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The rumours of action on the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing are louder than before any budget this century. But is the PM up to the task?

Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

In the fight against slavery, abolitionists eventually prevailed over slave owners. The long fight was not won in the sensible centre, but by “radical, democratic” absolutists who risked their lives in the fight to save the lives of others. It scares me to think how the ABC, or indeed most…

Environmental groups had lodged a reconsideration request over a 2012 decision to allow for the expansion of salmon farming

The coalmine generated millions in revenue in its early days but recorded an operating loss – a pattern that would repeat at scale

Further intervention seems on the cards after the federal government announced a broader review of the gas market, despite its criticism of Peter Dutton’s reservation plan

Donald Trump is everywhere, inescapable. His return to power in the United States was always going to have some impact on the Australian federal election. The question was how disruptive he would be.

As I begin this review sitting in a Canberra cafe, there are two blokes on the next table complaining about the present federal election campaign’s lack of substance. The complaints of one of them about the Coalition’s fuel excise cut were the first to catch my ear, but it was…

At the last federal election, Australia elected the largest lower house crossbench in its post-war federal history.