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Tax reform has winners and losers. Business makes an ugly loser

Alisha Rouse — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:09:51 +0000

For all the talk about investment and risk, at the end of the day, this is simply about paying less tax — I know it, you know it, even they know it.

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As interest rates stick and inflation drags on, we need to be honest: Australians are not on the same page

Alisha Rouse — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:57:44 +0000

Despite overarching statements about Australians' economic experience, growth rate and consumer spending, the reality is that Melbourne is from Mars, and Perth is from Venus.

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Should One Nation and the Coalition strike a deal to win office?

Jack Callil — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:33:27 +0000

There are huge risks for both parties. The Coalition could further erode its support by signalling that One Nation is a viable choice, and Pauline Hanson's party would risk losing its outsider status.

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Job cuts, takeovers and mergers can’t fix the mess that is Australian TV

Jack Callil — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:07:12 +0000

From job cuts at Seven, to the Murdoch's streamer acquisition, to Nine offloading regional station assets, it's clear Australian TV is circling the drain.

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The real regime change: How the Iran war has forever changed the Persian Gulf and US relations

Jack Callil — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:34:45 +0000

Donald Trump wanted regime change. Well, he got it: Iran is now a more militarised, securitised state that sees its own society as the enemy, and has no trust in any deal with the US.

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All eyes on Hanson for Press Club address

Rich James — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:21:53 +0000

As her party continues to surge in the polls, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is set to come under scrutiny during her National Press address in Canberra. Meanwhile, Donald Trump remains vague on what is actually in his Iran deal.

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DFAT’s ‘Mr Inside’ in Washington has billed Australia $170,000 — and declared only three lobbying activities

Anton Nilsson — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:26:26 +0000

One of the activities the veteran DC lobbyist reported was attending a dinner at the exclusive Alfalfa Club, which was founded in honour of a Confederate general.

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ANU and other universities using ‘custom-made’ accounting systems that can obscure financial health

Jack Callil — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:12:10 +0000

An accounting method means students, staff, citizens or even parliaments are lacking a clear financial picture of Australian universities. In the case of ANU, this approach falsely justified wide-scale job cuts.

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Sydney Swans chairman suggests gambling stock to players, Derryn Hinch’s ‘not great’ scran, and AFR’s AI woes continue

Jack Callil — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:46:01 +0000

Plus News Corp fails to pay its staff, the Tele gamifies its crime series, and when is it time for Julian Assange's dad to get a new set of wheels?

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‘Judgment dressed up as journalism’: Media’s obsession with childless women misses the point on birth rates

Alisha Rouse — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:09:33 +0000

The SMH and The Age published a series of maps showing Australia's 'tombstone suburbs' suffering a 'demographic winter'. As so often happens, these maps are intensely political.

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