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Hackers release Medibank private details as corporate punishment looms
Companies could soon face bigger penalties for data breaches, after new laws passed federal parliament's lower house as Medibank...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 8, 20223 min read


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


Bowen 'looking lovingly at Ardern' on reducing methane emissions in agriculture
A regional MP has raised concern that the Albanese Labor government could ultimately mimic the Ardern Labour government in New Zealand...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 3, 20221 min read


Labor 'Dracula' waiting outside farm water blood bank in MD Basin
Hot on the heels of Halloween, a NSW Nationals MP has painted a horror image of imminent water buybacks from farmers in the name of the...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 1, 20221 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


Renewable 'pork barrelling' welcomed by northern Victorian councils
The Albanese government's funding injection to accelerate renewable energy projects in regional Victoria has been branded a boost for...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 19, 20222 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


Queen Elizabeth II lies in state at UK parliament prior to 19 September funeral
Senior royals including King Charles, the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry will lead a procession as the late Queen is taken to lie in...
Staff Writers
Sep 13, 20223 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
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