Claire Connelly

The Star’s involvement in fraud, money laundering and improper tax dealings hasn’t stopped the NSW government making planning and development decisions that facilitate the casino’s expansion.

As Australia attempts to control inflation, it is ignoring the impacts of monopoly ownership and price gouging.

Journalist and Policy Fellow at the University of Sydney Sydney’s Policy Lab, Claire Connelly on why prices are rising and the risk that poses to the economy.

In one of his last acts as Health minister, Greg Hunt shut down Australia’s national prescribing service. Alongside another key review, it represents a pointed, almost unnoticed attack on universal healthcare.

Housing initiatives purporting to create a ‘social mix’ are a convenient way for governments to avoid building new social housing or to neglect existing stock while shifting public land into private ownership.

In two years, oil has gone from negative prices to huge highs – part of a rising inflationary shock not seen since the 1970s.

While the deputy PM sees relocation to rural areas as a solution to poor housing affordability in capital cities, the risks are high without government support for infrastructure and planning.