The big majority and friendly Senate the election has delivered Albanese could be bad, or it could be very, very good. Will it entice the conservative and cautious Albanese to be a little bit brave?
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Sussan Ley: The Path Forward
New leader of the Federal Liberal Party Sussan Ley says she will fight for the values of the party she has committed to rebuild.
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Sussan Ley makes history, but faces unprecedented levels of difficulty
As if by visual metaphor, Sussan Ley’s task seemed both obvious and impossible in her first press conference as the new Liberal leader.
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Accessibility, not affordability, the cry of increasingly abandoned rural voters
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.
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Is this the real answer to our cost-of-living crisis?
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.
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Rail is New England’s Main Artery
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 […]
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Is the election over?
Why have the major parties stopped campaigning for 4 days out of 8, in the final throws of the election campaign?
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The (continual) rising cybersecurity threat in Australia’s election
Australia is at the cusp of another federal election and the threat of cyber interference from state actors has not waned, but the issue does not seem to be getting the level of media attention it deserves.
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Compare the pair: 4 keys to Australia’s democracy edge
Threats to democracy seen in the US are a global issue, but differences in the media and political systems limit their impact in Australia — for now.
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Here’s a better way to spend $10b
Both Labor and Liberal parties reheated old policy and whacked a $10b price tag on it for their major campaign announcements. Surely we can do better than that?