It’s Only Day One And Robot Bill Shorten Has Already Short-Circuited My Synapses
New Matilda is watching wall-to-wall election coverage so that you don’t have to. You’re welcome.…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
ELECTION 2016: Why People Will Vote For Their Own Destruction, And How To Stop Them (Part I)
The realities of why we vote the way we do are actually more to do…More
BUDGET 2016: Work For The Dole Eased, But Not In Black Communities
BUDGET 2016: The Coalition has signalled it will move further away from Work for the…More
BUDGET 2016: Vice-Chancellors Humiliated As Deregulation Dropped But Funding Cuts Renewed
BUDGET 2016: It’s all come crashing down for the university leaders who backed deregulation. The…More
BUDGET 2016: The Stasis Budget… Morrison Takes From Health And Education But Gives Little
BUDGET 2016: As the Treasurer handed down his first budget he wanted to talk about…More
Periscope Up, Common Sense Down
Australia’s new submarine deal takes our defence spending to record levels or both expenditure and…More
Labor’s Climate Policy Is Politically Sound But Falls Short On The Real Test
ANALYSIS: Labor has unveiled its major policy for dealing with climate change and helping Australia…More
Greens Target High Income Earners With ‘Buffett Rule’ To Return Billions To Budget
The measure, once pushed by the White House, will today be backed by the Greens.…More
Investment Properties For One-Year-Olds: The Coalition’s Response To The Housing Crisis
ANALYSIS: As a new generation of Australians are locked out of the housing market, an…More
How John Howard Made It Impossible For The Liberal Party To Govern
The Coalition’s current turbulence is often contrasted with the supposedly stable years of the Howard…More