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Why isn’t Australia securing its critical research?

30 August 20251 September 2025

UQ’s Dr Brendan Walker-Munro raises some questions about Australia lack of research security that has us left out of a new global network.

Posted inColumns, Featured, Political, Social

Australia’s Tax System is Tilting Against the Young

28 August 202528 August 2025

Denise McHugh argues that Australia’s tax and Welfare system is increasingly leaving young people behind.

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The Liberals used to be the party for women – then John Howard came along

25 August 202525 August 2025

Blair Williams argues that if the Liberal Party wants to solve its “women problem”, it must return to its liberal roots.

Posted inColumns, Political

Roy’s Roundup: Wee Waa Hospital, Far West power, jobs, and Civics for all

24 August 202524 August 2025

August has been busy so far for Member for Barwon Roy Butler, in parliament and on the road, advocating for everything from Wee Waa Hospital to better civics education.

Posted inColumns, Featured, Political

How am I supposed to respond to a Government that wants me dead?

20 August 202520 August 2025

RK Crosby is reigniting her call for a Royal Commission into the PBS after five years of inaction and an increasing number of people forced to pay hundreds for their medications.

Posted inFeatured, Political

Eight decades after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, world is back to nuclear brink

19 August 202519 August 2025

On the 80th anniversary of the first and only use of nuclear weapons, Nobel laureates warn that the world is closer to nuclear war than at any time in history.

Posted inColumns, Political

Chaffey’s Corner: AgQuip, Vietnam Vets, Roads, My First Speech

18 August 202518 August 2025

Read the latest newsletter from Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey MP.

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Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it

28 July 202527 July 2025

Felicity Deane from QUT says the recent changes to rules around US beef are unlikely to have much impact.

Posted inPolitical

If Jillian Segal is to resign, it should be for her actions — not her husband’s

15 July 202522 July 2025

RK Crosby argues that you may not like the antisemitism envoy or her report, but she shouldn’t be fired for her husband’s political donation

Posted inPolitical

I just want a government that won’t lie to me

5 July 202521 July 2025

RK Crosby is on the hunt for a government that doesn’t lie. Not a perfect government. Not even a particularly competent one. Just one that doesn’t treat the truth as optional.

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