party-policy Algorithm opt-in is really a platform opt-out Australia's Greens want to make social media algorithms opt-in. But what happens when the algorithm is the whole point of the app?
party-policy Portable bonds seems good on paper, but… Portable rental bonds fix the cash-flow crunch of moving house — but what happens to the landlord's side of the equation when the guarantee goes murky?
party-policy The Protest Vote in Perth. Victoria is the real test. One Nation just won a safe Labor seat in Perth with 39% of the primary vote. The question is whether that's a structural shift or the loudest byelection flare in years.
party-policy Albanese faces challenge from the Left, while the Right closes in A 28-year-old media founder is challenging Anthony Albanese in his own seat — and the crowds turning up suggest Labor's progressive base isn't as loyal as it looks.
party-policy Will banning smart glasses do anything Smart glasses are unsettling — but the ban proposed to stop them would leave every phone camera, dash cam, and hidden wearable completely untouched.
party-policy Greens want to stop the data-centre rollout. AEMO's pipeline of data centre projects doubled in a year. The Greens want to pause all of it — but the costs of that call are hiding in plain sight.
party-policy Big tobacco could save the day for the government budget. Australia's tobacco tax is so high it has built a billion-dollar black market — and the fix might be the last policy anyone in Canberra wants to touch.
party-policy One Nation's super-for-housing plan risks inflating housing prices further Superannuation sitting idle feels like an obvious fix for housing unaffordability — but the economics of every similar scheme suggest buyers end up paying twice.
party-policy Former Premier exits to trigger by-election and dodge accountability A Premier resigns months before an election she was set to lose — and by doing so, ensures she'll never have to face the voters' verdict on her record.
party-policy The traditional media haven’t been the gatekeepers for a while now Hanson banned three major outlets from her press conference. They reported the story anyway — and that tells you everything about who actually lost power.
party-policy The real outcome of banning auctions Banning street auctions sounds like it helps first home buyers — but does changing how homes are sold actually change what they cost?
party-policy Labor's disciplined silence masks a deeper problem: a party with nothing to say Labor's national conference ended with no major decisions and no real debates. Whether that reflects strength or something more worrying depends on what the silence is hiding.
party-policy Politicians need to raise money for the party. It's a thing. A $10,000-a-head dinner at a Point Piper mansion is generating outrage — but is the scandal the dinner, or the system that makes it routine?
party-policy Greens moratorium on AI data centres is short sighted Victoria wants to freeze data centre construction until standards catch up — but the cost of that pause may be far larger than the problem it's trying to solve.
party-policy Coalition launches tax change for small business. Both major parties have promised small business tax relief for a decade. A 25-year-old Estonian model suggests they've been solving the wrong problem.
party-policy When politicians chase the clicks. Please don’t. Australian politicians are racing onto podcasts and TikTok to reach voters — and discovering the format doesn't hide what they have to say.
party-policy 145,000 autistic people may lose NDIS support under Labor cuts Australia's autism diagnosis rate has risen tenfold in two decades — and the NDIS may have had something to do with it.
party-policy Defining a problem is a good first step if you want to address the problem Victoria's 'affordable housing' label is legally meaningless — and the government has sat on a fix for two years.
party-policy Upside-down parties and forgotten politics Wayne Swan says Labor's historic majority is 'wide but shallow' — and the voters missing from it are the ones the party was built to represent.
party-policy Rent caps save renters money if you ignore all flow-on effects A single $15,590 figure is carrying the entire weight of Victoria's rent-cap debate — but what does the modelling actually measure?
party-policy Unaffordable, affordable, price-capped public housing Canberra's 'affordable housing' already costs a median earner a third of their income. The Greens want something better — but haven't said what it would cost or how it would work.
