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Scam-fighters boosted as Aust. losses double to est. $4bn in 2022
The Albanese Labor government has fulfilled an election pledge to boost the capacity of the federally-funded scam watchdog as Scam...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 6, 20221 min read


Inflation genie out of the bottle no matter what the Reserve Bank does
Regardless of what the Reserve Bank does on its Melbourne Cup day monthly Tuesday meeting, the inflation genie is out of the bottle...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Bust a cap in their gas - but some have reservations
A former competition watchdog call to cap gas prices has sparked discussion at the highest levels after Tuesday's energy pricing budget...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 30, 20222 min read


New regional funds to open in New Year as BBRF bites the dust
Regional Development minister Catherine King has told Flow listeners the substitute programs for the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF)...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 26, 20222 min read


Labor sinks dammed Nationals vision for water security
Hell's Gate dam is no more, Wyangala Dam's wall won't be raised, and federal Labor is getting the cheque book ready to buy water from...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 25, 20222 min read


$30 million in on-farm connectivity a budget highlight
The Albanese government says it will spend over five years $2.2 billion in regional telecommunications and $2.4 billion to enable better...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Chalmer's Budget Blitz
Most find it hard to be enthusiastic about Budget night, though if you were present in the halcyon days it was like lobbyists' Christmas....
Rikki Lambert
Oct 25, 20225 min read


No more Building Better Regions as Labor rinses 'rorted' spending
The Albanese government has pledged to replace the controversial Building Better Regions Fund with two new spending programs, with the...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 24, 20222 min read


Farmer concerns over Albanese's poles-and-wires may be allayed
The deputy opposition leader has hit out at the $6 billion pledge by the Albanese government in Tuesday's budget to support an...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 24, 20222 min read


Nationals senator's nuclear move 'run off on his own' - but the party's on board
National Party leader David Littleproud has indicated his senate colleague, Queensland LNP senator Matt Canavan had not moved in concert...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Get real about nuclear as an energy solution: SA senator
A Liberal senator says the gig is up for climate alarm and it was time to take nuclear energy seriously in Australia. South Australian...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 23, 20222 min read


Greens senator demoted over undisclosed bikie link
The firebrand Victorian Greens senator received confidential briefings about organised crime whilst in a relationship with a former...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 19, 20223 min read


Regional and rural Australians suffered extra disadvantage from COVID-19 measures: report
The first independent review of how Australia handled COVID-19 found that border closures and lockdowns were avoidable, schools should...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 19, 20222 min read


Israel rankles at Australia's rejection of its capital
Tuesday's announcement that Australia would no longer recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has drawn a rebuke from their ally but...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 18, 20222 min read


Aussies urged to stay out of picture-perfect canola crops
Australia's cropping lands are shining gold amid a now confirmed third consecutive La NiƱa weather event, favourable cropping conditions...
Rikki Lambert
Sep 13, 20222 min read


Nuclear energy ban targeted - once federal parliament resumes
A former resources minister plans to mount another assault on a decades-old ban on Australia using nuclear energy. Queensland Nationals...
Staff Writers
Sep 13, 20221 min read


Strong SA community backing for a nuclear conversation
South Australians surveyed by the state's peak resources body have indicated strong support for a conversation about nuclear energy, the...
Rikki Lambert
Aug 3, 20222 min read


Wong urges calm as Pelosi Taiwan visit irks China
Foreign Minister Penny Wong is calling for calm after Chinese warplanes buzzed the Taiwan Strait ahead of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's...
Staff Writers
Aug 2, 20222 min read


Albanese government in the wars, keeping federal parliament on ice
The scheduled 2022 federal parliamentary sitting days are at level barely seen outside World War I and II years, the federal opposition...
Rikki Lambert
Jul 18, 20222 min read


Varroa mite bee threat puts over $14 billion of agriculture at risk - former minister
Australia's former agriculture minister has urged the Albanese government to press on with funding reforms to ensure biosecurity is...
Rikki Lambert
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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