Alan Austin
Freelance journalist
Freelance journalist with interests in news media, religious affairs and economic and social issues
COVID-19 has been suppressed in more than 20 developed countries, but that doesn't mean it's under control globally.
Every significant indicator of the health of the US economy has declined since he became president.
A new global wealth report has confirmed that Australian money is once again going to the wealthy, as our world ranking and GDP per adult continue to tumble.
So far under Scott Morrison, the Coalition's image as a no-girls-allowed, boys-rule cubby house has not improved. Could the new prime minister's religion have anything to do with this?
Hint: he could be our next prime minister.
This disastrous annual result is a blow to the retailers’ peak bodies, the mainstream media and the Turnbull government.
It's not looking good for the Australian retail sector as numbers slip back towards GFC levels of growth.
Media outlets from across the world covered Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson's landmark conviction for concealing child sexual abuse.
The pattern of Australia's household income asks an interesting question: is it worse to have a financial crisis or a Coalition government?
The Treasurer's press releases are packed with incorrect assertions about Australia's economic dominance, falsehoods about tax relief and deflections from the government's financial incompetence -- and that's just in the last month.
