Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently said: “ China has more freedom to invest in Australia, indeed all foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia, than almost any other country.” But is this true? We asked two experts to discuss the evidence for and against this statement. Gennadi Kazakevitch argues Turnbull is right given Australia’s...

This article discusses recent decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and a full Federal Court bench to reject a two-year bid by Federal Attorney-General George Brandis to keep the "bland" summaries of meetings in his ministerial diary from being considered for release under Commonwealth FOI legislation. Furthermore, it argues that the "benign neglect" of FOI...

When the European Union decided to fine Apple €13.5 billion for tax evasion in Ireland last week, it didn’t take long for the Irish government to join with Apple to announce it would appeal the ruling. The alignment between the tech giant and a nation state shows how governments can be held to ransom by...

New research on the business models of Fairfax and APN from 2004 to 2013 confirms the two companies have failed to transform their revenue structures from print to digital. However, Fairfax CEO, Greg Hywood, argues that the company’s 2016 full year result is “proof that the [digital] transformation of Fairfax Media over recent years has...

A Victorian ReachTEL poll, conducted Thursday night from a sample of 1650, gives Labor a 51-49 two party lead, a one point gain for the Coalition since the November 2014 election. Primary votes appear to be 40.1% for the Coalition, 34.6% for Labor and 10.7% for the Greens, but we are told that Labor’s support...