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?

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?

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

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

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

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?

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.

Poor governance, poor policy and decades of neoliberalism have broken Australia’s university sector, with devastating consequences for students and the country.

Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.

Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.

The federal government’s policy enabling five per cent house deposits is just a backdoor first homebuyer’s grant that’ll pump up prices.

A new report outlines the grave consequences of climate change for the Australian economy – so why is the government still approving fossil fuel projects?

Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.

When our most vulnerable are treated with suspicion, and our wealthiest get massive tax cuts, what does that say about our priorities?

With large language models threatening to swamp Australia’s traditional media, a little bit of government funding could go a long way to protect public interest journalism.

Trump is behaving like “an emperor”, enabled by insufficient checks and balances on the power of the Oval Office.

“Probably not…”

We discuss the proposals around corporate tax and artificial intelligence ahead of the government’s productivity roundtable.

Nearly three decades after the Port Arthur massacre, there are more guns than ever before in Australia and there is still no national firearms register.

Also: the country is not too reliant on income tax.

It’s only been SIX MONTHS.

Amy Remeikis and Matt Grudnoff preview the first parliamentary sitting week.

A 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals would help Big Pharma make bigger profits, but it’d be a disaster for Americans’ health.