Australian Politics

University of Melbourne associate professor Milad Haghani argues that utes and SUVs should pay higher registration fees to account for the damage they do to roads because of their weight.

The Albanese government is captured and is gutless: A gas reservation scheme that is implemented only on a prospective basis would do little to solve Australia’s east coast gas shortage, experts warn.

The Albanese government’s National Housing Accord commenced on 1 July 2024 and requires the construction of 1.2 million homes over five years, which equates to 20,000 homes per month and 240,000 homes a year.

The Queensland state government on Wednesday announced the opening up of nine new areas for gas exploration across the Cooper/Eromanga and Bowen/Surat Basins to boost future supply.

Modelling undertaken by Tulipwood Economics on behalf of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia suggests that reducing the sector’s tax take could significantly boost economic activity.

Greens leader Larissa Waters gave a wide-ranging interview, declaring that the environment is in the party’s DNA and will remain a key focus.

The May federal budget forecast that Australia’s population would grow by 1.25% on average over the four-year forward estimates, with the nation projected to add 1.4 million residents in the four years to 2029: In the four years to 2028-29, Victoria’s population is projected to grow by 1.46% annually, adding 426,000.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) announced this week an increase in electricity prices for households with standing offer plans.

Victoria has become an economic leech on the nation.

Mega City One, otherwise know as Hellbourne, is Australia number one example of what a bad economic model does to living standards.

A mainstay of the Ninefax Pro Population Ponzi lobby, Shane Wright regularly depicts a world of skills shortages, investment crashes due to absent demand, and crypto Marxists proposing radical reform.

Recent polling by SEC Newgate Australia suggested that Victorians do not consider the $200 billion Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) a high-priority project.

The financial destruction of the State of Victoria over the past decade is astonishing.

Nobody believed that the federal government’s target to build 1.2 million homes over five years was realistic.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refused to rule out extending the federal government’s energy rebate for a third time.

I explained last week why Australia’s energy costs will inevitably soar as the nation replaces traditional baseload generation with renewables in pursuit of Labor’s 82% renewable energy target.

Last year, former federal Treasury official Stephen Anthony warned that Victoria may need a federal “bailout” due to increasing state debt, which reached $27,729 per person in 2023-24.

Australia faces an extended period of Labor Party rule following the collapse of the federal Coalition.

First it was China, now it is Japan.

The SMH’s Jenna Price lamented that “Australia is in desperate need of tens of thousands of tradies over the next five years” and that “job snobbery” is worsening labour shortages: Forty years ago, experts told us the shortage of tradespeople would only be temporary.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) published data last month revealing that Victorians pay the highest state and local taxes in the country. Victorian state and local government taxes were $6,348 per capita in 2023-24, $654 (11.5%) higher than the state and territory average.

Now this is some good news on gas for once.

It’s a new and improved Albo with the same old message.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen wants to double down on the rollout of offshore wind farms, ­renewables, and the phase-out of coal-fired power plants.

When the deeply conflicted Saul Kavonic is the go-to guy for media energy analysis, no country could survive.