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Australia is on course for 20 consecutive years of combined state and federal deficits by 2028 as spending consistently outstrips revenue, a new report by the e61 Institute and McKinnon has found. The report titled Rising Pressures, Fading Discipline: A Review of Australia’s Fiscal Sustainability found the consolidated fiscal deficit – combining federal, state, and … Continued
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The first performance results of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) are encouraging but NALSPA warns that without ongoing support, including maintaining the FBT exemption, Australia will fall short on EV uptake and its climate targets. The NVES Regulator’s 2025 results show that about 12 per cent of vehicles covered by the NVES were electric, … Continued
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Key Facts: * Two-thirds of vehicle suppliers have outperformed their emissions targets in the first reporting period under the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) * The average outperformance for new light passenger vehicles was 21%. * The Electric Vehicle Council welcomed the results and said they should prompt a review to strengthen future targets to … Continued
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Wednesday, 18 February 2026 Race Commissioner condemns Senator Hanson’s Islamophobic remarks targeting Muslim Australians The Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has condemned Islamophobic comments made by One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson that targeted Muslim Australians. Senator Hanson made the remarks during an appearance on Sky News on Monday night. ‘I hesitate to respond to remarks like these because doing so risks giving further … Continued
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The Australian College of Nursing is calling on the Federal Government to invest in unlocking the full potential of the nation’s 414,000 registered nurses, to address mounting healthcare pressures. ACN today released its Pre-Budget Submission 2026-27, presenting six evidence-based investments designed to tackle falling vaccination rates, projected nursing shortages, hospital waiting times, and access … Continued
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Findings from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark national Racism@Uni Study highlight that racism is deeply embedded across Australian universities and has profound impacts on students and staff. More than 76,000 students and staff from 42 universities across the country participated in the Study. The Study findings reveal particularly high rates of racism are … Continued
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Twenty-five plants (including a seaweed), five reptiles, one marsupial, a fish, an insect and a mollusc have been added to Australia’s threatened species list. They include: The lemuroid ringtail possum of north Queensland, which is highly vulnerable to global warming. As temperatures rise, the possums are forced to live at higher and higher elevations on … Continued
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13TH FEBRUARY 2026 The Albanese Government’s approval of the expansion and extension of Queensland’s Middlemount Coal Mine will lock in millions of tonnes of additional climate pollution and intensify heatwaves, bushfires, floods and cyclones. This is the Albanese Government’s 35th fossil fuel approval. The approval will allow Middlemount Coal Mine to continue extracting up … Continued
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The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) today noted the Prime Minister’s annual statement on the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. It welcomes the Federal Government’s latest investments to build progress, particularly investment in health infrastructure and measures to reduce the cost of food in remote stores. AMSANT Chair Rob McPhee said these … Continued
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Australians are coupling up with people of similar socio-economic status, perpetuating inequality and fuelling house price growth in cities, according to new research by the e61 Institute. The analysis of 2021 Census data finds that in 38% of working age couples, both partners have a university degree, far higher than would occur under random matching. … Continued
