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Newsroom edition: why is Jim Chalmers listening to Ezra Klein?
In Canberra there’s one book you must at least pretend to have read by the time parliament returns: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. In recent media interviews, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Will this weekend’s election end the political chaos in Tasmania?
This Saturday, Tasmanians will go to the polls again. The state election is the fourth in just over seven years, and many are hoping it will finally put to rest the chaos and animosity of successive …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
How the BBC got into a mess over Gaza
After mounting criticism over its coverage of the war in Gaza, will the BBC change its approach?
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
When Albanese met Xi
Anthony Albanese met Xi Jinping for the second time in Beijing on Tuesday. Prior to the meeting, in remarks open to the media, both leaders talked about the need for cooperation, and the Chinese pres…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Jim Chalmers on uncertainty and ambition
Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy one of his key measures of success in the future is making Australia’s budget more sustainable. They also dis…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The controversy over Jillian Segal’s antisemitism plan
The federal government’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, has released a report that recommends 49 key actions to stamp out abuse towards Jewish Australians. There are elements of…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
South Australia’s algae bloom crisis
South Australia’s coastline is battling a toxic algal bloom. Rising sea temperatures and a lack of action about the unfolding catastrophe have left experts increasingly concerned about the health of …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Back to Back Barries: could the antisemitism plan be used to silence dissent?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barrie unpack the plan handed to the federal government this week to combat antisemitism. They also look at Trump’s threat to place tariffs on pharmaceuticals, the RBA’s surpr…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Newsroom edition: the mushroom trial media frenzy
This week the jury in Erin Patterson’s months-long triple-murder trial returned a verdict of guilty on all charges. But rather than draw a line under a case that has fascinated the public, the verdic…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings: racism, reform and reckoning
Six years on from the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker and a murder trial that found former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe not guilty of murder or manslaughter, a coroner has handed do…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago