Amid revelations of Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the government and media have entirely lost control of the narrative. Michael West and Stephanie Tran report. As thousands mass around the country tonight to protest the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog, the government has lost control of the Israel
A judge has whacked a suppression order on the ultimate David v Goliath court case – unemployed coal miner Simon Turner versus The Big Australian BHP. Michael West reports. “A man who represents himself, has a fool for a client,” Abraham Lincoln said. Lawyers are fond of quoting these words;
The new Adelaide Festival board says it will take it up to almost three months — which is after the South Australian election — to hand over the minutes of just one month’s worth of meetings.
The post New Adelaide Festival board in FoI scandal appeared first on The Klaxon.
While the world has focussed on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank. Ben Bohane reports from Bethlehem. We are no more than 5 minutes out of Bethlehem on a crisp December morning when my Palestinian driver – let’s
The Soccer World Cup in the US starts in June, but some players, and fans wanting to visit, may not be allowed in. Andrew Gardiner reports on travel risks. Australia’s World Cup-bound Socceroos face an anxious wait over the next few months on whether Jackson Irvine can play. Irvine –
Joel Makower who runs Trellis in the US (previously GreenBiz) and Sydney based sustainability stalwart Bruce Precious both had some views to share about the outlook for the year ahead. Meanwhile the army wants to sell some fantastic real estate in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Imagine if these sites were made over to social and affordable ...
Rising urban heat, increasing density, declining canopy cover and fragmented governance are no longer abstract challenges – they are daily realities confronting planners, councils, designers and infrastructure leaders across the country. While ambition for greener, cooler cities is growing, policy, funding and delivery systems are struggling to keep ...
Ben Potter wrote for The Energy that the Abbott-era Emissions Reduction Fund, government policy to encourage carbon abatement projects, is undergoing a “slow and financially painful” burial.
The policy involves encouraging organisations and individuals to adopt carbon abatement projects such as soil sequestration, reafforestation and vegetation ...
Gina Rinehart, James Packer, and a network of wealthy business figures among major financial backers of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia prior to the 2025 election. Stephanie Tran reports. In the 2024-25 financial year Advance reported $13.5 million in receipts. However, the sources of only $5.3 million of the funds
This is my last edition as Editor as I am leaving Firstlinks to become Commsec’s Equity Market Strategist.
Morningstar’s Director of Personal Finance, Mark LaMonica, will take over the role until a permanent replacement is found.
It’s been a privilege to work at Firstlinks. I came here three-and-a-half years ago to help Graham Hand. He wanted to focus ...
“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival [to Australia] for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti told MWM. Australia invites a president accused by the United Nations of inciting genocide. So what now? When the Albanese Government quietly confirmed that Israel’s President Isaac Herzog would
The Queensland government has become the latest to be sucked into the idea that housing abundance will magically solve the housing crisis.
In justifying why the government was selling a swathe of vacant state owned land to the private sector, with no mandates for social housing at all, the Deputy Premier, Jarrod Bleijie, dropped lines that you’d think ...
Amid revelations of Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the government and media have entirely lost control of the narrative. Michael West and Stephanie Tran report. As thousands mass around the country tonight to protest the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog, the government has lost control of the Israel
A judge has whacked a suppression order on the ultimate David v Goliath court case – unemployed coal miner Simon Turner versus The Big Australian BHP. Michael West reports. “A man who represents himself, has a fool for a client,” Abraham Lincoln said. Lawyers are fond of quoting these words;
The new Adelaide Festival board says it will take it up to almost three months — which is after the South Australian election — to hand over the minutes of just one month’s worth of meetings.
The post New Adelaide Festival board in FoI scandal appeared first on The Klaxon.
While the world has focussed on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank. Ben Bohane reports from Bethlehem. We are no more than 5 minutes out of Bethlehem on a crisp December morning when my Palestinian driver – let’s
The Soccer World Cup in the US starts in June, but some players, and fans wanting to visit, may not be allowed in. Andrew Gardiner reports on travel risks. Australia’s World Cup-bound Socceroos face an anxious wait over the next few months on whether Jackson Irvine can play. Irvine –
Joel Makower who runs Trellis in the US (previously GreenBiz) and Sydney based sustainability stalwart Bruce Precious both had some views to share about the outlook for the year ahead. Meanwhile the army wants to sell some fantastic real estate in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Imagine if these sites were made over to social and affordable ...
Rising urban heat, increasing density, declining canopy cover and fragmented governance are no longer abstract challenges – they are daily realities confronting planners, councils, designers and infrastructure leaders across the country. While ambition for greener, cooler cities is growing, policy, funding and delivery systems are struggling to keep ...
Ben Potter wrote for The Energy that the Abbott-era Emissions Reduction Fund, government policy to encourage carbon abatement projects, is undergoing a “slow and financially painful” burial.
The policy involves encouraging organisations and individuals to adopt carbon abatement projects such as soil sequestration, reafforestation and vegetation ...
Gina Rinehart, James Packer, and a network of wealthy business figures among major financial backers of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia prior to the 2025 election. Stephanie Tran reports. In the 2024-25 financial year Advance reported $13.5 million in receipts. However, the sources of only $5.3 million of the funds
This is my last edition as Editor as I am leaving Firstlinks to become Commsec’s Equity Market Strategist.
Morningstar’s Director of Personal Finance, Mark LaMonica, will take over the role until a permanent replacement is found.
It’s been a privilege to work at Firstlinks. I came here three-and-a-half years ago to help Graham Hand. He wanted to focus ...
“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival [to Australia] for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti told MWM. Australia invites a president accused by the United Nations of inciting genocide. So what now? When the Albanese Government quietly confirmed that Israel’s President Isaac Herzog would
The Queensland government has become the latest to be sucked into the idea that housing abundance will magically solve the housing crisis.
In justifying why the government was selling a swathe of vacant state owned land to the private sector, with no mandates for social housing at all, the Deputy Premier, Jarrod Bleijie, dropped lines that you’d think ...