Winners and losers: Budget 2014

Well, the Budget has been handed down, and as expected, families, low income earners, health and education were the big losers. Mining, infrastructure, defence and medical research is sitting pretty, though. Here’s the verdict from the Twitterverse…   Continue Reading →

Inquiry into children in detention

The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently holding an inquiry into children in immigration detention, looking at the short- and long-term impact detention has on children. Continue Reading →

Commission of Audit report: Australians weigh in

Twitter nearly broke today when the much-anticipated Commissioner of Audit report was released. Unfortunately there’s not much to celebrate for families, pensioners, the disadvantaged, students and the sick. Big business has more reason to smile, though.  Continue Reading →