Well, in the most exciting news since Josh Frydenberg announced that he wasn’t going to push that Hamer woman aside just because he couldn’t, the Reserve Bank announced that it wasn’t raising interest rates today… However, it also announced that it wasn’t ruling out that it wouldn’t raise them at some time in the future…
The McKell Institute Media Release The social housing surge, announced today by Treasurer Daniel Mookhey in the New South Wales budget, represents a dramatic pivot from the state’s alarming slide over the past decade. Mr Mookhey today announced the government would invest $5.1 billion into social housing, the biggest investment into public and community housing…
You could almost sense the smacking of lips, accompanied by the rubbing of hands. The departure of Benny Gantz from the Israeli war cabinet, which had served as a checking forum against the conventional security cabinet, presented a perfect opportunity for those who felt his presence stifling. In these febrile times, Gantz, the leader of the…
Monash University Media Release A robust Freedom of Information (FOI) process ensures independent access to government-held information, empowering the public, political opposition and journalists to hold governments and other institutions accountable. A new report from Monash University addressing the culture and attitudes towards FOI will be launched today. The report, The culture of implementing Freedom…
By Denis Hay Description: Easier to Buying a Politician Is it easier to buy a politician than a house in Australia? Explore the housing crisis and political influence, and how monetary sovereignty can help. Introduction Australia is grappling with two significant challenges: a burgeoning housing crisis and the ease with which political influence can be…
RE-Alliance and Community Power Agency Media Release Australia needs bipartisan support for a plan to help regional communities to work with and benefit from renewable energy infrastructure in regional Australia. RE-Alliance and Community Power Agency have been working for more than a decade with regional communities hosting large-scale renewable energy projects and have solutions ready…
It is very difficult to predict the future fortunes of the global populist nativism that has been threatening democratic projects around the world. Far-right parties continued to gain ground in the European Parliament elections. Trump is overtly embracing the authoritarian themes set out in the Project 2025 roadmap, while his Republican allies pursue extreme policy…
By Bert Hetebry Growing up can be fun. As a growing boy, the adventures get bigger as bodies grow, new skills are learned, kicking a football around, hitting a cricket ball over the fence, swimming, learning to surf, all coached by a loving father. Or so the fable of growing up plays out. But then…
By James Moore “But let’s all remember Donald Trump is just a flatulent old man with an orange spray-tan who fell asleep at his own trial,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Donald Trump is such a vulgar human being we ought to be ashamed to be members of the same species. Even more disgusting and tragic,…
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Everyone knows how it goes, as things get a bit older, they are a little less reliable. This is being typed on a five year old computer. the computer still works but it’s a little slower to start up than it used to be and sometimes it has a conniption or two when swapping between…
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