Foolish boos marred Anzac Day and our remembrance of sacrifice. Michael Pascoe writes our most solemn day is a challenge, a reminder to be better, not national pride deserved. Monday. It is a public holiday in NSW, WA and the ACT to compensate for Anzac Day falling on a Saturday.
With the Antisemitism Royal Commission due to publish its interim report this week, a reckoning between Judaism and Israel is long overdue. Jewish community leader Jeffrey Loewenstein with the story. Let it be said, unequivocally, antisemitism per se, as indeed any form of vilification or bigotry, is to be abhorred
Australia’s complicated healthcare system is under strain, and some question whether private health insurance is fit for purpose. Rachel David argues it is. Australia’s health system is under mounting strain. In private health, rising premiums are driving some people to downgrade their cover, while higher out-of-pocket specialist fees are leading
BHP’s lawyers Minter Ellison have threatened coal miner Simon Turner with legal proceedings for ‘breach of confidence’ over an MWM story. Michael West reports. They don’t call them solicitors for nothing. In their desperation to muzzle the media, as well the courts, BHP’s lawyers Minter Ellison have threatened coal miner
At the last election both sides of politics promised to return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands. FOI reveals a broken (dumb) promise will become a broken (unfulfilled) promise. Rex Patrick reports. Dumb and Dumber Imagine announcing, indeed promising, that you absolutely intend to buy something from a monopoly
The High Court rules New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund is making unlawful investments, flouting human rights – like Australia’s Future Fund. Cathy Peters reports. Last week, the New Zealand High Court made a landmark ruling in relation to the country’s $86B sovereign wealth fund, New Zealand Superannuation. It found that
The Attorney General’s office used an opaque process to appoint law firm Gilbert+Tobin as lawyers assisting the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion without open tender. Stephanie Tran reports. In response to questions on notice from Senator David Shoebridge, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland revealed that law firm Gilbert+Tobin was not
Menzies sold the Australian Dream as a path to independence, but he was really building a grid of social control. Today, that blueprint is failing.
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Those of us who have had a lot to do with real estate agents know that they generally have the antenna of finely tuned Stradivarius – or stockbroker. Quick to pick up every nuanced vibration in the atmosphere and transform any slight variation in data inputs into useable performance outcomes.
But on sustainability it’s been far from the ...
Isabella Peppard steps through a range of bio materials, their properties and uses. Some of these will be exhibited at Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party event in Melbourne as part of Melbourne’s Design Week.
Biomaterials may seem futuristic, but the reality couldn’t be simpler. Biomaterials are what they sound like: materials ...
With the Transforming Transport Summit just a few weeks away, the chief executive of Transport Australia asked presenters of the Emerging Leaders session for their take on the key issues for the future. What he found was:
“They want an industry shift toward cities built for people over cars, long term funding that outlasts election cycles, a ...
Hit back at HIA’s ambush of Victoria’s housing minister
As soon as Victoria’s cabinet reshuffle and Nick Staikos were appointed Housing and Building Minister, the Housing Industry Association ambushed the new minister with promises of a “quick win”. Except by winning, they meant delaying the implementation of the National Construction Code 2025, which ...
Foolish boos marred Anzac Day and our remembrance of sacrifice. Michael Pascoe writes our most solemn day is a challenge, a reminder to be better, not national pride deserved. Monday. It is a public holiday in NSW, WA and the ACT to compensate for Anzac Day falling on a Saturday.
With the Antisemitism Royal Commission due to publish its interim report this week, a reckoning between Judaism and Israel is long overdue. Jewish community leader Jeffrey Loewenstein with the story. Let it be said, unequivocally, antisemitism per se, as indeed any form of vilification or bigotry, is to be abhorred
Australia’s complicated healthcare system is under strain, and some question whether private health insurance is fit for purpose. Rachel David argues it is. Australia’s health system is under mounting strain. In private health, rising premiums are driving some people to downgrade their cover, while higher out-of-pocket specialist fees are leading
BHP’s lawyers Minter Ellison have threatened coal miner Simon Turner with legal proceedings for ‘breach of confidence’ over an MWM story. Michael West reports. They don’t call them solicitors for nothing. In their desperation to muzzle the media, as well the courts, BHP’s lawyers Minter Ellison have threatened coal miner
At the last election both sides of politics promised to return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands. FOI reveals a broken (dumb) promise will become a broken (unfulfilled) promise. Rex Patrick reports. Dumb and Dumber Imagine announcing, indeed promising, that you absolutely intend to buy something from a monopoly
The High Court rules New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund is making unlawful investments, flouting human rights – like Australia’s Future Fund. Cathy Peters reports. Last week, the New Zealand High Court made a landmark ruling in relation to the country’s $86B sovereign wealth fund, New Zealand Superannuation. It found that
The Attorney General’s office used an opaque process to appoint law firm Gilbert+Tobin as lawyers assisting the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion without open tender. Stephanie Tran reports. In response to questions on notice from Senator David Shoebridge, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland revealed that law firm Gilbert+Tobin was not
Menzies sold the Australian Dream as a path to independence, but he was really building a grid of social control. Today, that blueprint is failing.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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Robert Menzies first served as prime ...
Those of us who have had a lot to do with real estate agents know that they generally have the antenna of finely tuned Stradivarius – or stockbroker. Quick to pick up every nuanced vibration in the atmosphere and transform any slight variation in data inputs into useable performance outcomes.
But on sustainability it’s been far from the ...
Isabella Peppard steps through a range of bio materials, their properties and uses. Some of these will be exhibited at Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party event in Melbourne as part of Melbourne’s Design Week.
Biomaterials may seem futuristic, but the reality couldn’t be simpler. Biomaterials are what they sound like: materials ...
With the Transforming Transport Summit just a few weeks away, the chief executive of Transport Australia asked presenters of the Emerging Leaders session for their take on the key issues for the future. What he found was:
“They want an industry shift toward cities built for people over cars, long term funding that outlasts election cycles, a ...
Hit back at HIA’s ambush of Victoria’s housing minister
As soon as Victoria’s cabinet reshuffle and Nick Staikos were appointed Housing and Building Minister, the Housing Industry Association ambushed the new minister with promises of a “quick win”. Except by winning, they meant delaying the implementation of the National Construction Code 2025, which ...
