We are Getting Sued by BHP | The West Report
Michael West Media is being sued by BHP, The Big Australian, for our reporting on the case of injured coal miner Simon Turner. At the centre of the fight are…
‘No apology’: quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship
Australians returning from a cruise afflicted by a rare and deadly virus will be required to quarantine for at least three weeks. A government-supported charter flight will carry four Australian…
Aussie shares drop as ceasefire frays, CSL plunges
The local share market has slipped after the US rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the Middle East war, and as a huge plunge by a prominent biotech name…
Rail project axing pulls ‘economic rug’ from regions
Nationals MPs have launched a bid to stop a multibillion-dollar rail project through regional communities from being cut in the federal budget. The federal government has announced it will scrap…
Budget boost to tackle growing ranks of homeless youth
Thousands of young Australians will be offered a new payment to help access community housing as part of the federal budget. Under the change, the federal government will provide a…
Gas project model pours cold water on emissions goal
Australia’s third-highest greenhouse gas-emitting state is not on track to achieve its net zero by 2050 target, according to economic modelling of a $30 billion-plus gas project. A Deloitte report…
Labor the ‘party of government’. Except in Farrer
Pauline Hanson’s protest movement won its first ever lower house seat in the Farrer by-election on Saturday. Labor didn’t contest it. What’s the scam? The scam is how the self-declared…
Netanyahu wants to wean Israel off US military support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off US military support within a decade as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states. “I want to draw…
Housing crisis. Will Labor’s ‘great’ housing budget fix housing?
Labor says the Budget will do wonderful things for our housing crisis, but is it just about government spinning hard without much traction? Michael Pascoe asks. The sugar hit With…
The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering | Jamil Smith
The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politics Maps can guide us home. They show us where…