Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has drawn the battle lines for the next election by securing passage of his $144 billion tax reform package through Federal Parliament and, in the process, defining a clear difference from Labor on the issue. Spot the corporate tax cutter. With Labor ahead in the opinion polls, and many voters believing…
Professor Peter Ridd, a marine scientist who has worked on the Great Barrier Reef for 40 years, has been dismissed by James Cook University (JCU) for publicly questioning the research into the health of the reef. He has commenced action in the Federal Court to overturn his sacking. Professor Peter Ridd Professor Ridd was Professor…
The latest report of the international commission investigating the downing of Malaysian Airline flight MH17 that killed nearly 300 people, of whom about 40 were Australian citizens or residents, in July 2014 has confirmed that the missile which shot down the airliner came from a Russian military unit, the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, based in Kursk,…
While media coverage of the Singapore summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has focused on the idiosyncrasies of President Trump and the apparent lack of detail in the published agreement, there has been an almost complete blackout on the pivotal role of China in bringing about this meeting and how…
