In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we examine how the debate surrounding the 2026 Budget has quickly moved into a battle over class, aspiration, political power and the future direction of Australian capitalism itself. The Liberal Party has framed Labor’s housing reforms as an “assault on aspiration”, warning
The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is revealing something much larger than the question of how Australia responds to discrimination. Increasingly, the inquiry is becoming a test of where political dissent begins and ends – particularly when it comes to Israel and Palestine. As governments, media organisations and
What was meant to be a Royal Commission to examine antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia has quickly become much broader and far more politically dangerous: the attempt to recreate the boundaries of acceptable political debate and dissent surrounding Israel, Zionism and the destruction of Palestine.While it was established to
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: the political panic over Labor’s property tax reforms… the concocted backlash to the federal Budget… the fragmentation of conservative politics… and how rising fuel and cost-of-living pressures are exposing deeper problems in Australia’s economy.Australian politics has tried to set
The Farrer byelection may have shocked the political establishment, but the real story is not just that One Nation won its first ever federal lower-house seat – it’s that the Liberal Party’s political base has collapsed. One Nation candidate David Farley secured a decisive victory, while the Liberal Party’s primary
The 2026 Australian federal Budget has triggered outrage from conservative commentators, who are branding it everything from a “Whitlam budget” to outright “Marxism”. But the reaction says more about the collapse of the bipartisan consensus on neoliberalism than it does about the Budget itself. After four decades of governments protecting
Treasurer Jim Chalmers had delivered his fifth budget – but the first for this term which commenced over a year ago – and it’s a mixed but ideologically revealing budget: it contains some redistributive reforms, especially on housing tax concessions, but it also preserves the deeper neoliberal framework that has
On Tuesday night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver what is being regarded as one of the most important federal Budgets in many years, promising action on housing affordability, productivity, cost-of-living pressures and long-awaited tax reform.Of course, we’ll have to wait to see whether this will be the case or not,
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: Labor’s defining Budget test over tax reform, housing affordability, gas exports and cost-of-living pressures, as the Albanese government faces growing demands for economic change while navigating the rise of One Nation, deepening tensions with China and mounting questions about
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we examine the interim findings of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion following the devastating Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people and injured more than 40 others. While the Commission’s initial recommendations on gun control, policing resources and intelligence
The interim findings of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion have been released with a certain level of caution, containing a series of recommendations that, on the surface at least, appear to be largely uncontroversial – mainly relating to gun control measures and increased resources for policing. Yet
The conflict now expanding across Iran and Lebanon – and forced on by Israel and the United States – is no longer a short-term regional crisis; it’s placing a great deal of pressure on the global order that countries like Australia have depended on for many decades. What began as
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we examine how the debate surrounding the 2026 Budget has quickly moved into a battle over class, aspiration, political power and the future direction of Australian capitalism itself. The Liberal Party has framed Labor’s housing reforms as an “assault on aspiration”, warning
The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is revealing something much larger than the question of how Australia responds to discrimination. Increasingly, the inquiry is becoming a test of where political dissent begins and ends – particularly when it comes to Israel and Palestine. As governments, media organisations and
What was meant to be a Royal Commission to examine antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia has quickly become much broader and far more politically dangerous: the attempt to recreate the boundaries of acceptable political debate and dissent surrounding Israel, Zionism and the destruction of Palestine.While it was established to
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: the political panic over Labor’s property tax reforms… the concocted backlash to the federal Budget… the fragmentation of conservative politics… and how rising fuel and cost-of-living pressures are exposing deeper problems in Australia’s economy.Australian politics has tried to set
The Farrer byelection may have shocked the political establishment, but the real story is not just that One Nation won its first ever federal lower-house seat – it’s that the Liberal Party’s political base has collapsed. One Nation candidate David Farley secured a decisive victory, while the Liberal Party’s primary
The 2026 Australian federal Budget has triggered outrage from conservative commentators, who are branding it everything from a “Whitlam budget” to outright “Marxism”. But the reaction says more about the collapse of the bipartisan consensus on neoliberalism than it does about the Budget itself. After four decades of governments protecting
Treasurer Jim Chalmers had delivered his fifth budget – but the first for this term which commenced over a year ago – and it’s a mixed but ideologically revealing budget: it contains some redistributive reforms, especially on housing tax concessions, but it also preserves the deeper neoliberal framework that has
On Tuesday night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver what is being regarded as one of the most important federal Budgets in many years, promising action on housing affordability, productivity, cost-of-living pressures and long-awaited tax reform.Of course, we’ll have to wait to see whether this will be the case or not,
This week’s briefing outlines the big issues to look out for: Labor’s defining Budget test over tax reform, housing affordability, gas exports and cost-of-living pressures, as the Albanese government faces growing demands for economic change while navigating the rise of One Nation, deepening tensions with China and mounting questions about
In this episode of the New Politics podcast, we examine the interim findings of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion following the devastating Bondi Beach attack that killed 15 people and injured more than 40 others. While the Commission’s initial recommendations on gun control, policing resources and intelligence
The interim findings of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion have been released with a certain level of caution, containing a series of recommendations that, on the surface at least, appear to be largely uncontroversial – mainly relating to gun control measures and increased resources for policing. Yet
The conflict now expanding across Iran and Lebanon – and forced on by Israel and the United States – is no longer a short-term regional crisis; it’s placing a great deal of pressure on the global order that countries like Australia have depended on for many decades. What began as
