A “commuter tax” slapped on Sydney’s eastern suburbs has been slammed by the treasurer as being “unfair and unsustainable”, amid calls to sort out growing house prices in Australia’s most expensive city. The swipe at continuing development in Sydney’s outer suburbs as NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the unfair scenarioContinue Reading

The biggest “swings” towards No occurred in Labor seats, particularly in outer suburbs of the capital cities, as Anthony Albanese’s own voters abandoned the Voice referendum. As Labor faces growing pressure to explain the Voice referendum “wipe-out” and the $400 million poured “down the drain”, even as opinion polls pointedContinue Reading

A leading Australian pollster has revealed the startling socio-economic divide between the suburbs expected to vote No in the Voice to parliament referendum and the suburbs likely to swing Yes. Kos Samaras, director at influential polling firm Redbridge, tweeted a map of Victorian electorates based on the firm’s polling data.Continue Reading