The poker machines industry is an industry based on exploitation and greed. No matter how powerful and cashed up the pokies lobby is, the fact is most Australians want to see sensible practical reforms to curb the damage caused by pokies.

Let's not beat around the bush on this one. When it comes to water, South Australia is incredibly vulnerable. I make no apology for holding up the Rudd Government's $42billion stimulus package for 24 hours in order to negotiate a better outcome on water -- it wasn't just in SA's interest, it was in the...

A Shorten Labor Government will deliver child care support that is fairer and will make early education and care more affordable for families. Our package will give parents the early education and care relief they need now – from 1 January 2017. Under Labor’s plan: Low and middle income families will benefit from an increase...

Good political slogans have a slathering of ideology, a dash of linguistics and lashings of repetition. With this in mind, let’s take a trip through the goodies and baddies of slogans.

Banking is not what it used to be. In the digital and deregulated age, it has become bigger, faster and omnipresent. Money can be moved almost anywhere and at any time of any day. Compulsory superannuation has given everyone a stake in the market. Financial advice has become a mainstream service. The new world of...