'Should never happen to anyone': remembering the miners who didn't come home Paul 'Chook' Phillips was among those remembered at a memorial service. Newcastle Herald · Sep 12
How Chook's brother is transforming his grief into hope This year's Big Blue Live event will help promote discussions about mental health and support. Newcastle Herald · Sep 4
Investigation reveals the cause of fatal workplace incident at Hunter mine Resource regulator is continuing to investigate this month's fatality. Newcastle Herald · Aug 31
From Prank King to Victim: Ben Phillips Reveals Terrifying Gunpoint Ordeal During £1.4M Cannes Villa Heist Welsh influencer Ben Phillips survived a near-fatal armed robbery during a £1.4 million villa heist in Cannes, losing valuables worth up to £500,000. International Business Times UK · Jun 12
YouTuber Ben Phillips reports gunpoint robbery as French police arrest five suspects YouTuber Ben Phillips narrowly escaped a terrifying ordeal in Cannes, France, when armed robbers stormed his luxury villa. The intruders, who allegedly demanded money and a safe, stole valuables worth approximately £1.4 million. Phillips recounted how a gun jammed when pointed at him, allowing his escape. French authorities have since… The Times of India · Jun 11
Labor’s budget will benefit the young – but does little to woo voters drawn to One Nation Jim Chalmers’ budget tips the scales in favour of younger and less well-off households – but it’s middle-class gen X that are turning to the rightwing party The Guardian - AU · May 14
Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget reply. The Conversation · May 14
Capital gains tax discount ‘overwhelmingly’ benefits investors in Australia’s richest electorates, analysis shows Chief executive of Acoss, who commissioned the study says ‘it’s clear this tax break funnels billions into the wealthiest parts of our country’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 12
‘Pure political pork’: government ends energy bill rebate as treasurer flags ‘difficult’ budget decisions Chalmers flags pressure on national finances as Reserve Bank contemplates possibility of interest rate rises next year The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025
If the economics of broadening or lifting Australia’s GST are challenging, the politics are horrendous Labor is fundamentally opposed to changing the tax on consumption on the basis it hurts poorer Australians. And the worry about fairness is real The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2025
Raise jobseeker to 90% of age pension and pay for it by curbing super tax concessions, Vinnies says Exclusive: Welfare reform paper also urges increases to rent assistance and payments to families and single parents The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2025
Premier League 2024-25 fans’ verdicts: stars, flops, and the most loved referees Our fans network reviews the season with one game to play: the highs, the lows and the moments that made them smile The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2025
Who actually benefits from the Coalition and Labor’s housing policies? Both parties have pitched their plans at renters and low income earners – but experts doubt either approach will help many enter the market who weren’t already able to do so The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2025
Impact of $16 billion HECS debt cut 'kind of invisible' A plan to reduce student debt for millions of Australians will help, but an economist says the impact will be relatively marginal. AAP · Nov 4, 2024
WhatToWatch · Oct 22, 2024 Doctors spoilers: Scarlett DEFENDS Luca! Airs Thursday 31 October 2024 at 2:00pm on BBC1.
The Canberra Times · Aug 2, 2024 Where Canberra's highest-income residents live See how your suburb compares to the rest of the ACT.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2024 Housing approvals fall to lowest level in 12 years despite Labor’s pledge of 1.2m new homes Approved dwellings drop 6.5% in June amid high interest rates and building costs as CoreLogic rues ‘dismal result’
The Canberra Times · Apr 4, 2024 Greens' $5.9b public housing election promise met with resistance The Greens want 10,000 more homes. To Labor, it's an unkeepable promise.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2024 If Peter Dutton’s opposition are true defenders of the working class, support for Labor’s stage-three overhaul may be their ultimate test Dutton warned messing with the stage-three tax cuts would end Albanese’s prime ministership. But the alternative has the opposition leader on the back foot
The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2024 Working-class communities in Coalition-held seats the biggest winners in Labor’s stage-three tax cuts overhaul Nearly 90% of areas in Australia better off under new plan, with taxpayers in remote and regional communities to gain the most, ANU analysis shows
AAP · Jan 8, 2024 Picture-free film screening an insight into blindness Offspring actor Ben Phillips has helped direct a feature film without pictures, to create a cinema experience that includes blind and low-vision people.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2023 Australia’s immigration spike not necessarily driving up housing prices, experts say Net migration was set to return to ‘normal’ levels, even without the latest overhaul of temporary visa rules, researchers say
The Conversation · Dec 3, 2023 We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper? Bipartisan support for temporary extra government spending to preserve businesses and jobs through JobKeeper was one of the few positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2023 Almost half of Australian mortgage holders under financial stress as RBA tipped to raise rates again Record level of stressed households as all but four of 39 economists in survey tip Melbourne Cup Day hike
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023 Government should pay compensation for secretive Cold War-era testing, St. Louis victims say As Congress considers payments to victims of Cold War-era nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region, people who were targeted for secret government testing from that same time period believe they’re due compensation, too