During the New South Wales election campaign both major parties have made claims in key policy battlegrounds. But how much of what the leaders claim checks out?

We live in an information rich age, our education levels have increased dramatically over the last few decades, so why hasn’t this led to a similar improvement in the quality of public debate? Barry Jones considers this paradox and offers his thoughts on how the discourse can be improved. Highlights of Evidence, opinion, interest: The...

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley claims the Coalition Government has cut $3 billion from health.

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley claims electricity privatisation pushes up power prices and households in privatised South Australia have the highest bills.

The Senate could pass the Government's controversial new meta data laws as early as tonight - but not before the Greens attempt to move more than a dozen amendments to try and beef up privacy safeguards. Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has provided a list of helpful hints for Australians who want to hide their metadata...