Australian Politics

It’s not exactly a revolution but Doomed Dutton is making some headway in the latest Newspoll.

That the Voice is in trouble is clear: If given the chance, I will vote “yes” because it is largely harmless as an advisory body and might do some good.

A shift in South Korean policy in recent months towards the United States and Japan has strained relations with China. This week, tensions culminated in South Korea approving the full rollout of Terminal High-Altitude Air Defence missiles (THAAD).

The topic of Australia’s housing crisis was debated on last night’s Sharri program on Sky News.

It’s been a long and good time since we heard from James Laurenceson of the UTS China-Grovelling Institute.

In 2021, the Victorian Auditor-General found that the state’s multibillion-dollar projects were being constructed on the back of “fragmented planning” and secrecy, which is costing taxpayers dearly.

The ABC’s The Business is one of the few mastheads that keeps tabs on the gas cartel.

Great news to report from the annual Lowy Poll.

All politics is fake these days so it only makes sense that we have a fake election to go with it: As rents rise across the country, Labor’s signature policy to ease the rental crisis – the $10bn Housing Australia future fund – has stalled in the Senate as the Greens demand more concessions.

It has all of the ingredients the Australia tax: politics, ineptitude, vested interests, fiscal mismatches and massive wasted capital investment.

The Albanese Government’s wet lettuce Housing Australia Future Fund has been put on hold, with the Greens joining forces with the Coalition to defer further debate on the bill in the Senate until 16 October.

Will nobody think of the poor Grattan Insitute?

Australia’s energy shit fight has cost governments power.

Did it happen if a tree fell in the woods but no one was around to hear it?

New tensions are building between the Andrews and Albanese governments over who will foot the cost for an Airport Rail Link cost overrun, which is now anticipated to exceed $3 billion.

Mwahaha: Two weeks after the Queensland branch of the ALP, at its state conference, refused to support a motion congratulating the Albanese government “for investing in the AUKUS agreement”, two motions condemning the government’s actions will be moved at this week’s Victorian state conference.

And why would it be?

Readers will doubtless be aware that Bud Light recently launched a new marketing campaign starring a transgender influencer in the US.

The word on street is that despite recent concessions on trade sanctions, Beijing is getting unhappy that Anthony Albanese has yet to set a date to visit China.

This is one of the stranger energy shocks I have seen.

Peter Hartcher has a great idea.

So says Essential Research: Labor is now the preferred party to handle the rising cost of living and interest rates after a collapse in the proportion of Australians who believe the Coalition is best on key aspects of the economy.