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Analysis and argument from the InfoHandle newsroom—our take on the stories behind the headlines.
The NSW parliamentary inquiry’s 23 recommendations are only as strong as the government’s willingness to legislate council majorities, published minutes, and pay transparency—consultation without deadlines will not restore trust.
We argue that lifting the cash rate again without a credible plan to stabilise rents treats housing supply as someone else’s problem while renters absorb both inflation and investor retreat.
We hold that Australian carriers should default to forty-eight-hour SIM port locks after identity theft reports, because Monday morning scam surges exploit instant number ports while victims sit on hold listening to carrier music.
We hold that Murray-Darling basin councils should publish gas easement folios before rezoning votes, because farmers cannot judge industrial buffers when title searches hide pipeline corridors until after subdivision lots are marketed.
We argue the federal government should publish redacted agent interaction logs before scaling classroom AI pilots, because parents and teachers cannot audit what they cannot see when vendors pitch “personal tutors” without a public record.
We argue state budgets should fund auditable bushfire-prep bonds before another round of stadium naming rights theatre, because ember screens and refuges scale faster than ribbon-cuttings when heat records keep climbing.
