By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The underlying tension between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers is such that people read between every line for the smallest snub.
So when Albanese implied, speaking to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Tuesday, that the government’s partial retreat over the Australian Taxation Office’s ban on small businesses paying tax by credit card was all his doing, observers jumped on it.
Albanese was responding to ACCI chief executive Andrew McKellar, who praised the prime minister for listening and acting quickly on the problem.…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Senate has rejected the government’s controversial budget measure to cut the private health insurance rebate for people 65 and older.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Students raise their hands in front of police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po during a protest over school overcrowding and decay in Paris, France, October 7, 2026. © 2026 Tom Nicholson/Getty Images Images from ongoing student protests in France of heavily armed riot police using tear gas, stun grenades, batons, rubber bullets, and rough restraint techniques on children have sparked national and international concern.High schoolers across France have taken to the streets since September 21 frustrated with the government’s continued…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
A new batch of polls bring better news for the Albanese Labor government, with support for One Nation seeming to have eased off.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Elma Okic/UN Photo A United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on October 7 calling for concrete action against systemic racism should have been an opportunity for governments to demonstrate their commitment to racial justice.Instead, the United Kingdom called for a vote, breaking from last year’s consensus on the annually tabled resolution.Citing concerns about the applicability of international law to establish responsibility…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Military leader of Eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar (center), attends a conference in Sabha, Libya, September 5, 2024. © 2024 Khaled Nasraoui/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), which controls eastern and southern Libya, has executed at least 31 people since late August 2026 following grossly unfair military trials, Human Rights Watch said today. These are the first known executions in Libya since 2010, with at least 50 more people in Gernada military prison at imminent risk of execution.On August 23, the LAAF…
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By Pankaj Agrrawal, Professor of Finance, University of Maine
Some advocates for older Americans want the government to change the index used for this adjustment to one more tailored to their spending patterns.
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By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
Cinema, almost from its infancy, has been drawn to telling stories out of sequence – and forcing audiences to reassemble what they have just seen.
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By Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
Rohini Balram, Adjunct Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
PNG is grappling with despicable rates of gender-based violence. Why isn’t a women’s team part of the Australian government’s $600m NRL deal?
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By Isabelle Volpe, Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; UNSW
Daniel Reeders, PhD Candidate, ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University
Kate Seear, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
Safety messages about drugs and sex are already routinely misidentified and removed from social media platforms. The proposed bill would take this further.
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