Historic sites offloaded in billion-dollar defence sale
Dozens of properties owned by Australia’s military – including the historic Victoria Barracks in Sydney and Melbourne – will be sold off over coming years, raising billions of dollars to…
ISIS vs IDF. Selective justice and the fall of Australian law
Australians who went to fight for ISIS were prosecuted, their families vilified, while former IDF soldiers fighting for Israel walk freely among us. Andrew Brown reports on the double standards.…
Blame game begins as Reserve Bank delivers rate pain
The Reserve Bank’s decision to lift the benchmark borrowing rate to 3.85 per cent has brought an end to the shortest easing cycle in the inflation-targeting era. Given the central…
Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry
Forestry has long and complex past on the Tiwi Islands. Plantations on the islands 80 kilometres north of Darwin have not always worked in the interests of the Tiwi people…
Nationals facing heat as disillusioned voters lash out
The Nationals risk an exodus of support from voters wanting to “burn the house down” after weeks of damaging infighting. With the Liberals and Nationals unable to agree on terms…
Racism watchdog warns of coded message in cohesion call
The phrase ‘social cohesion’ is being used as a code for assimilation and undermines progress towards a harmonious society, Australia’s race discrimination commissioner warns. Giridharan Sivaraman first sounded the alarm…
Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia
Representatives from more than 100 technology companies are calling on state and federal governments to bring the popular SXSW conference back to Australia and to the nation’s future Olympic city.…
Interest rates up. RBA says labour market is too “tight”
The Reserve Bank did what most hoped it wouldn’t do: raise interest rates while trotting out more of its “uncertainty” mantra. What’s the scam? The scam is that yet again,…
Grim forecasts for Aussie inflation and unemployment
Australia is set for higher inflation, faster price growth and lower real income growth, the Reserve Bank has predicted in grim new forecasts. Released alongside the central bank’s decision to…
Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalise’ voting
US President Donald Trump says Republicans should “nationalise” and “take over” voting in at least 15 unspecified places, reiterating his false claims that US elections are marred by widespread fraud.…