Perspectives

A disillusioned job hunter - Newsreel

Job hunt ‘minor medals’ can be soul destroying

By Shane Rodgers One year when I was in high school, I got the second highest mark in every subject. I got beaten by different people across most of the subjects. And at
Read more 22 April 2025
Pope Francis. | Newsreel

Reflecting on Pope Francis’ reforms and controversies

By Joel Hodge and Antonia Pizzey Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced. The head of the Catholic Church had recently survived being
Read more 22 April 2025
Australian Federal Parliament House Canberra. | Newsreel

Leaders remain calm and on-message in second debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have had their second showdown of the 2025 federal election campaign. The debate, hosted by the ABC,
Read more 17 April 2025
Some odd things are changing in hotel rooms - Newsreel

The weird things happening with hotels

By Shane Rodgers For me, like many people, the COVID pandemic disrupted many years of potential travel. In some respects, it nudged time forward and sent us through a
Read more 16 April 2025
Australian Federal parliament. | Newsreel

Major parties tap into desire for the ‘Australian dream’

By Michelle Grattan If anyone had any doubts before, Sunday’s Liberal and Labor launches highlighted that this federal election is an auction for votes, in particular
Read more 14 April 2025
Election leaders debates are losing appeal - Newsreel

Bored voters deserting leader debates

By Michelle Grattan The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned
Read more 9 April 2025
The work from home debate has been over-simplified - Newsreel

Work from home debate largely missing the point

By Shane Rodgers When I was in Europe recently, I noticed a prominent billboard from Spotify declaring that its staff could work from anywhere “because they are not
Read more 7 April 2025
The new US tariff regime has caused ructions across the globe - Newsreel

Trump tariff mathematics ‘full of flaws’

By Peter Draper and Vutha Hing On April 2, United States President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new “reciprocal tariff” regime he says will level the playing
Read more 7 April 2025
Australian beef has been targeted in the US's new tariff rules - Newsreel

Australian beef targeted in Trump tariff ‘liberation’

By Michelle Grattan US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10
Read more 3 April 2025
Donald Trump is causing division everywhere - Newsreel

Trump is ‘putting the US on a war footing’

By David Smith US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is doing little to enhance his country’s standing abroad. But it is helping to reinforce his political
Read more 2 April 2025