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01.11.2025 18:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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01.11.2025 18:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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20.10.2025 09:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Segal report must be subject to parliamentary scrutiny The new parliament should establish a committee inquiry to look into the 20-page report before any recommendations expanding the envoy’s power and influence are approved.

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13.07.2025 03:22 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Commentary on Ley's ascension leaves quite a bit to be desired Criticism might be appropriate - politicians are used to it - but the timing of some of the worst commentary on Sussan Ley's appointment says more about the commentators than their target.

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14.05.2025 09:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The dark arts of using numbers as a campaign weapon Two sets of numbers have been used by the ALP to characterise the coalition as high spending or lining the pockets of bosses. Both should be regarded as bollocks.

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02.05.2025 02:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Need a public sector debate? Here's an experiment with artificial intelligence No public debate between Senators Katy Gallagher and Jane Hume on public sector issues invites a question: what would one look like if it did take place? Chat GPT allows us to ponder.

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28.04.2025 19:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Working from home - the phantom menace of Australian politics Senator Jane Hume is still fielding questions over a working from home policy the coalition thought it had laid to rest.

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23.04.2025 09:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Politicians should learn from academics The Coalition should not be surprised that its polling numbers are going down. There are policies they did not put out there early enough for people to absorb properly.

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18.04.2025 13:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is a five dollar a week tax cut next year worth a five-dollar donation today? Ask yourself a question: is there really a cost-of-living crisis if political parties are asking supporters to throw scarce funds at them?

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12.04.2025 08:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Laying sound foundations for policy debate crucial to win the public over The coalition's change of a work for home policy should never have been necessary. Insufficient time was given for people to understand it in a heated electoral environment when power is at stake,

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08.04.2025 09:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lifting the bonnet on Chalmers’ spray at Dutton The Albanese government is painting a particular picture of Peter Dutton in its rhetoric and the result is more Dali than Rembrandt. The coalition has some work to do to reshape his image.

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06.04.2025 09:19 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Freedom of Information officers quicker than media unit Publishing letters to Instagram is now seen as putting an official document in the public domain

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02.04.2025 07:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gallagher challenges Hume to a public sector debate There are a series of issues the Coalition must be clear on before Hume accepts the debate challenge.

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31.03.2025 08:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can campaign slogans bite pollies on the rear? Both major political parties have campaign slogans that have been played and preyed on by their political opponents. Are they sufficiently psychologically agile to shift?

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30.03.2025 08:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Protocol is understandable but history matters, too The FoI request that saw two e-mails that explained the rationale behind why Chalmers’ media release that launched a tax law ‘food fight’ wasn't uploaded by Treasury raises further questions.

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19.03.2025 09:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Treasury e-mail reveals why small business tax release was “too political” E-mails supplied after a successful FoI request reveals a feisty media release on a coalition tax policy was “too political” for Treasury officials to upload.

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18.03.2025 09:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Expert says divisive rhetoric 'not okay' on terror threats - con jobs or otherwise. Peta Lowe is an expert voice who says the division surrounding the criminal con job on the Dural caravan is not conducive to social cohesion

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15.03.2025 22:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Daniel campaign gets $520,000 boost after a month-long fundraising drive The Goldstein independent is also holding her campaign launch this weekend ahead of budget week and an expected election announcement.

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15.03.2025 01:54 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Taxpayers deserve to see everything a minister says in one spot A tussle between Senator Jane Hume and Treasury secretary, Dr Steven Kennedy, points to a need to revise criteria for what appears on a ministers' web site.

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12.03.2025 21:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Taxpayers deserve to see everything a minister says in one spot A tussle between Senator Jane Hume and Treasury secretary, Dr Steven Kennedy, points to a need to revise criteria for what appears on a ministers' web site.

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12.03.2025 21:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Easier to consult properly on policy than make enemies Policymaking is not an enviable task, but some politicians and policy makers make it tougher on themselves by not being a bit smarter about ensuring they respect stakeholders and expertise.

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10.03.2025 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Has respect gone out of fashion? The Western Australian premier’s attempt at characterising a sledge at the US vice president as a light moment ignores the fact the remark made at a leadership forum was disrespectful.

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09.03.2025 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Directors' guidance should be black letter law The ASX corporate governance council should be turfed, and the guidance it sets promulgated by a statutory standard setter in the same fashion as standards applying to auditors.

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09.03.2025 09:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Does the Federal Government have a strategy to manage grumpy accountants and their clients? The Federal Election will be held during a time when small businesses and their tax advisers are focused on tax returns. Will criticisms of the accounting profession bite the ALP on the rear?

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08.03.2025 09:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The myth of free lunches for bosses A policy to simplify taxation in a narrow area for small businesses has become a prompt for silly class warfare.

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06.03.2025 08:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The myth of free lunches for bosses A policy to simplify taxation in a narrow area for small businesses has become a prompt for silly class warfare.

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05.03.2025 08:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Canberra Sentinel | Tom Ravlic | Substack News, features and opinion on the political scene in Canberra. Click to read Canberra Sentinel, by Tom Ravlic, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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04.03.2025 10:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why do 16-year-old share trades matter? The people who should answer some questions on the share trading discourse might well be those pointing fingers and not the opposition leader.

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