How to make ‘Iran like Gaza’ and describing the genocide in Palestine as a weapons testing laboratory. Michael West and Stephanie Tran with the inside story of a weapons expo. Inside a conference hall at Tel Aviv University, executives, generals and venture capitalists took turns boasting about “combat-proven” Israeli weapons
Compare Robodebt victims’ compo to the quantum of Scott Morrison’s publicly funded legal fees. It’s shameful, reports Rex Patrick. He knew! Scott Morrison was the minister who took Robodebt to Cabinet for approval. “Mr Morrison knew …”, wrote the Robodebt Royal Commissioner. He knew that ‘income averaging’ was the primary
Chris Minns’ protest ban has the premise that preventing the murder of Jews in Sydney means consenting to the murder of Palestinians in Gaza. It is not just authoritarian: it is breathtakingly racist and must be resisted, writes Nick Riemer. One week out from the evil antisemitic attack at Bondi,
Revelations that the Bondi gunman bought 3 shotguns from the same NSW gun store on one day are likely to put the focus back on guns. Michael Pascoe reports. Ahmed al Ahmed is a hero for risking his life by jumping Sajid Akram, temporarily disarming him, thus saving lives by
The awful events at Bondi Beach have taken travel rorts off the front page but documents show Defence Minister Richard Marles is using an Air Force 737 as his own private jet. Rex Patrick reports. Apologies to Richard Marles for using the title of Defence Minister in the lede to
Anthony Albanese has announced the government “adopts and fully supports Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism,” bowing to intense media pressure. Stephanie Tran and Kim Wingerei report. Criticising the state of Israel is about to get difficult. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the Prime Minister said, “We’ve already
Queensland is taking an axe to windfarms and looks to more cuts; home batteries’ breakthrough
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This story was off the charts in terms of hits. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli, who won the election at the end of 2024 said he wanted the industry to keep burning coal. The story broke in May this ...
For our third Emerald Green awards The Fifth Estate has chosen to honour five people who were key to our hugely successful seven part events program this year and who cast their influence well beyond to the broader industry.
These awards are an informal program that we do completely in house, from a personal and impressionistic ...
A new draft plan for Greater Sydney, The Sydney Plan (the plan), has been released for comment. Having led the preparation of the current plan, A Metropolis of Three Cities and the previous plan, A Plan for Growing Sydney, I was naturally keen to see the outcome. My initial reflections focus on:
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Anthony Burke ( AB ): The usual architect’s origin story is of always wanting to be an architect. But you wanted to be a photographer…why? What drove you towards architecture?
Ed Lippmann ( EL ) My father had a keen interest in architecture and was a big influence on me. I remember the construction of our house at Rose Bay when I was a boy. I used ...
There’s a reason we’re focused on the built environment/property/real estate – whatever you want to call the buildings we live, work, and play in.
This sector rules the roost in our lives. Where we live and spend our time has a vast impact on our quality of life, much of our economic prospects, plus physical and mental health outcomes.
Sign ...
A Jewish woman wearing a Keffiyeh as well as the Star of Israel was escorted off Bondi Beach by police. The resulting social media storm led to death threats to her and to her friend. I am writing this knowing it will likely result in more death threats. That is
How to make ‘Iran like Gaza’ and describing the genocide in Palestine as a weapons testing laboratory. Michael West and Stephanie Tran with the inside story of a weapons expo. Inside a conference hall at Tel Aviv University, executives, generals and venture capitalists took turns boasting about “combat-proven” Israeli weapons
Compare Robodebt victims’ compo to the quantum of Scott Morrison’s publicly funded legal fees. It’s shameful, reports Rex Patrick. He knew! Scott Morrison was the minister who took Robodebt to Cabinet for approval. “Mr Morrison knew …”, wrote the Robodebt Royal Commissioner. He knew that ‘income averaging’ was the primary
Chris Minns’ protest ban has the premise that preventing the murder of Jews in Sydney means consenting to the murder of Palestinians in Gaza. It is not just authoritarian: it is breathtakingly racist and must be resisted, writes Nick Riemer. One week out from the evil antisemitic attack at Bondi,
Revelations that the Bondi gunman bought 3 shotguns from the same NSW gun store on one day are likely to put the focus back on guns. Michael Pascoe reports. Ahmed al Ahmed is a hero for risking his life by jumping Sajid Akram, temporarily disarming him, thus saving lives by
The awful events at Bondi Beach have taken travel rorts off the front page but documents show Defence Minister Richard Marles is using an Air Force 737 as his own private jet. Rex Patrick reports. Apologies to Richard Marles for using the title of Defence Minister in the lede to
Anthony Albanese has announced the government “adopts and fully supports Jillian Segal’s plan to combat antisemitism,” bowing to intense media pressure. Stephanie Tran and Kim Wingerei report. Criticising the state of Israel is about to get difficult. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the Prime Minister said, “We’ve already
Queensland is taking an axe to windfarms and looks to more cuts; home batteries’ breakthrough
Sign up for our free newsletter.
This story was off the charts in terms of hits. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli, who won the election at the end of 2024 said he wanted the industry to keep burning coal. The story broke in May this ...
For our third Emerald Green awards The Fifth Estate has chosen to honour five people who were key to our hugely successful seven part events program this year and who cast their influence well beyond to the broader industry.
These awards are an informal program that we do completely in house, from a personal and impressionistic ...
A new draft plan for Greater Sydney, The Sydney Plan (the plan), has been released for comment. Having led the preparation of the current plan, A Metropolis of Three Cities and the previous plan, A Plan for Growing Sydney, I was naturally keen to see the outcome. My initial reflections focus on:
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to ...
Anthony Burke ( AB ): The usual architect’s origin story is of always wanting to be an architect. But you wanted to be a photographer…why? What drove you towards architecture?
Ed Lippmann ( EL ) My father had a keen interest in architecture and was a big influence on me. I remember the construction of our house at Rose Bay when I was a boy. I used ...
There’s a reason we’re focused on the built environment/property/real estate – whatever you want to call the buildings we live, work, and play in.
This sector rules the roost in our lives. Where we live and spend our time has a vast impact on our quality of life, much of our economic prospects, plus physical and mental health outcomes.
Sign ...
A Jewish woman wearing a Keffiyeh as well as the Star of Israel was escorted off Bondi Beach by police. The resulting social media storm led to death threats to her and to her friend. I am writing this knowing it will likely result in more death threats. That is