John Buckley

John Buckley is a senior reporter at VICE Australia.

Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
12.9.22
Australia Today

Turns Out There Really Aren’t Enough Jobs Going Around

There’s currently 15 people for every entry level job available across the country.
John Buckley
12.8.22
Australia Today

Ransomware Gang Steals Employee and Customer Data From LJ Hooker

It's the third major Australian data breach in three months.
John Buckley
12.6.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
12.5.22
Australia Today

Australia Will Actually Get An Anti-Corruption Commission

It’ll open for business next year.
John Buckley
11.30.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
11.29.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
11.28.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
11.23.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
11.23.22
Australia Today

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.”
John Buckley
11.22.22
Australia Today

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.
John Buckley
11.16.22
Australia Today

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.”
John Buckley
11.15.22
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