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Eurovision is as much about politics as entertainment

By Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta Australian singer Delta Goodrem has advanced to the Eurovision Song Contest grand final after days of online hype, fan campaigning and betting

Nothing-to-lose Taylor throws everything at budget reply

By Michelle Grattan Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the Opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget

Retailers on notice after Coles loses landmark case

By Jeannie Marie Paterson Coles has been found to have misled its supermarket customers over discounts – and could now face hundreds of millions of dollars in

A new dawn is approaching for electric vehicles

By Hussein Dia This week’s Federal Budget suggests an important step in Australia’s transition to cleaner energy and electric transport may be underway. Spiking

Albanese uses big majority to ignore missing mandate

By Michelle Grattan The tilt of this budget was, when you think about it, predictable. The Albanese government has used the first budget of its second term to do what

A workable budget but with significant risks

By Stephen Bartos This year’s budget combines fiscal policy – taxes and spending – with a heavy focus on better regulation. The budget deficit has fallen slightly

Ballooning medical specialist fees next focus for reform

By Anthony Scott Australia’s Health Minister Mark Butler has declared reducing specialists’ fees will be his next key focus of health policy reform. Doctors are

One Nation surge is now being taken seriously

By Josh Sunman One Nation’s surge can no longer be seen as a blip or an aberration. As the results in the Farrer byelection showed, the right-wing populist party –

Farrer result takes heat off broken Labor promises

By Michelle Gratten No wonder Jim Chalmers was anxious to use every opportunity on Sunday to weigh in on the Liberals’ “bloodbath” in Farrer. It was extremely good

Trees can halve the amount of heat in urban areas

By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Rob McDonald and Tirthankar Chakraborty Cities and towns are usually 1–3°C hotter than the surrounding countryside, because asphalt,

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