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Rental affordability scheme quietly sinks into oblivion

By Steven Rowley This week marks the end of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, which once provided more than 35,000 affordable rental homes across the

Major threat to the future of music ‘made by humans’

By Andrew Cullen Music from Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Tones and I, Gotye, Ben Frost, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Parkway Drive, The Living End

Australia’s love-hate relationship with immigration

By Mark Cully The history of immigration policy in Australia is full of yes-no contradictions: fear jostling with hope, exclusion with openness. Australia has been

Liberals wedged in a tunnel looking for the light

By Michelle Grattan The Liberal Party reminds one of that cumbersome machine, nicknamed Florence, that became stuck (twice) in a tunnel in the Snowy 2.0 project. One

New party tries a different approach to politics

By Phoebe Hayman and Josh Sunman Former independent MPs Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have announced the formation of their new political party, Community Strong

Stefanovic following a well-worn path to podcasting

By Dylan Bird Karl Stefanovic’s exit from Nine will accelerate his transition from morning television star to right-wing podcast provocateur. The catalyst was an

Housing focus ignores high levels of mortgage stress

By Rachel Ong ViforJ On Tuesday, the Albanese government struck a deal with the Greens to allow sweeping changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount

What will be the impact of the super El Niño event?

By David Fleming-Muñoz and David Ubilava Climate models are now confidently projecting the world will experience a very strong El Niño weather event this year. For

Monoculture is a recurring Australian theme

By Frank Bongiorno Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address last week reminded us she doesn’t like multiculturalism. She sees immigration as responsible for

Bird flu risk is low but mutations could change that

By Raina MacIntyre and Pan Zhang Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in

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