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I applaud the Coalition for standing up for the victims of DV in court. However, the Legal Aid professionals who will take on the task are already stretched to the limit. They need greater funding. That wasn’t part of their announcement.
We need to recognise that the human rights abuses of asylum seekers is our nation’s awful legacy, and Julian Burnside knows who is to blame.
Despite numerous opportunities to change course, the Liberal government continues to fail our schools. We’ll restore every dollar of funding cut.
The tampon tax discussion shouldn’t be one we’re having in 2018. It’s time taxation policy caught up with contemporary expectations.
Over the weekend we discovered that the Coalition wants to privatise the ABC. While that won’t happen, something else is at play.
While the Royal Commission into Child Sex abuses has been hugely important, we now need a government to be as strong as the victims.
Despite the inflammatory times we live in, I don’t do outrage. It’s pointless. That being said, if I see something outrageous, I will call it out.
The government’s crackdown on the live export industry has been pushed back, as animal welfare experts decry the latest decision.
As it stands, the gig economy grants those who deliver our food very little security, sometimes paying them as little as $6 an hour if they’re fortunate. It’s time we deliver change.
Facing a Senate united against him, Mathias Cormann has ratcheted up the rhetoric, in an effort to see who blinks first.
Following on from the McCarthy review, we’ve introduced tough measures to ensure that profit will never again be placed above animal welfare.
The Section 44 fiasco severely wounded the democratic process in this country. To avoid us returning to the same point, we need lasting change.
I, like many, was appalled to hear what our sheep face during export. In the wake of the McCarthy review, the measures we’re introducing will enable a more humane approach.
Next week, the tax unfairly restricting the craft beer industry will be history. However, it is the many years of work to this point that will enable the market of tomorrow.
Complete legalisation of cannabis has met resistance. To explain the finer points, Greens leader Richard Di Natale was good enough to sit down with us.
In the face of our declining academic performance, the Gonski review has suggested we move to a system that focuses on the individual student. But will it work?
The Medicare levy was the largest revenue measure in last year’s budget, but with it gone, what does it mean for tomorrow?
Wage growth is stifled, industrial action is non-existent. We spoke to ACTU secretary Sally McManus about the change she looks to enable.
The gap in work wage and performance at school still sadly stands. In fact, our moves up to this point have been focusing on the wrong people. Time to shift our focus.
With Prince Charles visiting our shores, I thought this would be an opportune moment to make a few things clear to him.
Back in November, comedian Matt Okine travelled to PNG to see the meaningful progress being made to combat the horrific culture of violence against women.