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Skipping meals, dumpster diving and cereal for dinner
It’s budget week, which means crunch time for the leaders tasked with tackling how expensive Australia is right now. And the thing we’re all talking about is our grocery bills, why food seems to cost more each time we visit the supermarket.
Today, national affairs correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe on what some call the great price gouge and whether the government is doing enough to address the rising cost of putting food on our plates.
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Australia, the ‘land of suck-it-up’
This week, as we approach a federal budget, we’re bringing you The Cost: Inside the living crisis. We’ll explore the impact this crisis is having on our country, why it just isn’t ending and whether our leaders are doing enough to protect our standard of living.
Today, executive director of the Australia Institute Richard Denniss on when prices will finally stop going up – and the kind of country we risk becoming once the crisis is finally over.
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‘A viper’s nest’: How Karen Webb became top cop
The tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother, the double-murder of a Surry Hills couple, the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial and now the spike in domestic violence. These are some of the biggest stories in Australia over the past 12 months, and all of them have drawn in one very powerful woman – Karen Webb, the commissioner of the NSW Police Force.
Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton, on who Karen Webb really is and how she climbed her way through the vipers nest of the NSW police.
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Why big gas is putting money into MasterChef
One of Australia’s favourite shows has a contentious sponsor this year. MasterChef, a show that delivers fairytale stories of home cooks rising to national celebrity, is being supported by the gas industry.
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on the fight over the future of our kitchens and whether the gas industry can survive their next major elimination challenge.
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On the verge of an invasion of Rafah, is a ceasefire possible?
Israeli airstrikes are targeting the southernmost city in Gaza and tanks have been seen entering the outskirts of the city. Rafah was once the last safe haven in Gaza, where civilians fleeing Israeli bombardment have been told to seek refuge.
Today, Middle East correspondent for The Economist Gregg Carlstrom, on Rafah and what it would take to clinch a last-ditch ceasefire deal.
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The lobbyists behind Peter Dutton’s nuclear promise
There’s a small mystery in Australian politics this year. Why was Peter Dutton’s first major policy promise since becoming opposition leader to build nuclear power plants? But this may be less about votes and more about holding the coalition together, with the help of a lobby group most of us have never heard of.
Today, investigative journalist and contributor to The Monthly, Marian Wilkinson on the Coalition for Conservation lobby and their links to Peter Dutton’s nuclear promises.
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David McBride as he faces sentencing
David McBride is the former military lawyer who first gave journalists documentary evidence of civilian killings in Afghanistan by Australian soldiers. To his supporters he’s a war crimes whistleblower, but detractors say that was never his motivation.
During a secretive national security trial, he pleaded guilty to handing over those files and this morning his sentencing hearing gets underway.
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Payments and a porn passport: Albanese’s snap national cabinet
As Australia demanded answers to the domestic violence crisis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became a focal point in all the wrong ways when he got into a confrontation with a rally organiser on Sunday. But this week’s national cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders offered a chance to respond to the community’s concern and produce real solutions.
Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on the crucial moment for Australia and whether governments are delivering on their mission to end violence against women.
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