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.

The legislation will turbocharge inequality and the climate catastrophe – and it’s all part of the administration’s plan to radically reshape American society.

After the failure of the Voice referendum, achieving justice for Indigenous Australians remains more important than ever. This demands keeping hope alive.

Positive gearing is so FY21-22.

The debate over superannuation tax concessions shows that the wealthiest Australians get to play by different rules.

Australia’s overly generous approach to taxing wealth is allowing the richest Australians to keep more for themselves.

For most would-be whistleblowers, the cost of courage is way too high. A whistleblower protection authority would ease their path.

A housing crisis, accelerating climate change and widening inequality all confront the re-elected Albanese Government, but the solutions exist (and often aren’t that complicated).

Musk may be out, but the influence of the tech bros has never been greater.

The ABC is always under attack. The best thing we can do for democracy is defend it.

Rate cuts are great, but the Government needs to make sure that housing investors aren’t the main beneficiaries.

There’s nothing indulgent about public funding for Australian culture. More funds would fix many of the sector’s problems. 

It’s won and done.

Great countries have great institutions, but Australian universities are a mess.

For housing affordability to improve, wages must grow faster than house prices.

With the influence of the right-wing media waning, the Labor Government can use its massive majority to pursue big reforms.

To end the housing crisis, governments need to stop subsidising private investors and instead directly invest in social housing. 

The white men in the White House are trying to radically reshape modern America.

A number of the housing policy proposals on offer in this election will make affordability worse.

Amy Remeikis and Bill Browne discuss the federal election campaign so far, the performance of the media, and how preferential voting actually works.

With housing affordability at an all-time low and the spectre of Trump looming large over our region, Australians’ standard of living will be at the heart of the debate from now until election day.

The Trump administration’s approach to the world can be summed up in three emojis: fist, American flag, fire. The president, meanwhile, is busy “not joking” about staying in office for an unconstitutional third term.

Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to dismantle the Federal Department of Education – but can he actually do it?

Looking to buy a house? Having a good job that pays good money probably won’t be enough.