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 ...
The NDIS reforms announced by Health Minister Mark Butler promise to address the scheme’s excesses, but will it fix a broken system, Sarah Russell asks? History shows us that rorting is rife when governments fund the private sector to deliver a public good. Outsourcing public services to the private sector
Seventeen Australian activists are set to join a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s siege and deliver food and medical aid to the suffering people of Gaza. Joshua Barnett with the story. Australian activist Zack Schofield is among a group of Australians joining the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led mission seeking
Following the day-to-day news on Iran is frustrating. There appears to be scant progress on the vaguely defined war aims or a pathway to lasting peace. According to the Wall Street Journal this frustration is ironically shared by President Trump who seems unable to accept that he can't just bend the Iranians to his will.
What is becoming clearer is the ...
Australia has a well-regarded superannuation system. What we do not have is a retirement income system. These are not the same thing — and the gap between them is costing Australians billions of dollars a year.
In a new paper, we propose a change to how superannuation works as members approach the drawdown phase. The result would be higher balances for ...
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 ...
The NDIS reforms announced by Health Minister Mark Butler promise to address the scheme’s excesses, but will it fix a broken system, Sarah Russell asks? History shows us that rorting is rife when governments fund the private sector to deliver a public good. Outsourcing public services to the private sector
Seventeen Australian activists are set to join a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s siege and deliver food and medical aid to the suffering people of Gaza. Joshua Barnett with the story. Australian activist Zack Schofield is among a group of Australians joining the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led mission seeking
Following the day-to-day news on Iran is frustrating. There appears to be scant progress on the vaguely defined war aims or a pathway to lasting peace. According to the Wall Street Journal this frustration is ironically shared by President Trump who seems unable to accept that he can't just bend the Iranians to his will.
What is becoming clearer is the ...
Australia has a well-regarded superannuation system. What we do not have is a retirement income system. These are not the same thing — and the gap between them is costing Australians billions of dollars a year.
In a new paper, we propose a change to how superannuation works as members approach the drawdown phase. The result would be higher balances for ...
