Polls show Teal Wall at threat from shifting electoral lines, complacency and a resurgent LNP
A quicksand of changed voter priorities, electoral boundary changes and taking past success for granted could undo the Teal independents wave of the 2022 election.
What’s the scam Sam? ASIC is wondering too
What’s the scam with the powerful and secretive lobby group APPEA? The lobbyists repping for Santos, Shell, BP, Exxon, Origin Energy, Woodside have been hiding their financial accounts for more than two years.
Croc-o-Fyles: NT chief blasts southern “trolls” who are subsidising her Darwin petro-port
“Teals and trolls” is how NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles described “southern activists” in a speech to the National Press Club today for criticising the Middle Arm petrochemical hub. What’s the scam?
Dirty campaign ahoy
If this is the shadow election campaign, how dirty will the actual election campaign be?
Cusack puts a curse on Morrison
The Prime Minister must be getting to the point where he could paper his wall, probably the one in the smallest room, with non-endorsements from his own side.
AFR indignant at Business Council tale of woe
Don't they know this is the only time when politicians don't listen to the business lobby? This is the time to woo voters, not donations. It's election time, a small window of a few weeks when actual people not multinational corporations, suddenly become important....
Nice little parachutes
On the eve of the election the Morrison government has made a raft of appointments to government bodies.
Fox News pays off Dominion: who will put Rupert Murdoch in the witness box?
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has settled the defamation claim by Dominion Voting Systems. What are the implications for Lachlan Murdoch’s claim against independent Australian publisher Crikey?
Secret injustice for Timor Leste – the AAT reveals more than intended, but still not the facts
Efforts to dud Timor of its oil and gas are still kept secret as today’s justice system still covers up for Howard government machinations 23 years ago.
Australia wins plaudits for move on multinational tax dodgers but much more is needed on fossil front
Amid fossil fuel corporate fury at any move to tax them or cap their soaring price rises, the tax reform moves of the Albanese government have been yet modest. The country-by-country reporting initiative however has drawn international plaudits. Callum Foote and Michael West report on the progress and the challenges in funding Australia’s future.
Australian War Memorial artefacts melted for medals in English boat race
How the Governor-General’s man, army generals, a former MP and a rowing promoter worked to get artefacts from the Australian War Memorial to melt down for trophies at the Henley Regatta.
What’s the scam Sam? ASIC is wondering too
What’s the scam with the powerful and secretive lobby group APPEA? The lobbyists repping for Santos, Shell, BP, Exxon, Origin Energy, Woodside have been hiding their financial accounts for more than two years.
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