jenny Hocking Continued from Part 1 After years of legal action, still absent from public view are crucial documents…

5 months ago

ABC News refuses to correct manifestly false reporting about Labor’s poverty reduction

By Alan Austin An interview on the 7.30 Report in November asserted falsely that poverty in Australia was worsening under…

5 months ago

Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (Part 1)

By Jenny Hocking Abstract Gough Whitlam was deeply committed to the preservation of history, and keenly attuned to the importance…

5 months ago

The continual cover up – Jenny Hocking on the strange disappearance of Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file

By Jenny Hocking And it is not just Gough Whitlam’s ASIO file that has been “culled” by the National Archives…

5 months ago

Political Futures: More Data Can Still Erode Populist Influences

By Denis Bright A federal budget in March 2025 offers yet another chance to broaden the economic information base for…

5 months ago