Built for the 1% – paid for by the rest of us
Larissa explores why the economy is increasingly working for the 1% and not everyone else. From housing to gas exports, it shows how wealth is flowing upwards while people fall behind, and what it will take to make the economy fair for everyone
By Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens
The NDIS isn’t broken — but the way we talk about it is
The NDIS is back in the government’s line of fire ahead of this year’s federal budget – and much of the media is right there with it. Headlines about “cost blowouts”, “rorts”, and an “unsustainable scheme” are becoming harder to avoid. But how did public sentiment shift so dramatically? And what happens to disabled people when a system designed to support them becomes a political target
By Senator Jordon Steele-John
Who gets a home? Inside the Greens inquiry into housing inequality
We have a historic opportunity to reform Australia’s housing policy to put fairness above luck and intergenerational wealth. But why did we get here? And how did our housing system become a vehicle for wealth accumulation, rather than a human right?
By Senator Barbara Pocock
It’s time we tax our gas exports
Big gas corporations like Santos, Woodside and Shell, aren’t just causing irreversible damage across the country – they’re making billions doing it. The Greens-led Senate inquiry into how gas exports are taxed is forcing them to answer to the public.