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Time to double the GST? The cost-of-living debate we need to have

Higher GST might actually solve a few problems.

The Canberra Times · 11h ago

Frydenberg's past will catch up with him before he gets a chance to shape the Libs' future

Wasn't this the same guy who got blasted out of his safe seat?

The Canberra Times · Oct 16

Grattan on Friday: Labor will need yet another budget backtrack to resurrect some of its health rebate cut

The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government’s budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many people to easily understand.

The Conversation · Oct 15

News Corp’s housing special proves a bit too close to home as cadets enlisted as case studies

Six unhappy young Australians fronting Commonwealth Bank-sponsored series are News Corp’s own employees. Plus: Peter Manning remembered

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2

Morning Mail: Sadistic groomers targeting teens online; hunt for flood victims; and all eyes on smart glasses

Online extortion network grooming young people; hunt for Himalaya flood victims continues; smart glasses facing further backlash

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?

The former treasurer’s new book will hit shelves soon, but he may learn that memoirs can be blunt instruments for political renewal. Just ask Peter Costello

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30

View from The Hill: Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole

The Liberal Party reminds one of that cumbersome machine, nicknamed Florence, that became stuck (twice) in a tunnel in the Snowy 2.0 project.

The Conversation · Jun 29

The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them

The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.…

The Conversation · Mar 4

View from The Hill: Albanese’s backflip on royal commission is a humiliating own goal

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood. But in holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism he misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown on his hardline opposition a humiliation for him.

The Conversation · Jan 9

Third Labor MP breaks ranks to urge Albanese to call royal commission into Bondi attack

Michelle Ananda-Rajah ‘wholeheartedly’ calls for national inquiry as expectations grow prime minister will relent on previous position

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8