Yesterday
Slow ASX is an insult to traders
Readers’ letters on tardy trade times for investors; outdated management styles at Qantas; Peter Dutton and the ABC; non-uni pathways to accounting; and AUKUS decisions.
This Month
Curtin bid is not a ‘Game of Thrones’ quest
Readers’ letters on WA Liberal candidate Tom White; how to halt Iran; AI’s double-edged sword; income tax hit; investor risks; divisive politics; and green steel.
September
Moves to curb campus antisemitism risk academic freedom
Readers’ letters on potential risks to university independence; reforming the NDIS; InfraBuild’s finances; and the political cost of tax reform.
- Opinion
- Opinion
A plea for genuine reform from a young taxpayer
Readers’ letters on the lack of meaningful policy thinking; misleading discounts; the plague of populism; training for accountants; attacks on Hezbollah; and Gina Rinehart’s email.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bowen escapes energy scrutiny
Readers’ letters on Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy, restoring productivity and industry superannuation funds.
Dutton loose with the truth on benefits of nuclear energy
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader’s nuclear push; international student caps; the Victorian Liberal Party; childcare costs; and the Greens.
Why do I have to pay more for others’ free childcare?
Readers’ letters on who bears the cost of childcare subsidies; bitcoin going mainstream; the BCA and populism; the cost of nuclear energy; CFMEU members’ fears; and the benefits of hip replacement.
PwC’s moral dissonance clear to all
Readers’ letters on PwC’s behaviour; the value of mining; attacks on Hezbollah; antisemitism at Sydney University; quantum computing; bank cashbacks; and AI costing CBA jobs.
Shift tax incentives from property to enterprises to lift productivity
Readers’ letters on how to encourage business investment; excess government; digital currency and the RBA; Senate solutions; ALP woes; duck hunting; and energy inequality.
Daniel’s glaring emissions omission
Readers’ letters on the energy transition; university research; the pace of reform; and the performance of Olympic rowers
CBA’s AI move is just the start of job losses
Readers’ letters on the impact of artificial intelligence; a better deal for northern Australia; international students; wisdom from the AFR; and cheap fashion.
Unravelling Labor must reinvent itself
Readers’ letters on the Albanese government’s need for self-reflection; the RBA; Business Council of Australia; nuclear energy; gas storage; social media bans; Australia’s troops; and the Victorian Liberals.
Why shouldn’t Australia capitalise on its abundance of uranium?
Readers’ letters on the role of nuclear energy; horses at risk in violent protests; and new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws that threaten to drive out accountants.
Hard truth behind soft inflation target
Readers’ letters on the timing of inflation targeting; the appeal of the teals; the energy transition; and Donald Trump’s focus on cats
There’s more to soaring housing costs than developers suggest
Readers’ letters on rising building costs; Clover Moore’s mayoral bid; property’s winners and losers; social media panic; and secession for Western Australia.
Political factors won’t divert RBA from its inflation goal
Readers’ letters on the Reserve Bank’s policy goals; Victoria’s short-term rental tax; bypassing university; Qantas service; and gas in the energy transition.
Contactless payments take the more expensive route
Readers’ letters on card payment fees; poor Westpac culture; engineering limits; Bill Shorten’s exit; Labor and productivity; and cartoonist David Rowe.
RBA pays price of Labor spending
Readers’ letters on the tension between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the Reserve Bank over interest rates and inflation; Penny Wong’s speech at The Australian Financial Review Asia Summit; and domestic gas supply.
Rate rises are doing what they were meant to
Readers’ letters on interest rate policy; wealth and the young; Australia’s place in Asia; credit card fees; sumo tournaments; fixed-interest investors; and David Rowe’s cartoons.
With tax reform, there’s too much diagnosis and too few solutions
Readers’ letters on a better tax system; mortgage brokers; climate change; tradies’ pay; unpaid super; David Rowe’s cartoons; and the best auction tip.