Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. It is testimony to the Australian Government’s lack of integrity that they are not being recalled. Michael Pascoe reports. It’s a fair bet Pete Hegseth has never heard of Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, Walter Weispfennig and August Hoffmann. If
Jeffrey Epstein, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Jimmy Carter, Noam Chomski, Hassan Nasrallah and Gideon Levy are but a few of the names in the Federal Court showdown. Kim Wingerei and Michael West report on Cassuto v Kostakidis. The cost is likely to run into millions and the case may not
Governance issues continue to plague the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) amid allegations of member silencing, board-stacking and escalating internal power struggles. Stephanie Tran reports. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is bracing for another explosive board meeting – a snap meeting called for today – after members last
The Federal Government is refusing to release any details of the land purchase for radioactive waste management. Rex Patrick follows the money trail. In 2023, the current Minister for Resources confessed to the Senate that the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) had spent $108.6 million not finding a
Following last week’s revelations about the “Nauru deal”, the Senate voted in favour of a full inquiry into the Government’s “Offshore processing and resettlement arrangements.” Janet Pelly reports on what may come from it. The Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee will report by 1 June 2026, and cover
Australia has quietly moved Austrade staff from the office in West Jerusalem to Tel Aviv but continues Israel trade despite the genocide – while DFAT condemns “unfair targeting” of Israel by the United Nations. Stephanie Tran reports. More than 350 Palestinians have been slain since the Israel-Hamas ‘ceasefire’ last month
Who’s game to take on Big Noise? Sure, it’s retail politics but such obvious retail politics that it’s a wonder our governments haven’t been game to act on behalf of civilised society. Michael Pascoe offers a solution: In the admirable cause of keeping the peace, my Sydney neighbours are legally
Lavish renovations to “Bishopscourt” mansion, a host of unregistered trusts and other financial irregularities, present the new Archbishop to the Church of England with a raft of earthly challenges. Stephanie Tran and Michael West report. When The Right Reverend Dr Ric Thorpe, Melbourne’s new Archbishop delivers his first sermon at
A package of environment reforms has passed the Senate, to Coalition disapproval. Rex Patrick reports on what’s changed, and what hasn’t. The Bill has some clear wins for the environment. There will be a National Environmental Protection Agency and National Environmental Standards – although those standards are yet to be defined
They tried to bury AUSTRAC’s “suspicious transactions”. Now Senators Shoebridge and Pocock have put the Government in the cross-hairs for complicity on Nauru fraud. Janet Pelly reports. One of the most significant foreign-affairs stories of the year almost disappeared — by design. On Monday night, Senators David Pocock and David
Journalists from Michael West Media have scooped the pool in this year’s Walkey Awards for Excellence in Journalism taking home no less than 28 Walkeys*. This year’s Gold Walkey (not sponsored by Woodside) was a hard-fought affair with Rex Patrick taking out the gong for his body of work on
Hearts & Minds Investments (HMI), which tips in some of its profits to medical research, also invests in companies with links to Israel’s human rights violations in Gaza. Wendy Bacon and Cathy Peters report on Australia’s ‘hedge fund royalty’. The movers and shakers of Australia’s hedge fund world are on
Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. It is testimony to the Australian Government’s lack of integrity that they are not being recalled. Michael Pascoe reports. It’s a fair bet Pete Hegseth has never heard of Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, Walter Weispfennig and August Hoffmann. If
Jeffrey Epstein, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Jimmy Carter, Noam Chomski, Hassan Nasrallah and Gideon Levy are but a few of the names in the Federal Court showdown. Kim Wingerei and Michael West report on Cassuto v Kostakidis. The cost is likely to run into millions and the case may not
Governance issues continue to plague the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) amid allegations of member silencing, board-stacking and escalating internal power struggles. Stephanie Tran reports. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is bracing for another explosive board meeting – a snap meeting called for today – after members last
The Federal Government is refusing to release any details of the land purchase for radioactive waste management. Rex Patrick follows the money trail. In 2023, the current Minister for Resources confessed to the Senate that the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) had spent $108.6 million not finding a
Following last week’s revelations about the “Nauru deal”, the Senate voted in favour of a full inquiry into the Government’s “Offshore processing and resettlement arrangements.” Janet Pelly reports on what may come from it. The Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee will report by 1 June 2026, and cover
Australia has quietly moved Austrade staff from the office in West Jerusalem to Tel Aviv but continues Israel trade despite the genocide – while DFAT condemns “unfair targeting” of Israel by the United Nations. Stephanie Tran reports. More than 350 Palestinians have been slain since the Israel-Hamas ‘ceasefire’ last month
Who’s game to take on Big Noise? Sure, it’s retail politics but such obvious retail politics that it’s a wonder our governments haven’t been game to act on behalf of civilised society. Michael Pascoe offers a solution: In the admirable cause of keeping the peace, my Sydney neighbours are legally
Lavish renovations to “Bishopscourt” mansion, a host of unregistered trusts and other financial irregularities, present the new Archbishop to the Church of England with a raft of earthly challenges. Stephanie Tran and Michael West report. When The Right Reverend Dr Ric Thorpe, Melbourne’s new Archbishop delivers his first sermon at
A package of environment reforms has passed the Senate, to Coalition disapproval. Rex Patrick reports on what’s changed, and what hasn’t. The Bill has some clear wins for the environment. There will be a National Environmental Protection Agency and National Environmental Standards – although those standards are yet to be defined
They tried to bury AUSTRAC’s “suspicious transactions”. Now Senators Shoebridge and Pocock have put the Government in the cross-hairs for complicity on Nauru fraud. Janet Pelly reports. One of the most significant foreign-affairs stories of the year almost disappeared — by design. On Monday night, Senators David Pocock and David
Journalists from Michael West Media have scooped the pool in this year’s Walkey Awards for Excellence in Journalism taking home no less than 28 Walkeys*. This year’s Gold Walkey (not sponsored by Woodside) was a hard-fought affair with Rex Patrick taking out the gong for his body of work on
Hearts & Minds Investments (HMI), which tips in some of its profits to medical research, also invests in companies with links to Israel’s human rights violations in Gaza. Wendy Bacon and Cathy Peters report on Australia’s ‘hedge fund royalty’. The movers and shakers of Australia’s hedge fund world are on
