Follow the money: Labor’s donor list tells a very different story from its ‘party of workers’ brand
Labor has spent generations presenting itself as the political voice of working Australians. Then you look at the money. Unions are there, exactly where voters would expect…
Albanese promised Australians a better future. The numbers tell a far more uncomfortable story
Anthony Albanese came to office promising Australians a better future. Four years later, millions of households are entitled to ask a simple question: better for whom? Inflation…
Avi Yemini’s ‘Free Palestine Party’ stunt may have helped kill Victoria’s controversial preference system
A political stunt designed to expose Victoria’s controversial preference system may be on the verge of achieving its central objective before a single vote is cast. The…
Canberra’s $953m travel bill raises a simple question: Are taxpayers getting value for money?
Canberra’s taxpayer-funded travel bill reached $953 million in a single financial year, an extraordinary figure at a time when Australian households are repeatedly being told to tighten…
‘Bloody ridiculous’: Melbourne business owners demand inquiry into Victoria’s soaring land valuations
A 20-month investigation by a Melbourne commercial property owner has exposed extraordinary inconsistencies in Victoria’s land valuation system, prompting claims that questionable assessments are driving up land…
‘Stop mass immigration’: Pressure builds to put Australians first as migration debate intensifies
“Stop mass immigration. Put Australians first.” The message is blunt, politically charged and increasingly central to one of Australia’s fiercest national debates as voters confront expensive housing,…
81-year-old pensioner hospitalised after three intruders force their way into Punchbowl home
An 81-year-old pensioner has been rushed to hospital with head injuries after three intruders allegedly forced their way into his home in Sydney’s southwest in the middle…
Beloved ‘Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill dies suddenly in Sydney aged 78
Beloved New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill, whose extraordinary five-decade career carried him from the emerging New Zealand film industry to the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, has…
Four-month-old baby left without his mother as father Dharminder Singh faces Jana Armstrong murder charge
A four-month-old baby boy has been left without his mother as his father faces a murder charge over the death of 30-year-old Toowoomba woman Jana Armstrong. Dharminder…
‘No country is prepared’: Australia urged to invest before the next pandemic strikes
Australia is being urged to invest now in vaccines, manufacturing and pandemic preparedness as one of the country’s most senior health experts warns no nation can confidently…