Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals
As the Indigenous Voice provoked divisions in the Nationals, Anthony Albanese rejected the party’s claim it wouldn’t help “close the gap” for First Nations Australians.
The federal Nationals, announcing this...
Protests against strict COVID-zero policy are sweeping China. It’s anyone’s guess what happens now
Public protests in China related to the government’s COVID-19 restrictions have hit the news worldwide over the weekend, following a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang last week which killed...
Media go for drama on Victorian election
For the best part of two weeks, Victorian voters were told by the media that the election on November 26 might result in either a hung parliament or a minority...
Labor easily wins Victorian election, but Greens could win eight lower house seats
With 53% counted in the lower house for the Victorian election, the ABC is calling 51 of the 88 seats for Labor, a clear majority. The Coalition has 23,...
The Bell report on Morrison’s multi-ministries provides a bad character reference
Former High Court judge Virginia Bell does not describe Scott Morrison as a megalomaniac. But the picture she paints neatly fits the dictionary definition of “someone who has an unnaturally...