What’s the best solution to the world’s current problems? | Fiona Katauskas
Implementing it may be a challenge, however See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
Back to Back Barries: Will the Iran war trigger another recession we have to have?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine the fuel crisis and whether the Australian public will blame the Albanese government for the growing economic fallout from Trump’s war on Iran. They…
Should you fix your mortgage rate? Experts weigh in on rising repayments
In Australia’s volatile mortgage environment, there’s no such thing as a safe bet. Advocates, an economist and a broker share their perspectives on how households should respond to RBA’s rising…
Fuel companies warned to give Aussies fair go at bowser
Fuel companies will be allowed to co-ordinate on supply but have been warned not to collaborate on prices that disadvantage Australians at the bowser. Oil prices have soared and global…
Kabuki politics. Style over substance, controlling the narrative
The major parties have learned to control the narrative at the expense of courage, with policy reduced to fragments, slogans, and lines tested for survival, not truth. Andrew Brown on…
CBS to close down US radio news service after 99 years
CBS News says it is shutting down its United States radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of lay offs, blaming a shift…
Historic election: parties race to secure second place
A one-horse state political battle has captured the national spotlight, in the first major electoral test of One Nation’s surging popularity. While the Labor Party is expected to easily win…
Trump-appointed panel approves 24-karat-gold coin featuring his image
Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency, but commission approves design for US’s 250th birthday A federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat…
China has been preparing for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off now
As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solar Middle East crisis –…
To My Daughter Forever Stuck at Eight, To the Indifferent U.S. Healthcare System
My daughter, Lila, should have turned eight this year. She should have been carrying a schoolbag covered in butterflies to school, holding my hand to feed pigeons in the park…