Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies. My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities.

This one hits hard.

This morning's ABC News column: intergenerational fairness, and inequality generally, will only be addressed by taxing the people who have the money, not by cutting the taxes of those who don't. abc.net.au/news/2026-02-2…

Remember iron lungs? No? That's because vaccines work

Labor likes to pretend that they are concerned about the looming climate disasters by talking up renewables. Using that as a distraction, they keep subsidising catastrophic fossil fuels.

Australia is not perfect nation but our practice of #democracy is top quality by world standards. We must not demean our democracy by enabling #Trump Tower to be built on Gold Coast. Its presence will drag us into gutter. We must never glorify criminals.

1 of 38 studies retracted, consensus remains strong: "An overwhelming majority of economists agree that the damages of climate change will be large, and the costs of climate inaction significantly exceed the costs of action." theregreview.org/2026/02/23/how…

For the first time ever, clean energy supplied over half of Australia’s national electricity market. Compared to the same period a year earlier, wholesale electricity prices dropped by almost half. Clean energy is cheaper electricity. End of story. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Palm oil is in approximately 40% of packaged supermarket products. It is in your bread. Your biscuits. Your chocolate. Your margarine. Your plant-based burger. Your vegan cheese. Your "sustainable" soap. Your shampoo. Your lipstick. The primary growing region is Borneo and

FOI costs have more than doubled over the last decade & are now nearly $100mil per year. Over the same period, full access to documents has effectively halved. Labor promised a more open govt, but we’re going backwards. Govt should drop proposals that make access harder and

Albo is right to say ISIS brides must face legal consequences of their actions if they return but so too must returning Aust citizens who have fought with IDF and participated in genocide and war crimes in Gaza. #auspol

Mandelson wrote: “You do not want to turn it into an issue of ‘who governs Australia’ - the voters and their elected representatives, or the mining companies.” A UK politician. Writing to a US billionaire sex trafficker. About killing a proposed mining tax. Let that sink in.

"Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard" by Amy Remeikis On the thirtieth anniversary of John Howard coming to power, a searing analysis of the untouchable prime minister: how the ‘great economic manager’ sold our future. 26Feb2026 #auspol #AusHistory #politics

Is Australia handing its digital sovereignty to the US on a silver platter? Cam Wilson explains the implications of the government’s reliance on Palantir. Watch the latest episode of the Cut Through podcast on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Turns out Birmingham & the Big4 banks skipped out on the Capital Gains Tax inquiry, despite being in the building.🙄 Australia Institute Economist Matt Grudnoff gives a clue as to why: Bcoz the CGT discount pushes up houses prices, banks lend more, & make more money💰 #auspol

"Wherever you go in Aust today, individual stories tell the national story. Gap fees. Wait times. Inequality. Can’t get a house. Big student debt. Poorer public schools. Stagnant wages. Growing inequality. These things were not the case before March 1996." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/h…

He’s right and Australia now has one of the most segregated education systems in OECD, divided primarily by social class. theguardian.com/australia-news…

“We’re in this ridiculous situation where as one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, we have the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax collecting less revenue than beer tax,” Senator David Pocock said. “This needs to change." Read more on The Point: theaus.in/4cdF1pb

Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies. That's more money for big polluters than the government spends on the air force, foreign aid, First Nations'

During the Greens-led inquiry into CGT discounts expert after expert said wealthy property investors shouldn't get these massive handouts. This next budget is a huge opportunity to put first homebuyers and renters ahead of rich property investors. Labor can't waste it.