The last time the Productivity Commission measured how long Australian small businesses spent on average complying with government red tape each week, the answer was five hours. That was in …
So what did we learn from the Dunkley by-election? The result — Labor has retained the seat but with a swing against it — can be called a draw between …
The ancient Greeks called it hubris. The excessive over-confidence, edging towards arrogance, that so often precedes a humiliating failure. There’s no better example than Australian Border Force boasting about being …
Technology has changed the way we work, and there’s no going back (no matter how much a small but noisy handful of employers might like to). For many workers, it’s …
Life is full of contradictions and in politics that plate is brimming more than a WWE wrestler’s at the all-you-can-eat buffet. But that presents parents like me — who serve …
Anthony Albanese has had a lot to say about trust since taking over the Labor leadership. A month before the 2022 election, the then-opposition leader said he was determined to …
A victory at last for common sense. And in addition to that, Santos’ win in the Federal Court, enabling it to continue laying an underwater pipeline crucial to its $5.8 …
Since Hamas militants shocked the world with the slaughter of 1200 Israelis on October 7, the world has watched on with trepidation. Retaliatory attacks on Gaza have resulted in the …
A shade over 5000 people bothered to turn up to vote in October’s Town of Cambridge election. That’s a participation rate of under 26 per cent. The people of Cambridge …
We all know the wheels of government can sometimes move slowly. But on the issue of regulation in our building and construction industry, the pace has been positively glacial. In …