Caleb Bond

2 weeks ago | skynews.com.au | Caleb Bond

You have to wonder why anyone bothers going into business in Australia. It’s bloody hard graft and businesses are going to the wall in increasing numbers. Insolvencies for businesses going into administration for the first time in the financial year to April have already surpassed 2023-24. A total of 11,053 businesses went into insolvency in 2023-24 and by the end of April there were 12,105 insolvencies for this financial year.

4 weeks ago | skynews.com.au | Caleb Bond

We have just witnessed an extraordinary day in Australian political history – the Liberal and National coalition splitting for the first time in nearly 40 years and only the third time since they came together in 1949. The first break was in 1972 after Gough Whitlam beat Billy McMahon. They came back together before the 1974 electionAnd there were another four months in 1987 over the ‘Joh for Canberra’ campaign.

1 month ago | skynews.com.au | Caleb Bond

Bribery is an effective political tool. See the recent re-election of the Albanese government. But the rescission of a bribe also reveals people’s true thoughts – and so it has been with electric vehicles. Over a decade of writing columns there are two topics in particular that have made me feel like I’m banging my head against a brick wall – the taxation and regulation of tobacco and electric vehicle zealotry.

1 month ago | news.com.au | Caleb Bond

Australia has a rich history of horse racing – but it is at a cultural crossroads. News.com.au has found there’s a cigarette paper between people who believe the great Melbourne Cup is losing popularity, to the point where “people don’t care anymore”, and those who view it as an important institution. Earlier this year, news.com.au launched The Great Aussie Debate, a wide-ranging, 50 question survey that has uncovered what Australians really think about all the hot topics of 2025.

1 month ago | skynews.com.au | Caleb Bond

If you think things haven’t been easy under Albanese, imagine how you’d go under Adam Bandt. The Greens leader is so confident he will be kingmaker in a hung parliament that he’s instructed the Treasury and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to draw up a post-election brief based on their policies. A “red book” and “blue book” are traditionally put together with briefs from the public service so an incoming government can hit the ground running and understand the lay of the land.