The Palaszczuk ultimatum and the Miles ahead for Queensland, the “odd dichotomy” of Australian politics
When Queensland voters go to the polls next October, Labor will have been in power for 30 of the past 35 years, having produced three of the most popular state Premiers in modern political history, most recently, Annastacia Palaszczuk. What awaits Steven Miles?
The ACCC flies to the rescue! What would we know without them?
The ACCC has just released its latest report on domestic airline competition. It concludes that there isn’t enough of it, hence we – air travellers – get poor service and pay too much.
A win for journalism. But Ben Roberts-Smith is still at large. What’s the scam?
Justice Anthony Besanko found that Chris Masters and Nick Mackenzies and their publishers were substantially reporting the truth about Ben Roberts-Smith. It is a win for quality investigative journalism, but will we now see criminal charges against the former soldier?...
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Lobbyland is an online column dedicated to unravelling the political and corporate spin coming out of Australian politics.
Forward to the past: NSW to stop carbon ratings for major projects, coal mines: What’s the scam?
The NSW Government has revealed it will stop conducting merit assessments of the carbon footprint of new major developments, including coal mines
Santos has paid tax! What’s the scam?
The fossil fuel giants are making so much coin, it’s getting tougher for them to wriggle out of income tax.
Sarina Russo – 1000x return on her Liberal Party donation
Sarina Russo Job Access donated $60,500 to the Coalition in 2020-21 and received almost $80 million in government contracts. What’s the scam?
Stranger danger – Indonesia’s next president could be a threat beyond the archipelago
Prabowo, Presidential candidate in the next Indonesian election, has been promoted. He poses a serious threat both to the relative harmony of his country as well as for Australia.
Perrottet v Minns: mainland Australia is shaping up wall to wall Labor despite pokies fail
Should Chris Minns prevail over Dominic Perrottet in the NSW election next month the Labor Party will control every government on the mainland of Australia. Michael West reports on the looming election and Perrottet’s pokies wedge.
Scientists slam NSW Government for high-risk logging since Black Summer bushfires
A group of globally renowned scientists have slammed the NSW government for failing to measure the impact of the 2019 Black Summer bushfires and continuing to log native forests at the same rate as before, even in designated high-risk zones
The US shooting down a Chinese spy balloon is a risk for Australia’s tired submarine fleet
The US shooting down a “Chinese spy balloon” has direct security implications for Australia and its submarine program. Former submariner Rex Patrick writes.
The ACCC flies to the rescue! What would we know without them?
The ACCC has just released its latest report on domestic airline competition. It concludes that there isn’t enough of it, hence we – air travellers – get poor service and pay too much.
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