Showing 97 to 108 of 569 results
Victoria's pre-election budget: \$28.4 billion spend, rising debt
Victoria's 2024-25 budget, delivered 18 months before a state election, allocates \$28.4 billion to infrastructure and services, despite warnings about ballooning debt, aiming to showcase achievements to voters before the 2026 election.
Victoria's pre-election budget: \$28.4 billion spend, rising debt
Victoria's 2024-25 budget, delivered 18 months before a state election, allocates \$28.4 billion to infrastructure and services, despite warnings about ballooning debt, aiming to showcase achievements to voters before the 2026 election.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Australian Nationals Split from Liberal Party
The Australian Nationals party ended its coalition with the Liberal party, marking the first such split since the 1980s due to disagreements over nuclear power, a regional fund, and other key policies. The treasurer called it a "nuclear meltdown", while the Nationals expressed hope for future reunif...
Australian Nationals Split from Liberal Party
The Australian Nationals party ended its coalition with the Liberal party, marking the first such split since the 1980s due to disagreements over nuclear power, a regional fund, and other key policies. The treasurer called it a "nuclear meltdown", while the Nationals expressed hope for future reunif...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Victorian Budget Prioritizes Infrastructure, Risks Cuts to Health and Education
The Victorian state budget, to be released Tuesday, prioritizes infrastructure over education and healthcare, despite a $187.8 billion debt and concerns over funding shortfalls in essential services, potentially leading to a public backlash.
Victorian Budget Prioritizes Infrastructure, Risks Cuts to Health and Education
The Victorian state budget, to be released Tuesday, prioritizes infrastructure over education and healthcare, despite a $187.8 billion debt and concerns over funding shortfalls in essential services, potentially leading to a public backlash.
Progress
76% Bias Score
Australia's New Government to Implement Stalled Reforms
Australia's new majority government, led by Prime Minister Albanese, can now implement previously stalled policy reforms addressing climate change, economic inequality, and Indigenous recognition, drawing on expert reports from previous administrations, unlike the previous period of political instab...
Australia's New Government to Implement Stalled Reforms
Australia's new majority government, led by Prime Minister Albanese, can now implement previously stalled policy reforms addressing climate change, economic inequality, and Indigenous recognition, drawing on expert reports from previous administrations, unlike the previous period of political instab...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Australian Liberal Party Plans for Restructuring After Election Defeat
Following a major election loss, Australian Liberal party deputy leader Ted O'Brien is advocating for increased diversity within the party, aiming to recruit more women and young people to shape policy and stand for parliament, promising a policy reset to better align with voters' concerns.
Australian Liberal Party Plans for Restructuring After Election Defeat
Following a major election loss, Australian Liberal party deputy leader Ted O'Brien is advocating for increased diversity within the party, aiming to recruit more women and young people to shape policy and stand for parliament, promising a policy reset to better align with voters' concerns.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Australia's Parliament Achieves Record Diversity
Australia's 48th Parliament is the most diverse yet, with over 55% of Labor MPs and senators being women, and a significant increase in multicultural representation, although still lagging behind comparable nations.
Australia's Parliament Achieves Record Diversity
Australia's 48th Parliament is the most diverse yet, with over 55% of Labor MPs and senators being women, and a significant increase in multicultural representation, although still lagging behind comparable nations.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Victoria Police Budget Cut Amidst Increased Prison Spending
Victoria Police will face a $50 million budget cut in 2025-26 despite a $1.6 billion increase in overall crime and justice spending, attributed to a one-time payment to officers. Simultaneously, the state government allocates $779 million over four years to expand the prison system, following change...
Victoria Police Budget Cut Amidst Increased Prison Spending
Victoria Police will face a $50 million budget cut in 2025-26 despite a $1.6 billion increase in overall crime and justice spending, attributed to a one-time payment to officers. Simultaneously, the state government allocates $779 million over four years to expand the prison system, following change...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Butler Takes Charge of $220 Billion Health and Disability Portfolio
Australian Labor Minister Mark Butler now heads a $220 billion health, disability, and aged care portfolio, facing immediate negotiations with states on a new disability support system to ease the strain on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), while also planning major reforms to Medicar...
Butler Takes Charge of $220 Billion Health and Disability Portfolio
Australian Labor Minister Mark Butler now heads a $220 billion health, disability, and aged care portfolio, facing immediate negotiations with states on a new disability support system to ease the strain on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), while also planning major reforms to Medicar...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Australia's Wage Growth Defies Predictions, Signaling Shift in Political Landscape
Australia's Labor government is celebrating recent economic data showing wages rising faster than inflation, refuting prior warnings of a wage-price spiral and suggesting a shift towards less combative politics.
Australia's Wage Growth Defies Predictions, Signaling Shift in Political Landscape
Australia's Labor government is celebrating recent economic data showing wages rising faster than inflation, refuting prior warnings of a wage-price spiral and suggesting a shift towards less combative politics.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Australian Liberal Party's Internal Crisis and the Rise of "Progressive Patriotism"
The Australian Liberal Party faces an internal crisis due to infighting and a lack of clear direction, leaving it vulnerable to the Labor Party's "progressive patriotism" policy platform, which focuses on increased government spending and social engineering.
Australian Liberal Party's Internal Crisis and the Rise of "Progressive Patriotism"
The Australian Liberal Party faces an internal crisis due to infighting and a lack of clear direction, leaving it vulnerable to the Labor Party's "progressive patriotism" policy platform, which focuses on increased government spending and social engineering.
Progress
64% Bias Score
Gaza Bombing Kills 80 Amidst Faltering Ceasefire Talks
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 80 people overnight, hindering ceasefire talks during Trump's Middle East visit; meanwhile, Australian politics sees leadership changes in the Liberals and Greens parties.
Gaza Bombing Kills 80 Amidst Faltering Ceasefire Talks
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 80 people overnight, hindering ceasefire talks during Trump's Middle East visit; meanwhile, Australian politics sees leadership changes in the Liberals and Greens parties.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Roberts-Smith Defamation Appeal Verdict Due
The Federal Court will today decide Ben Roberts-Smith's appeal against a 2023 defamation ruling finding him complicit in the murder of four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan, a case that has raised significant questions about war crimes prosecution, individual rights, and national security.
Roberts-Smith Defamation Appeal Verdict Due
The Federal Court will today decide Ben Roberts-Smith's appeal against a 2023 defamation ruling finding him complicit in the murder of four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan, a case that has raised significant questions about war crimes prosecution, individual rights, and national security.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Showing 97 to 108 of 569 results