By Denis Bright From the state with the highest fares for non-concessional public transport, Premier Steven Miles has taken the plunge to offer fifty cent fares without compromising already existing free transport for seniors on Brisbane buses. Brisbane’s Translink-based public transport services were carrying a lot of empty seats in off-peak periods over a vast…
Building new market-rate homes improves affordability by lowering rents on most existing homes, new research released today by e61 Institute has found. The analysis of 9.4 million rental transactions from 2007 to 2022 found that, on average, rentals became 3.6% cheaper for every decade they aged, becoming more affordable to most renters over time in…
An ongoing 24/7 refugee rally is taking place in front of Minister for Immigration Tony Burke’s office. The rally, which has gathered a crowd of approximately 200-400 (and up to 700) people on peak days, is centred around the urgent call for permanent visas for long term asylum seekers and in Australia. This rally is…
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) Media Release If the Australian Government is to achieve its goal of closer alignment of the skills training and higher education systems, it needs to first recognise, and then actively harness the strengths of independent providers across both those systems. That’s the view of the Independent Tertiary Education Council…
Charles Darwin University Media Release A groundbreaking new study into the patterns of terrorist language could help authorities create algorithms to detect and flag extremist content online. The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Linguistics Lecturer and Forensic Linguistics expert Dr Awni Etaywe focused on public statements made by former Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau…
The push towards an all-out war in the Middle East is moving out of its sleepwalking phase to that of conscious eschatological reckoning. A blood filled, fiery Armageddon will reveal the forces of virtue, linking the evangelicals of the United States with the right-wing Jewish nationalists in Israel. That appalling prospect is certainly not one…
By Bert Hetebry I recall a time when an apology to our First Nations people was raised, I think it was during the first Howard government years. My family migrated to this country long after it was first settled, so it was explained that we had nothing to apologise for; we didn’t steal the land,…
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Traditional Custodians on the frontlines of fossil fuel extraction and survivors of climate disasters are converging in Parliament House to put the Albanese Government on notice over coal and gas approvals. The delegation of 20 representatives from communities across the continent is calling for urgent reform of Howard-era environment laws to include a climate trigger.…
From his own redoubt of critical inquiry, the former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has made fighting the imperialising leprosy of the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the UK and the United States a matter of solemn duty. In March 15, 2023, he excoriated a Canberra press gallery seduced and tantalised by the prospect of…
MELBOURNE: Research from Australian-based Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy reveals that Airbnb is compounding housing shortages and pushing rental prices beyond the reach of many residents in global cities. “Airbnb investor returns far exceed traditional property investors – by a shocking 118%. This was measured across global cities Berlin, Barcelona, Vancouver, London, LA, Paris and…