Ben Eltham

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting Australians hard — and there’s no bigger cost of living than housing. So what is Labor doing about it?

As Taylor Swift sells out stadiums, local musicians, promoters and festivals are struggling to find audiences and sell tickets.

Pitch Festival in western Victoria was cancelled mid-festival due to extreme fire danger. This will only become more common for outdoor music festivals as the climate intensifies.

It's clear governments don’t want to pay for higher education, with expansion of the university sector paid for by students and their families.

Media coverage of pro-Palestine university encampment protests has painted students as violent and racist, and largely ignored their demands.

Accusations against the NDIS are fuelled by a worldview that sees supporting the most vulnerable in our community as an unaffordable cost, while tactically ignoring the benefits.