Deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek has slammed the effect of the budget on low income women and called for wage increases for people such as social workers employed in the community sector. Plibersek said the Abbott government is also attacking the superannuation earnings of women and low earners
12 Sep 2014:
The major parties have accused each other of handing out more grant dollars to marginal electorates. Our analysis shows that they’re both right
11 Sep 2014: Warwick Smith: A consequence of a donation-driven approach to politics is that areas of political debate are in policy areas that the wealthy elite don’t care about, like same sex marriage or abortion
9 Sep 2014:
Former Labor immigration minister says that claims his office asked for ‘the youngest looking children’ to be sent to Manus as a deterrent are inaccurate
9 Sep 2014: Andrew Herington, an adviser to groups opposed to the controversial link, asks whatever happened to the pledge of a cost-benefit analysis for big projects?
We look back at Apple's tech products, including game-changers such as the iMac and iPhone, curiosities like Lisa – and duds, like the 20th Anniversary Macintosh