The government has ordered the Productivity Commission (PC) to review how the GST revenue is sliced up, setting the scene for a new round of hostilities between states over what they get from the tax.
The review, to report by the end of January, follows long-standing pressure from Liberals in Western Australia, which currently loses out heavily...
A Queensland Galaxy poll has Labor leading by 52-48, a one point gain for Labor since early February. Primary votes are 36% for Labor (up 5), 34% for the Liberal Nationals (up 1), 17% for One Nation (down 6) and 7% for the Greens (down 1).
Given the large increase in Labor’s primary vote, the one point gain after preferences is low,...
Ludwig Wittgenstein, in Swansea, Wales, September 1947Ben RichardsThe following notes on the politics of rising uncertainty and the future of democracy were prepared for the inaugural CISS global forum, Peace and Security under Uncertainty, Quarantine Station, Sydney, April 28 2017. The remarks were inspired by a remarkable set of 676 aphorisms...
Malcolm Turnbull has left the decision on Yassmin Abdel-Magied's place on the Council for Australian-Arab relations with Julie Bishop.AAP/Lukas CochMalcolm Turnbull engaged in an unedifying cop-out when questioned about the Yassmin Abdel-Magied affair on Friday.
Quizzed by 3AW’s Neil Mitchell, Turnbull described her Anzac day Facebook post...
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