1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (721+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:03am Andrew Hastie has warned Barnaby Joyce that his assault on One Nation was just beginning, adding that he pitied the former deputy prime minister for having to clean up after party leader Pauline Hanson. The Liberal frontbencher launched a…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1032+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:01am As psephologists gradually realise that a clairvoyant has more chance of predicting the Victorian election, there’s one direct benefit to the political uncertainty: the much mocked, disliked, analysed and confusing beast that is One Nation has improved the contest…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (760+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am More importantly, some AfD representatives have past or present associations with fully fledged neo-Nazi groups rather than parroting online antisemitic conspiracies. Yet despite their differences, both parties have found themselves in the political niche termed populism. Which is, I’m…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (988+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Almost half of Melbourne’s new housing approvals are concentrated in the city’s outer growth corridors, despite Labor’s push to prioritise building new homes in established suburbs and curb urban sprawl. There were 20,252 dwellings approved across Melbourne’s seven growth-area municipalities…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1208+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Bill Kelty, a mastermind of reforms that set up Australia’s modern economy, says Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are fuelling One Nation and “insulting” voters by welcoming lower house prices as they preside over a fall in real wages…...

21+ hour, 58+ min ago   (557+ words) September 12, 2026 — 1:30pm No spreadsheet could capture how it felt to be one of the 150 Hazara men, women and children stepping down onto the deck of the Norwegian cargo boat MV Tampa in 2001, after their rapidly sinking refugee boat was rescued in…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (30+ words) Politicians so often seem to think that much of our current situation is linked to what is happening now, without considering previous policies of theirs. September 12, 2026 — 9:00pm...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (55+ words) The Federal Government is alone in its new $5000 limit on allied health services for veterans, with politicians across other parties overwhelmingly against the move. September 12, 2026 — 6:53pm...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago   (43+ words) Police have been called to a One Nation event in Melbourne, after a clash between a passer-by and volunteers. September 12, 2026 — 6:34pm...

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (928+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:42pm Workers have walked off the job at Victoria’s largest disability housing provider, despite other operators brokering new workplace deals to reign in costs while trying to secure the homes for hundreds of vulnerable residents. Staff at 35 Scope homes walked…...