The Big Build scandal keeps getting worse. Jacinta Allan’s refusal to call a royal commission is getting harder to defend
Victoria’s Big Build corruption crisis has entered dangerous new territory for the Allan government, with a former senior public servant alleging officials were pressured over a subcontractor…
China fired a missile into the Pacific. Australia’s politicians were still arguing about household politics
COMMENTARY: On July 2, Australia’s Parliament rose for its winter break. The political class departed Canberra after another exhausting cycle of arguments about tax, housing, superannuation, power…
‘Naive and blatantly stupid’: Former AFP counter-terror cop tears into push to strip ideology from terror laws
A former senior Australian Federal Police detective has launched a blistering attack on a proposal to reduce the role of ideology and religious motivation in Australia’s legal…
Chris Bowen’s $20,000 COP31 travel grants are a masterclass in how Canberra loses the room
OPINION: If Canberra wanted to design a program that perfectly captured why so many Australians believe the political class now inhabits a different universe, it would be…
The $29,700 tax shock hidden in Australia’s new CGT rules for workers who move overseas
Australians planning a multi-year stint in London, Singapore or New York are being warned to examine their investment properties before leaving, after tax experts identified a potentially…
329 charges, 136 children and 2.4 million files: The childcare case confronting Australia’s trust in early learning
A former Sydney childcare worker has been publicly identified as the man accused of committing hundreds of child abuse offences involving 136 children over 16 years, as…
Thomas Sewell calls Labor’s hate ban defence ‘treason’ as High Court prepares for landmark political freedom case
Nationalist activist Thomas Sewell has accused the Albanese government of making an “open admission of treason” in its defence of laws used to effectively shut down White…
‘He was one of the greats’: Nicole Kidman leads global tributes after Sam Neill’s sudden death at 78
Nicole Kidman has remembered Sam Neill as “one of the greats” as friends, co-stars, filmmakers and political leaders around the world mourn the sudden death of the…
Four women and girls are dead in a week. Australia cannot keep calling violence a crisis and responding as usual
Four women and girls have died in alleged murders across Australia in the space of a week. Lavanya Chappa was 39. Jana Armstrong was 30. Layla Jeffery…
Offshore landlords continue claiming billions in Australian property tax deductions as debate over foreign investor concessions intensifies
Fresh Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data has reignited debate over whether Australia’s property tax system is offering generous concessions to wealthy offshore investors at the same time…