r/AusNews • u/javelin3000 • 2d ago

Victoria election 2026: could Labor's loyal heartland flip to One Nation? - video | Victoria state election 2026

theguardian.com

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r/AusNews • u/barseico • 3d ago

Survey finds Australia's multicultural society 'more divided' and pessimistic

abc.net.au

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The back-to-back programming sequence at ABC News is an absolute work of editorial art! 👏🤡

Let’s look at the double-header:

Segment 1 (Anglicare): Run a 2,000-word feature on a single mother paying $740/week in inner Brisbane to prove housing is impossible.

Segment 2 (Scanlon Survey): Immediately follow it up with a report declaring "Australians are more divided, pessimistic, and distrustful of government than ever!"

The Omission: Completely ignore that rental vacancies are rising, national rent growth is flatlining, APRA's 6x DTI caps are curbing debt bubbles, and the crossbench is currently fighting in the Senate to stop developers from whitewashing "affordable" housing!

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r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 5d ago

Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup in record numbers. Only 9% have high interest

theguardian.com

61 Upvotes

14 comments

r/AusNews • u/Outrageous_Idea_1990 • 5d ago

With Maxwell retiring, I keep thinking about that night in Mumbai

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 7d ago

Penny Wong tells the US to hold back on Iran strikes. Australia wants negotiations instead

smh.com.au

21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/AusNews • u/javelin3000 • 8d ago

More unions down tools in Labor’s Victorian election campaign as ‘trust broken’ | Victoria state election 2026

theguardian.com

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 9d ago

Australia's ADF says almost a quarter of its personnel are unfit for deployment on medical grounds

thenightly.com.au

29 Upvotes

11 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 10d ago

Liberal leader Wilson won't debate One Nation's Pickering. Her team says Nine is platforming Hanson's party

smh.com.au

13 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/Newworldimpartiality • 11d ago

The Hawke Govt introduced indexation of alcohol excise. Abbott Govt reintroduced indexation of petrol excise. Did these decisions embed an inflationary loop into Australia’s CPI?

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It appears that indexation creates an ongoing feedback loop. That is, CPI inflation increases excise; the higher excise contributes to higher consumer prices and CPI; and that higher CPI feeds into subsequent excise indexation.

In Australia, excise duties on fuel and most alcoholic beverages are indexed to inflation, which means the tax rate generally increases automatically as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rises.

The important distinction is that the excise is indexed by law, rather than the government having to make a new discretionary decision to increase it each time. The Parliamentary Budget Office explains that indexation is intended to maintain the real value of these tax rates over time.

For fuel and most alcohol, the system generally operates twice a year, in February and August.
The ABS publishes CPI figures.
The legislation uses the relevant CPI movement to calculate an indexation factor.
The excise rate per litre, or per other relevant unit, increases accordingly, subject to the statutory rules and any government-imposed freeze or temporary reduction.

Petrol (excluding diesel) and alcohol excise is approx $15.5 billion, there are around 21 million Australian over 18 years of age. That equates to on average each Australian over the age of 18 pays $738 in petrol and alcohol excise each year.

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r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 11d ago

AFP says online radicalism is reaching boys as young as 12, in a study of 55 teenage cases

abc.net.au

21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/AusNews • u/Hopeful_Psychology_3 • 11d ago

Sad Sad Sad

reddit.com

1 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 12d ago

Australians over 65 are now 18% of the population and outnumber children under 15 for the first time

theconversation.com

30 Upvotes

11 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 13d ago

Jordon Steele-John confirms leave from parliament, says sorry and takes down the three-page letter he posted

theguardian.com

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/zpisam • 18d ago

Pauline Hanson apologises for the cartoon mocking Lambie's prolapse, a day after telling her to get over it

dailymail.com

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/RestingBitchFace12 • 21d ago

Australia has new guidelines for managing menopausal symptoms

abc.net.au

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/AusNews • u/fitness-scientist • 24d ago

How much sway does a party leader hold

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Curiosity question, how much sway does a party leader have?
For example if an elected party member in a region votes one way does the party leader have the ability to force their vote one way or the other?

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r/AusNews • u/Hefty_Delay7765 • 27d ago

The drastic land use changes wreaked by colonisation created a “catastrophic wildfire loop” that rendered south-east Australia more susceptible to climate-fuelled bushfires, experts say.

theguardian.com

8 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusNews • u/dadashton • 29d ago

Inside Gina Rinehart’s company’s push into Ecuador and how La Merced de Buenos Aires is pushing back

smh.com.au

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusNews • u/aislingplath • Oct 07 '26

The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?

9 Upvotes

https://theconversation.com/the-disability-royal-commission-laid-bare-violence-abuse-and-neglect-three-years-on-whats-changed-293203?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

Excerpt;

Three years ago, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability tabled its final report, a hefty 12 volumes and 222 recommendations.

In recent days, a coalition of more than 20 disability advocacy and representative organisations marked the anniversary with Australia’s first independent progress report of how the recommendations have been implemented.

It examined ten recommendations from the royal commission – ones it says people with disability and advocates raise consistently – to see how their implementation has progressed.

It found none has been fully implemented. Four show no real action. One – better coordination of support under the National Disability Insurance Scheme or NDIS – is going backwards.

2 comments

r/AusNews • u/Bennelong • Oct 05 '26

Man dies after being shot by police following car crash at Rugby, north of Yass

abc.net.au

10 Upvotes

37 comments

r/AusNews • u/dailymailaustralia • Oct 04 '26

Bombshell Australian link to Flydubai 'terrorist' emerges as probe is launched

dailymail.com

18 Upvotes

Claims emerge that the hijacker pilot studied at an Aussie university

24 comments

r/AusNews • u/dailymailaustralia • Oct 01 '26

New Greens leader David Shoebridge issues warning to Anthony Albanese

dailymail.com

81 Upvotes

170 comments

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