I THINK MANY people are having the same reaction to the soap opera displacing any semblance of responsible governing in our nation’s capital. Like: come on, already! At the same time, I’ll admit the procession of events is fascinating in a slow motion car crash sort of way. What next? With the
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Bush Heritage at Scottsdale shoots wildlife, again
Cyclone Debbie: Residents share stories as torrential rain and wind pummels region
Panicked residents in areas affected by Cyclone Debbie have relayed their experiences to the ABC as torrential rain and wind gusts pummel the region. Proserpine local Sue said her house sustained heavy damage after being hit by debris from her neighbour's roof. "The next-door neighbour's roof has been flying off for hours
Hunting dogs on loose cause carnage
Centrelink fraud exposed by whistleblower
Braidwood resident’s story, plus domestic violence sufferer and others being hit Community lobby group GetUp has taken a lead in revealing the allegations of a Centrelink Whistleblower. In a letter sent to GetUp, the whistleblower has exposed a massive government fraud inflicted on tens of thousands of Australians. Dozens of cases have already been
Trump, Brexit and the lessons we didn’t hear
Living in Australia and dependent on mainstream global news reports, many of us could not imagine that Donald Trump would become the 45th President of the United States. Of course Hillary will win, we assured ourselves as the polls tightened. How could it possibly be otherwise? There was little reporting
Apple ruling a lesson for Australia on how to clean up murky corporate tax practices
Responding to reports the European Commission has ordered US tech giant Apple to repay a record 13 billion euros (AU$19.73 billion) in back taxes after ruling a series of Irish tax deals were illegal, Oxfam’s Fair Economies Advocacy Manager Joy Kyriacou said: “This ruling by the European Commission shows how much
The biggest #CensusFail: Communication with the public
By Matt Bevan, ABC radio The number of mistakes made by the Australian Bureau of Statistics leading up to and on census night was astonishing—and nearly all of them were due to poor communication skills, writes Matt Bevan. The idea of counting the population of your jurisdiction has been around for a
About fact-free politics, taking the train and Bulletin supplements
With a federal election on the horizon and recent news that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull knocked back New Zealand’s offer to take 150 of the beleaguered detainees on Manus Island, (our Manus policy now dubbed “the mess”), even long-time press gallery scribes are getting angry about the dangerous lack of
Bad and ugly bank investments and the good of a renewed economy
Two hundred people stand to lose their jobs when the Northern power station is closed down in May. Photograph: Michael Hall/Getty Images Prestige Two stories that emerged in March starkly illustrate the dangers of the old energy economy and what, with a bit of vision and commitment, the future could hold. In