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An ageing population is caught in a perfect storm of rising house prices and rents, falling home ownership rates, mortgage debt carried into retirement, insecure rentals and a lack of social housing.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the WA government scrapping a controversial law, the government's policy on Palestine, and the fallout from the Lehrmann case inquiry.
Since 2014, Australian officials have generally avoided using the terms “occupied” or “occupation” in relation to Palestine. That has now changed.
The last time an Australian government made housing the homeless a priority was 15 years ago. The Albanese government’s promised plan is a second chance to get it right by drawing on models that work.
Polling continues to bring bad news for supporters of the Voice to Parliament.
The federal government’s long awaited new aid and development policy offers a clear and galvanising vision of how Australia should deal with the complex issue.
WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised to the state for getting the rollout “wrong”, while rejecting suggestions he was under pressure from the federal government to drop it to remove a referendum impediment
A pointless reduction in the jail sentences for Myanmar’s democratically elected leaders is unlikely to quell the fires of opposition now burning across the country.
Nearly everyone agrees the 68-year-old Adoption Act is not fit for purpose. So where is the political will for change, and how much longer do families touched by adoption have to wait?
People on the general waiting list can wait a decade to be housed. Even those on the priority list may wait years. Asked how the wait affects them, their responses reveal devastating impacts.
The report makes ‘several serious findings of misconduct’ against former Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold, but also finds the prosecution was properly brought.
South Australia has become the first state to create a state Voice to Parliament. Its design gives us an insight into how a national body might operate.
Sparked by the PwC scandal, the measures will expand tax promoter penalty laws to make it easier for the Australian Taxation Office to apply them to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance.
The ACT Attorney-General, Shane Rattenbury, said in a statement on Sunday that he and Drumgold discussed the report and both agreed that his position was no longer tenable.
New Zealand faces “more geostrategic challenges than we have had in decades”, according to the defence minister. A broad defence and security reset aims to prepare the country for what may be ahead.
The Garma Festival has a long history of being a significant site for cultural celebration and political discussion. As we approach the referendum announcement, this brings much focus to the Voice.
Despite all the arguments flying around the Voice offers one simple thing: a long overdue way for Indigenous consensuses to develop and find their rightful place in national politics.
Inside and outside Parliament this week, the government’s performance was, for the most part, woeful, only partly redeemed by a strong counter-attack by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton on Thursday
Moving from ambiguity to clearer opposition to the Australian government’s position suggests the US may have decided to prosecute Assange despite Australian objections.
In this podcast @michellegrattan and politics + society editor @amandadunn10 discuss Anthony Albanese's defensiveness when pressed on treaty, support for the Yes case slipping in polls, the
In this podcast, Thomas Mayo and Derryn Hinch discuss misinformation in the Voice to Parliament campaign.
We looked at two ads for the “no” campaign, and two for “yes”, to see how effective their communication strategies have been.
Trump faces fresh charges over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result – but how it will affect his 2024 run for the White House remains to be seen.
Despite greater gender equality, some women still prefer traditional gender roles in heterosexual relationships. We set out to discover why.