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A housing policy bonanza it most certainly was not, but related announcements in Budget 2023 included some modestly positive steps that supplement the Albanese Government’s existing array of housing initiatives. These included pledged new spending to ease cost of living pressures for hard-pressed renters, and to fund dwelling energy efficiency upgrades in social housing. On Continue reading »

We are permitting ourselves no character of our own under the architecture of the Alliance. It means we’ve accepted the status of a kind of client state, or American territory. I won’t say the 51st state. It means we’ve got even less independence than a US governor would have, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Continue reading »

Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.

The post Biden Is Selling Weapons to the Majority of the World’s Autocracies appeared first on The Intercept.

The Opposition’s shadow treasurer (yep, really) Angus Taylor has been asking his colleagues if he can borrow their fingers and toes to help him work on his numbers in the event of a #LibSpill. ”Yeah, numbers aren’t really Angus’ thing... Read More ›

“Mr Speaker in response to the Government’s budget I’d like to say, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no... Read More ›

Media reports created a false impression of a major breakthrough linking animals to Covid’s origins.

The post The Rise and Fall of the Raccoon Dog Theory of Covid-19 appeared first on The Intercept.

Tlaib’s resolution commemorates 75 years since Palestinians were violently expelled from their homes.

The post Rep. Rashida Tlaib Asks Congress to Condemn “Israel’s Ongoing Nakba” Against Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

In December, The New York Times ran a headline reminding the world that publishing is not a crime. The paper urged President Biden to move to have the charges against Julian Assange dropped. The response was silence. US President Joe Biden recently addressed the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner. His speech was full of jokes Continue reading »