TACO or not, ceasefire or not, the repercussions from the Iran war will be with us for a long time, and Australians who are done being managed need to resist. Final article on Australia’s complicity in the war on Iran by Andrew Brown. This is where we stop being polite,
One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
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It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
What’s war good for? With apologies to Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, absolutely nothing from humanity’s point of view.
While the human cost of conflict - measured in lives lost, families displaced, and immense suffering - is profound and undeniable, the historical relationship between geopolitical chaos and long-term equity ...
The debate around the capital gains tax (CGT) ‘discount’ is really heating up due to budgetary pressures, and arguments around ‘intergenerational equity’ and housing affordability. But the so-called ‘discount’ is not a concession, rather it is an ‘adjustment’ to approximate gains arising from inflation that should not be taxed.
Prior to 1999, the cost ...
The Federal Government has awarded $78 million in grants to Australian companies that make parts for F-35 fighter jets used by the IDF in the Gaza genocide. Stephanie Tran investigates. Contrary to government assertions, an investigation by MWM has found the federal government has awarded more than $78m in taxpayer-funded
For members with balances above $3 million, Division 296 imposes an additional 15% tax on realised earnings attributable to the excess, rising to 30% for that portion of the balance above $10 million. Much of the early planning response has focused on the obvious levers: investment strategy, balance management, and whether to elect a CGT cost base ...
Software companies, long regarded as some of the most durable and profitable businesses, faced an indiscriminate sell-off in early 2026, with investors referring to the moment as the “SaaSpocalypse.”
Behind this sell-off was the rapid emergence of powerful AI coding agents, such as Claude Code and Openclaw, which made headlines by demonstrating that AI ...
Europe has been propelled into a profound transformation. Ongoing security threats and pressure from the US administration have prompted greater resolve from EU (European Union) member states to take more control over their future. This is a transformational change for Europe and forms part of a larger trend we refer to as the Great Global ...
Welcome to the new space race, brought to you by AI.
Data centers built to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) services are springing up as fast as Wall Street can finance them. Meanwhile, these sprawling digital workhorses are inhaling electricity (putting pressure on already stretched grids) and consuming massive amounts of water for cooling. ...
For many Australians, most of their retirement wealth is tied up in their home. A simple, well-designed program to tap into those trillions in home equity could help boost their retirement incomes.
Such a program exists. However, it remains little known and underused.
The federal government’s Home Equity Access Scheme (HEAS) allows older Australians to ...
Below is an extract from Adapt! Designing New Lives for Old Buildings by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan. Thanks to Uro Publications we have 5 copies to give away to new members of The Fifth Estate. Sign up here.
According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of ...
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Andrew Brown on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, fourth in a series. When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet. When the
TACO or not, ceasefire or not, the repercussions from the Iran war will be with us for a long time, and Australians who are done being managed need to resist. Final article on Australia’s complicity in the war on Iran by Andrew Brown. This is where we stop being polite,
One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
What’s war good for? With apologies to Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, absolutely nothing from humanity’s point of view.
While the human cost of conflict - measured in lives lost, families displaced, and immense suffering - is profound and undeniable, the historical relationship between geopolitical chaos and long-term equity ...
The debate around the capital gains tax (CGT) ‘discount’ is really heating up due to budgetary pressures, and arguments around ‘intergenerational equity’ and housing affordability. But the so-called ‘discount’ is not a concession, rather it is an ‘adjustment’ to approximate gains arising from inflation that should not be taxed.
Prior to 1999, the cost ...
The Federal Government has awarded $78 million in grants to Australian companies that make parts for F-35 fighter jets used by the IDF in the Gaza genocide. Stephanie Tran investigates. Contrary to government assertions, an investigation by MWM has found the federal government has awarded more than $78m in taxpayer-funded
For members with balances above $3 million, Division 296 imposes an additional 15% tax on realised earnings attributable to the excess, rising to 30% for that portion of the balance above $10 million. Much of the early planning response has focused on the obvious levers: investment strategy, balance management, and whether to elect a CGT cost base ...
Software companies, long regarded as some of the most durable and profitable businesses, faced an indiscriminate sell-off in early 2026, with investors referring to the moment as the “SaaSpocalypse.”
Behind this sell-off was the rapid emergence of powerful AI coding agents, such as Claude Code and Openclaw, which made headlines by demonstrating that AI ...
Europe has been propelled into a profound transformation. Ongoing security threats and pressure from the US administration have prompted greater resolve from EU (European Union) member states to take more control over their future. This is a transformational change for Europe and forms part of a larger trend we refer to as the Great Global ...
Welcome to the new space race, brought to you by AI.
Data centers built to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) services are springing up as fast as Wall Street can finance them. Meanwhile, these sprawling digital workhorses are inhaling electricity (putting pressure on already stretched grids) and consuming massive amounts of water for cooling. ...
For many Australians, most of their retirement wealth is tied up in their home. A simple, well-designed program to tap into those trillions in home equity could help boost their retirement incomes.
Such a program exists. However, it remains little known and underused.
The federal government’s Home Equity Access Scheme (HEAS) allows older Australians to ...
Below is an extract from Adapt! Designing New Lives for Old Buildings by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan. Thanks to Uro Publications we have 5 copies to give away to new members of The Fifth Estate. Sign up here.
According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of ...
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Andrew Brown on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, fourth in a series. When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet. When the