The most incredible thing about result from Saturday’s poll is not that it ended up so close, but that so many people have been surprised by...
Australian General election 2016: the (non) result
Stability
It is remarkable that the news media in this country has unanimously declared that Britains referendum outcome is good for the Coalition bec...
Coaltion to spend $1 billion on the Great Barrier Reef
The Coalition Government has announced it would commit $1 billion to improving the health of the Great Barrier Reef if reelected. On the su...
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Environment,
federal politics,
Great Barrier Reef
Terrorism in black and white
Last year a 15 year old male shot dead a New South Wales police civilian employee. The news media widely reported it as an act of terror, a...
Budget Balances
The 2014 budget predicted a deficit of $29.8bn for the 2014-15 financial year. The 2015 budget reveals the deficit will actually be $41.1...
Australian Government budget: headline numbers
On the day after the budget, we bring you the first of a series of posts. This focuses on the broadest set of numbers that the budget revea...
Capital Punishment
This morning Australia woke to the news that two of its citizens, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamaran had been executed by firing squad in Indo...
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