Post-election tax reform is the key to reversing Australia’s growing wealth divide Helen Hodgson, Curtin University Federal elections always offer the opportunity for a reset. Whoever wins...
This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge James Giesecke, Victoria University and Robert Waschik, Victoria University The Trump administration...
The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned little. There was minimal...
Financial markets are tanking. Here’s why it’s best not to panic Luke Hartigan, University of Sydney Financial markets around the world have been slammed by the Trump...
With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war? Amin Saikal, Victoria University The United States and Iran are...
New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with the US hit hardest We now have a clearer picture of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day”...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton both agree Australia should react to US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime by continuing to seek...
Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our...
The Labor party on Wednesday will urge the Fair Work Commission to grant a real wage increase to Australian workers on awards. This goes further than...
President Donald Trump told an NBC interviewer on March 30, 2025, that he was “not joking” about a third term as president, despite such a term...
Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office? Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University Tony Abbott was once unelectable. So were Donald Trump...
Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Oops. Anthony Albanese’s own department pre-empted its...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described the income tax cuts in this week’s federal budget as a “top-up”. They will amount to roughly one cup of coffee...
Today’s budget is a cautious and responsible response to the cost-of-living pressures facing voters. As noted ahead of budget night, many of the major spending initiatives...
A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The Albanese government’s fourth budget is a pitch for the...
