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Action against supermarkets will set future shopping rules

By Jeannie Marie Paterson The consumer watchdog’s Federal Court case against Woolworths over its “prices dropped” promotions is underway and will run into next

What do the NDIS changes mean for participants?

By Helen Dickinson and Ebe Ganon-Davey In sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) announced this week, the government will cut 160,000

Barriers to veteran support need to be removed

By Shai Hipperson Every ANZAC Day, Australians come together to honour the courage, sacrifice and service of our veterans. We attend dawn services. We march. We pause,

Fathers care deeply, but the system needs to do better

By Dr James Brown Australian fathers are often told to “step up,” be more hands-on, more emotionally present, and more of an equal partner at home. Many fathers are

Are we finally seeing the end of oil?

By Wesley Morgan and Ben Newell US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby,

20,000 qualified migrant teachers not being used

By Sun Yee Yip Australia needs more teachers. It ranks among the worst-performing countries in the OECD for teacher shortages. This is particularly so for public

History provides insights on dealing with homeless camps

By Rachel Gallagher A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200 percent increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families

Inflation-busting approach is ‘unnecessarily cruel’

By Warwick Smith The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will look at the latest unemployment figures – 4.3 percent, roughly 650,000 people out of work – and see a

New defence strategy ignores the big story

By Peter Layton Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the

‘Spinster’ stigma on female singlehood still lingers

By Maddison Sideris Being a single woman isn’t the social taboo it once was. Singlehood seems to be on the rise, with more single person households, and more women

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