Category: Australia

Higgins’s Saga Comes Crashing Down

Commentary Brittany Higgins has crashed from her pedestal, potentially bringing with her key government ministers. The silencing of proper public debate about the weaponization of this pivotal rape case has ended, revealing widespread community contempt about the way this has all been handled. When we look back at what caused it all to fall apart,…


Australian Leading Financial Expert Calls For Better Solutions to Inflation

One of Australia’s leading financial experts, Mark Bouris, has called for better solutions to tame high inflation, expressing deep concern following the RBA’s June interest rate hike. In a piece published in news.com.au, the executive chairman of Yellow Brick Home Loans has asked for an explanation of the central bank’s latest decision to institute the…


Queensland Leads the Way as State Basks in Budget Surplus

Queensland’s booming economy should be a budget blueprint for the rest of the country as the state continues to bask in a historic surplus. Treasurer Cameron Dick said the $12.3 billion (US$8.3 billion) surplus for 2022/23 was the largest for any state or territory, and Queenslanders deserve a slice of the record revenue generated by…


Over 30 Percent of Aussies Can’t Afford to Travel Overseas: Research

Rising living costs and soaring airfares have left one in three Australians unable to afford to travel overseas. New research by price comparison website Finder has found that only about a quarter of Australians can now afford to travel for a holiday, with many cutting back on spending in order to enjoy it. The survey of…


Former Labor Minister to Head New Net-Zero Agency

Former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet has been picked to head the agency tasked with easing the transition to a renewable energy-fuelled economy. The ex-union boss will chair the Net-Zero Agency, which the Labor government has established to ensure workers, industries, and communities don’t miss out during the push to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Combet,…


[PREMIERING NOW] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West

“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…


Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West

“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…


More Australians Pay for News but Women Losing Interest

So there’s some good news, and there’s some bad news. The good news is more Australians than ever before are paying for digital media subscriptions. But the bad news is women’s interest has fallen to the point where Australia has the widest gender gap in the world. The ninth annual Digital News Report for Australia…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West

“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…


New Zealand Property Downturn Appears to Be Near the Bottom

New Zealand’s residential housing price slump may be nearing its end, but experts are warning that there is still a period of uncertainty and volatility ahead. The latest data from Quotable Value’s (QV) House Price Index showed that falling home prices have slowed for the second month in a row. Over the three months to…