Australian Politics

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a major driver of the growth in public spending.

If you want proof that Infrastructure Australia (IA) is another politicised agency, look no further than Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL).

I have been highly critical of Teal MP Alegra Spender’s positions on immigration.

Imagine, for a moment, a very different Australia.

Australian gas prices have held at $10Gj over the past few days.

When the war in the Middle East first broke out, I warned that Australia faced a triple energy threat of higher petrol/diesel prices, higher gas prices, and higher electricity prices.

Proponents of high immigration claim that it is necessary to alleviate purported labour shortages and an ageing population.

By Stephen Saunders Leaving Anthony Albanese as a world outlier, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has stymied Canada’s population growth to ease the housing pain.

Joe Walker interviewed former immigration department bureaucrat-turned-influencer Abul Rizvi last year.

One Nation proposes allowing wage-earning couples with children to split their income and file joint tax returns, potentially saving thousands of dollars in taxes each year.

For decades, Israel has tried to trap US presidents in a war with Iran.

The federal budget is facing deepening budget deficits and rising net debt.

Charts from TME.

Most commentary on the local gas price has been very bearish about what is coming next.

Late yesterday, in a conversation with Michelle Grattan on The Conversation’s Politics podcast, Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser talked about monetary policy, oil prices, and the Australian economy.

Australia’s performative democracy is a circus of jingling clowns pretending to care about national interests while doing nothing of substance.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen suggests that the recent energy crisis in Australia is largely down to you.

Yes, you read that right; the Australian gas price continues to crash.

Independent senator David Pocock used a February Senate estimates hearing to highlight how lightly Australia taxes offshore gas, pointing out that beer excise now raises more revenue than the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).

According to BCA Research, the United States’ main goal in Iran is more constrained than that of Israel: reducing Iran’s capacity to pose a threat to the area, rather than overthrowing the Iranian government.

Australia’s rental crisis continues to worsen as population growth driven by immigration exceeds supply.

Victoria’s 2025‑26 Mid‑Year Financial Report was released on Friday and showed that the state’s net debt has increased by $10 billion in six months, reaching $160.9 billion: Net debt as a share of the state economy has risen from 23.7% to 24.2% in six months.

Yes, you read that right, you’re about to get power and gas bill cuts.

The G7 will bail out the American Idiot with its strategic petroleum reserve after he proposed a 300-400m/b release, roughly a quarter of the total and equivalent to all of the remaining US strategic reserve.