Last weekend, music fans across Australia tuned into national youth music station Triple J for the 33rd annual Hottest 100.

Even the Mathias Cormann-led OECD says the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing are a problem.

The government passed new gun control and hate speech legislation in a special parliamentary sitting, but what impact will they have on Australian democracy?

The Albanese government’s new gun laws, which passed the federal parliament with the support of the Greens and crossbench, will make all Australians safer. 

Australia’s health system is in crisis and, while the tensions over funding between state and territory leaders and the Commonwealth is at an all-time high, people desperately waiting for medical help need real action, not performative posturing.

From Minnesota to Greenland, the Trump administration is bulldozing guardrails meant to protect human life and dignity.

Richard Denniss discusses the government’s response to the Bondi terrorist attacks, the chaos of the Trump administration and how to protect Australia’s democracy.

PALM visas holders do not get Medicare (outside of a trial limited to 200 people), so what happens when they are injured, get sick or fall pregnant?

The first thought I had when the Albanese government’s under 16s social media ban was announced was: “Can I opt in?”

There is no denying Australia’s sense of safety has been shattered. There is no denying antisemitism exists in Australia and that the fears of the Jewish community have been horrifically realised in a way that perhaps we will never recover from. There is no denying that in the days and months to come we will

The horrific anti-Semitic terrorist attack in Bondi, the most deadly mass shooting since the Port Arthur massacre thirty years ago, makes gun law reform in Australia necessary. Suggestions from former prime minister John Howard and others that gun law reform is just “a distraction” are cynical in the extreme. Precisely no one is suggesting gun

Skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries are being poached to plug Australia’s shortage of care workers, leaving the health systems in their home countries on the brink of collapse, according to new research.

Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep interest rates on hold shows the RBA doesn’t really know which way inflation is trending.

Defense Secretary Hegseth doesn’t want the US military to fight with “stupid rules of engagement”.

Thursday was Spotify Wrapped day, when people around the world, like kids following the latest playground craze, shared their “top five” list.

These days, Aussie music is falling out of the charts, leaving local acts wondering if they’ll ever see your face again.

The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist.

By offering generous tax concessions to property investors and making it nearly impossible to live on JobSeeker, Australian governments have being making inequality worse.

The algorithms of global music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Apple are killing Australian music, according to a new report by a former Spotify executive. As Australians celebrate the nation’s extraordinary artists to mark AusMusic T-Shirt Day today, the report reveals that the number of artists featured on music streaming giants has fallen by

Australian scientific discoveries have improved people’s lives and made the economy more productive – so why is the CSIRO being forced to shed workers again?

Australians are the world’s biggest losers. Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas ($29.5 billion) or alcohol ($26.8 billion) – so it seems safe to say we have a problem.

Australia’s health system needs intensive care, and so does the tax system that funds it.

If you’ve ever used Aerogard, the announcement this week that CSIRO would cut another 350 jobs should alarm you.

By negotiating an end to the government shutdown without getting anything much in return, some Democrats have gone back to their old trick of resisting the President by giving him exactly what he needs.

The capital gains tax concession and negative gearing have worked together to make housing less affordable and exacerbate inequality.