As a Labor prime minister, does Anthony Albanese have an obligation to stand for Labor values? Paul Begley on trading principle for pragmatism. Tory Prime Minister Winston Churchill reputedly referred to his Labour Party successor, Clement Attlee, as “a modest man with much to be modest about”. What he
The fight over Australia’s GST carve-up with the states fired up when the Productivity Commission called Scomo’s 2022 deal a “costly mistake”. Monte Dwyer addresses the people of Western Australia over their “fair share”. Dear WA, It has been drawn to my attention by the Productivity Commission tuckshop lady, that
The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge who required evidence, and it collapsed in an afternoon. Andrew Brown on the Fagan judgement. Justice Desmond Fagan’s decision in State of New South Wales v
Putting NDIS care in the control of an algorithm, stripping humans out of the process, will damage peoples’ lives. Claudia Weisenberger interviews plan managers on the ground. The overhaul of NDIS has enormous ramifications for Australia’s disabled. Yet it does not solve the critical problem of system design failure.
When we start to chase ideas for our events it feels a bit like butterfly netting, or chasing a whisp of an idea that’s like a genie escaping its bottle. You want to see how it can form into a solid shape.
For some people that genie can look menacing.
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The Government has caved in to parliamentary, civil society and media pressure and offered to reduce the amount of money a citizen may pay for *winning* an FOI fight to $20,000. Rex Patrick reports on this still unacceptable proposition. Stop at a loss, or else! It was a rare but
The media’s coverage of Jayson Arday’s life was fuelled by a far-right network campaign linked to controversial Palantir founder Peter Thiel. Investigation by Nafeez Ahmed of Byline Times. Jason Arday, a 41-year-old academic who resigned as Cambridge’s Professor of Sociology of Education, was found dead on Friday following intense scrutiny
Behind the controversial transport oriented developments are the “same old” – no one thinks about waste until it’s too late, writes Frank Klostermann.
The New South Wales government has an idea to help ease the housing crisis. It’s called transport oriented development, or TOD. The idea is to allow denser developments around the existing railway ...
The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warning of favouritism and social fracture. One question exposes it all: would he ever permit an armed Muslim security force? Andrew Brown reports. NSW Police examined this proposal and
Barrambin’s oldest trees measured time in centuries. The Brisbane Olympics 2032 measure it in years, for an event lasting days. Yet, those trees were destroyed in minutes. Their destruction exposes an uncomfortable question: why does an imagined Olympic legacy take precedence over the centuries-old legacies we inherited?
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TRANSITION RISK: Property companies are about to be hit with reporting requirements on how they are prepared for climate impacts. The demand for help is huge and growing and it’s time for many to stop putting their heads in the sand.
Joshua Martin is a busy man. Partly, it is running Foresight Consulting, a business that has grown from one person to ...
For the vast majority of the history of public works, a tree and a bridge might as well have existed in two different worlds. The bridge had blueprints, a maintenance timetable, a depreciation schedule, and a secured place in the city’s financial plans.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed ...
As a Labor prime minister, does Anthony Albanese have an obligation to stand for Labor values? Paul Begley on trading principle for pragmatism. Tory Prime Minister Winston Churchill reputedly referred to his Labour Party successor, Clement Attlee, as “a modest man with much to be modest about”. What he
The fight over Australia’s GST carve-up with the states fired up when the Productivity Commission called Scomo’s 2022 deal a “costly mistake”. Monte Dwyer addresses the people of Western Australia over their “fair share”. Dear WA, It has been drawn to my attention by the Productivity Commission tuckshop lady, that
The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge who required evidence, and it collapsed in an afternoon. Andrew Brown on the Fagan judgement. Justice Desmond Fagan’s decision in State of New South Wales v
Putting NDIS care in the control of an algorithm, stripping humans out of the process, will damage peoples’ lives. Claudia Weisenberger interviews plan managers on the ground. The overhaul of NDIS has enormous ramifications for Australia’s disabled. Yet it does not solve the critical problem of system design failure.
When we start to chase ideas for our events it feels a bit like butterfly netting, or chasing a whisp of an idea that’s like a genie escaping its bottle. You want to see how it can form into a solid shape.
For some people that genie can look menacing.
Sign up for our free newsletter.
It’s been like that with the next Big Debate ...
The Government has caved in to parliamentary, civil society and media pressure and offered to reduce the amount of money a citizen may pay for *winning* an FOI fight to $20,000. Rex Patrick reports on this still unacceptable proposition. Stop at a loss, or else! It was a rare but
The media’s coverage of Jayson Arday’s life was fuelled by a far-right network campaign linked to controversial Palantir founder Peter Thiel. Investigation by Nafeez Ahmed of Byline Times. Jason Arday, a 41-year-old academic who resigned as Cambridge’s Professor of Sociology of Education, was found dead on Friday following intense scrutiny
Behind the controversial transport oriented developments are the “same old” – no one thinks about waste until it’s too late, writes Frank Klostermann.
The New South Wales government has an idea to help ease the housing crisis. It’s called transport oriented development, or TOD. The idea is to allow denser developments around the existing railway ...
The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warning of favouritism and social fracture. One question exposes it all: would he ever permit an armed Muslim security force? Andrew Brown reports. NSW Police examined this proposal and
Barrambin’s oldest trees measured time in centuries. The Brisbane Olympics 2032 measure it in years, for an event lasting days. Yet, those trees were destroyed in minutes. Their destruction exposes an uncomfortable question: why does an imagined Olympic legacy take precedence over the centuries-old legacies we inherited?
Spinifex is an opinion ...
TRANSITION RISK: Property companies are about to be hit with reporting requirements on how they are prepared for climate impacts. The demand for help is huge and growing and it’s time for many to stop putting their heads in the sand.
Joshua Martin is a busy man. Partly, it is running Foresight Consulting, a business that has grown from one person to ...
For the vast majority of the history of public works, a tree and a bridge might as well have existed in two different worlds. The bridge had blueprints, a maintenance timetable, a depreciation schedule, and a secured place in the city’s financial plans.
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed ...
