Politics
Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world
Bracket creep and the end of the low- and middle-income offset delivered the biggest tax hike in the developed world as inflation surged, OECD data shows.
- by Shane Wright
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School funding
‘Shortchanging kids’: States demand extra $12b in united front over schools
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
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Paris Agreement
Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt
- by James Massola and Mike Foley
Opinion & Perspectives
The charts that prove social media has bigger dangers than Elon Musk’s ego
The argument about the violent terror attack video is urgent and important. But what if the greater danger is slow and insidious?
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Albanese’s latest plan is triggering elite economists. Don’t listen to them
Despite our expensive subsidies for property investors, commentators who have made their careers by calling for ever more reform hate Labor’s signature policy.
Shaun Carney
Columnist
A $50k bonus, cheap uni, extra healthcare: the 4400 navy jobs no one wants
From submarines to aged care, the government and opposition have grand plans. But neither know where the workers will be found for them.
Shane Wright
Senior economics correspondent
Federal
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School funding
‘Shortchanging kids’: States demand extra $12b in united front over schools
States are accusing the federal government of shortchanging students as they seek a 5 per cent increase in school funding from the Commonwealth.
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Social media
The charts that prove social media has bigger dangers than Elon Musk’s ego
The argument about the violent terror attack video is urgent and important. But what if the greater danger is slow and insidious?
- by David Crowe
Victoria
Ellen Sandell the stability choice for ambitious Victorian Greens MPs
- by Broede Carmody and Annika Smethurst
Analysis
Drug reform
Jacinta Allan shows she’s not Andrews but risks her party’s wrath
- by Kieran Rooney
Updated
Drug reform
Melbourne will not get a second injecting room while Allan is premier
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Cara Waters
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Victorian budget
Dozens of school upgrades could miss out in budget ‘bloodbath’
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
New South Wales
Editorial
Domestic violence
How many more women have to die before we get serious about this epidemic?
- The Herald's View
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Domestic violence
Rosie Batty urges NSW royal commission into domestic violence
- by Alexandra Smith and James Massola