November 2024
RBA on the right track
Readers’ letters on the Reserve Bank’s inflation strategy; Alexander Downer’s criticism of Labor over the ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu; the ACCC inquiry into the supermarkets; the Victorian government under Premier Jacinta Allan.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Politicised overreach on Israel undermines ICC’s standing
There may be legitimate legal case to be heard. But moral questions around the portrayal of Israel as a pariah state also risks undermining the two-state solution required for a lasting peace.
- The AFR View
July 2024
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Payman’s position on Gaza is ironic
Readers’ letters on Senator Fatima Payman; migration policy; breaking up supermarket giants; live sheep exports; the demise of coal; and the Downer kiss of death.
March 2024
‘He will not be there long’: Trump warns Rudd on Washington posting
Donald Trump delivered the stern ultimatum to the former Australian prime minister in an interview with former British politician Nigel Farage.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
February 2024
- Opinion
- Earnings season
Macquarie’s $58m problem solver exits, plus nine more great opinion reads
From Macquarie’s departing $58 million commodities trader to which side firms sit on the working from home fence. Here are 10 opinion pieces from the week.
November 2023
UK Tory Nick Gibb rumoured Canberra-bound
Speculation has been that the just-departed Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb will be the new High Commissioner to Australia.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
June 2023
Japan’s cashed up trading houses eye green splurge
Climate advisory giant Pollination sees opportunities in Japan where the focus on decarbonisation is “powering up”.
- Michael Smith
April 2023
Why it will take more than €1 villas to solve a population crisis
Europe and the UK are struggling to balance declining birthrates, shrinking populations, jobs shortages and a surge in illegal immigration.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Dutton vows to revitalise Liberals in their ‘darkest hour’
Peter Dutton has warned against writing off the Liberal Party as he pledged to revitalise its political fortunes by embracing five traditional values.
- Phillip Coorey
March 2023
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Out of touch and out of office
NSW election result, Liberal woes and Downer’s complacency; productivity omission; Voice to parliament; Greens and the safeguard mechanism; the AUKUS vibe.
How Australia helped save Solomon Islands from itself
An important new book explains how Australian soldiers, police officers and diplomats staunched a cycle of bloodshed and rebuilt a shattered state.
- James Curran
February 2023
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Mistaken objections to Indigenous Voice
The Voice won’t be a third chamber; Alexander Downer’s predictions; plastic waste, carbon capture and the safeguard mechanism; ABC staff’s strike plan.
January 2023
Natural hydrogen offers a viable energy source, Downer says
Natural hydrogen, if viable, would be cheaper than that produced from renewables and have none of the emissions when gas is used to produce it.
- Colin Packham
December 2022
Letters: Downer distorts the past
Paul Keating responds to Alexander Downer; Administrative Appeal Tribunal abolition; energy market intervention; giant batteries; robo-debt experience; letter to Prince Harry.
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Why the Voice is long overdue
Indigenous Voice: pros and cons; ASX’s tech issue; understanding crypto; Victorian public sector super; floods and farmland; Downer and Roskam’s advice for the Liberal Party.
October 2022
Liz Truss inspires full-body whiplash
Former high commissioners occupy a grossly unchallenged position in Australian society.
- Michael Roddan
September 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: How to reduce identity theft
Optus data breach, identity theft and cybersecurity, super funds and dividends, COVID-19 pandemic, ‘green’ beef, gender pay gap, KPMG’s ‘gay’ question.
Queen’s death causes many brain explosions
The four days since her death have been a spectacle of dubiously pertinent Australians attempting to deal themselves into the story.
- Joe Aston
Truss keen to keep Australia close - even across the political divide
Liz Truss has championed relations with Australia, but some say the ideology gap with Albanese could lead to ties that are more professional than personal.
- Hans van Leeuwen
July 2022
After two decades, Rann’s global education vision splutters to an end
COVID-19 has packed another unexpected punch, this time bringing an end to Carnegie Mellon University’s 16-year tenure in Adelaide.
- Julie Hare