Knee-deep in an election campaign, politicians on both sides have been touring the country trying to win over the public. But how closely are Australians paying attention? In a wide-ranging conversation, social researcher Rebecca Huntley speaks to Nour Haydar about how decreasing participation in society and declining interest in the news are profoundly changing the […]
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of “verballing” Indonesia’s president around questions over Russian military encroachment in the region, slamming the Liberal leader for “extraordinary overreach” before the facts were clear. Senior ministers also came out swinging against the opposition leader on Wednesday for “reckless” comments, with the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, saying Dutton
The Greens MP Stephen Bates has joined OnlyFans – a first for an Australian politician – as the party pushes to make the HIV prevention drugs PrEP and PEP free. It may normally be a career-ending move for a politician to be joining a site known for pornography, but Bates has joined the site with
A potentially influential Muslim advocacy group is planning to tell voters to preference the Greens above Labor on how-to-vote cards in several key seats, despite objecting to the minor party’s position on religious freedom in schools. Muslim Votes Matter has expressed concern about the party’s plan to ensure religious schools cannot discriminate against teachers or
Morning everyone. Energy is one of the big issues this election and we have the story of a Coalition MP who reckons there is a “big political opportunity” to be made from power outages. We’re also reporting from South Australia on the state’s record-breaking drought; Barack Obama joins Harvard in its fight against the Trump
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Wong: Dutton tried to ‘verbal the president of Indonesia’ As I mentioned a moment ago, Penny Wong has come out swinging against Peter Dutton over his response to those reports out yesterday that Russia had requested access to Indonesian bases for
Usually hardy trees and shrubs are dying, waterways have turned to dust and ecologists fear local freshwater fish extinctions could be coming as historic dry conditions grip parts of South Australia. Large swathes of the state – including the Adelaide Plains, the Fleurieu, Yorke and Eyre peninsulas and upper south-east – have seen the lowest
Peter Dutton’s plan to build less renewable energy and keep Australia’s coal plants running longer has overestimated the reliability of ageing generators and could lead to major electricity shortages, according to a new analysis. The Coalition has pledged to put taxpayer-funded nuclear reactors at seven sites around Australia and has pointed to modelling by Frontier
Australians are increasingly avoiding travel to the US under Donald Trump’s second presidency, data shows, with forecasters expecting tourist numbers to plummet further throughout the year. Guardian Australia has reported on the case of an Australian man with a working visa who was detained and deported on returning to the US. The man alleged border
Coalition MP Colin Boyce told a group of climate science deniers that blackouts were “a big political opportunity” and that he had urged fellow MPs to adopt a “do nothing strategy” that would allow power outages and build opposition to net-zero policies. A video of Boyce, posted on YouTube, speaking to the Climate and Energy
