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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

Keir Starmer exits – Can anyone survive as UK PM?

By Nicholas Dickinson Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the British Labour Party, and so ends his time as the UK’s prime minister. In the end, despite his

Quick budget changes highlight policy quicksand

By Michelle Grattan Only a little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in

New retail price gouging law will be hard to police

By Ray Steinwall Australia’s new law on supermarket “price gouging” (also known as excessive pricing) starts on July 1, 2026. It prohibits any very large

Child care pay increase raises issues about the future

By Erin Harper The Federal Government has announced another A$3.6 billion to boost childcare workers’ pay. The government says combined with other changes to the

Pauline Hanson delivers one of those political moments

By Michelle Grattan Pauline Hanson’s first-ever – and perhaps only-ever – appearance at the National Press Club was always destined to be one of those political

Children find plenty of ways to bypass social media ban

By Lisa Given As the UK prepares to introduce an “Australia plus” ban on social media for under 16s, many lessons can be learned from Australia’s experiment. Many

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