‘Gonski 2.0’ Has Exposed Deep Divisions On The Left And Right
Simon Birmingham’s big win on schools funding has opened up wide divisions between different factions…More
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The Finkel Report: Back To The Future And The 1960s
The Finkel Report is not only too accommodating of the Coalition’s coal fetish, as Ben…More
The Liberals Are Lifting Higher Learning Out Of Reach For Poorer Australians
The conservative attacks on higher education continue, with the poorest Australians being asked to contribute the…More
Finkeling At The Edges: Australia Misses Another Opportunity To Fix Our Energy Policy Chaos
The Finkel Review is not the solution to Australia’s energy problems, writes Ben Eltham. Is…More
Fiddling With Fig Leafs: Lee Rhiannon On Andrew Robb And ‘Ministerial Standards’
Major party politicians are once again in the news for ‘self-enrichment’. Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon…More
Malcolm Turnbull Discovers A Little Bit Of Policy Goes A Long Way
The 2017 budget has bought Malcolm Turnbull some precious extra time, writes Ben Eltham. The…More
A History Of Lying: Full Spectrum Contempt And The Art Of Untruths
If you’re going to lie, make it a big one. And nowhere are they bigger…More
Be Alert And Very Alarmed At Government Plan To Create A Department For Homeland Security
Fans of Peter Dutton’s plan for a new mega-department might describe it as a master…More
The Immigrants Did It: Tony Abbott’s Scapegoats For Our Housing Problems
Tony Abbott wants to make immigrants take the blame for our housing affordability problems, writes…More
