17 Jul: The leader of independent MPs in Solomon Islands is demanding the country's prime minister provide more information about a budget rescue package from China.... more
17 Jul: The former French prime minister has been appointed to a 'caretaker government', responsible for running the Paris Olympic Games next week.... more
17 Jul: Local government raises about 4% of New Zealand’s tax revenue. The equivalent in Denmark is about 36%. If the government believes in ‘localism’, it has to give councils more power to raise revenue.... more
17 Jul: Hard bargaining still needs to happen before the country has a definitive sense of how executive accountability will be enforced under a unity government.... more
16 Jul: New allegations of corruption and misconduct in parts of the CFMEU have raised the question of whether unions are being properly regulated.... more
