John Buckley
John Buckley is a senior reporter at VICE Australia.
The Criminalisation of Cannabis Costs Australia Massively, Study Finds
In the 2015-16 financial year alone, more than $1.7 billion was spent on enforcement.
Turns Out There Really Aren’t Enough Jobs Going Around
There’s currently 15 people for every entry level job available across the country.
Ransomware Gang Steals Employee and Customer Data From LJ Hooker
It's the third major Australian data breach in three months.
A Rent Freeze Could Have Saved Us All Thousands Last Year
The average household could've saved more than $5,000 over the last year if rents had been frozen. Australia's rental crisis continues.
It’s Becoming Impossible to Find Affordable Housing in Every Single Capital City
Australia’s housing crisis continues to stretch households thin, as more than 40 percent of low income households begin to experience housing stress.
Election Officials Are ‘Pulling Out All Stops’ to Drive Up First Nations Voting Enrolments
The campaign will target the 101,000 unregistered First Nations voters in Australia, and make it easier for them to enrol.
A Major Government Housing Policy Will Only Deliver 184 New Affordable Homes, Analysis Finds
Only 2 percent of the 1 million homes being promised by the Housing Accord will be affordable. All of them are in Greater Darwin.
Australians Are Losing Faith in Government
The federal government will have to deal with falling faith in its ability to deliver for voters, as more Australians grow stressed about the economy.
Women in Australia Could Soon Get Menstrual and Menopause Leave From Work
“It’s time our workplace legislation was redrafted to finally and properly acknowledge that half the population are women.”
The Floods in Central NSW Are Being Chronicled in Real-Time on TikTok
Creators are taking to the video app to offer context to a major flood event in the town of Forbes, expected by authorities to break records.
A ‘Tidal Wave’ of Rising Flood Water Has Forced Evacuations in Central NSW
“It’s being described as a warzone. There’s so much destruction—homes have just been washed away.”