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Sussan Ley: The Path Forward

15 May 202524 May 2025

New leader of the Federal Liberal Party Sussan Ley says she will fight for the values of the party she has committed to rebuild.

Political

Sussan Ley makes history, but faces unprecedented levels of difficulty

14 May 202524 May 2025

As if by visual metaphor, Sussan Ley’s task seemed both obvious and impossible in her first press conference as the new Liberal leader.

Political

Accessibility, not affordability, the cry of increasingly abandoned rural voters

10 May 202524 May 2025

What the city pundits failed to grasp in their endless vapid analysis of the election is that regional frustration isn’t about affordability, it’s about accessibility.

Opinion, Solutions

Australia’s Unfinished Business: The Path to a Treaty and Recognition of First Nations Sovereignty.

6 May 20256 May 2025

For over two centuries, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have endured the profound injustices of colonisation, dispossession, and systemic marginalisation.

Political, Solutions

Is this the real answer to our cost-of-living crisis?

2 May 20252 May 2025

Australia should call the cost-of-living crisis what it really is — a wealth gap that could be addressed with a universal basic income and real tax reform.

Political, Solutions

Rail is New England’s Main Artery

30 April 202530 April 2025

Residents all over the New England tablelands are making better public transport a big issue for this Federal election. They are angry and determined to force politicians at all 3 levels – local, NSW and Federal – to take a serious interest in the issue. Residents demand action to reverse the major decline in transport […]

Environmental

Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull

25 April 202524 April 2025

Snipers in helicopters have shot more than 700 koalas in the Budj Bim National Park in western Victoria in recent weeks. It’s believed to be the first time koalas have been culled in this way.