NAB economist says Royal Commission entirely political
The National Australia Bank’s head economist Alan Oster has stated that while economic growth for Australia looks promising over the next year, consumers will...
Domestic violence laws not tolerating drunken excuses
In the interest of public safety, domestic violence laws are changing to remove drunkenness as a defence to breaching personal protection injunctions. Perpetrators will...
Ex-minister criticises foreign donations crackdown
Andrew Robb, a former federal minister has criticised his old coalition colleagues for implying him, and people like him, were treasonous. This follows the...
Labor senator’s citizenship to be assessed by High Court
Another addition to Australia’s political “citizenship saga” comes in the form of Labor’s ACT senator Katy Gallagher. Federal Labor has referred senator Gallagher to...
Anti-wind group Waubra Foundation stripped of low-tax status
The Waubra Foundation, a notable anti-wind farm group have been stripped of their position as a tax-deductible charity. This could have repercussions for other...
Labor MP Anne Aly clears up her citizenship doubts
In yet another blow in the citizenship saga, with Katy Gallagher being ruled ineligible to sit in parliament by the High Court this week,...
PM promises major infrastructure spending to WA in vote bid
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government has started and escalated a new bidding war to get Western Australia’s votes in the next election, having announced...
Labor held Port Adelaide is scrapped by Electoral Commission
The seat in federal minister Christopher Pyne’s electorate in South Australia has narrowly avoided the chop by the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) which has...