July
- Opinion
- Building Bad
How to burst the CFMEU’s balloon for good
Press the construction union, and it simply bulges up somewhere else. More tools are needed if the union’s long-term culture is to change.
- Peter Richards
The cheeky Bob Hawke quip that could deliver our first gold medal
They delivered an 18-0 drubbing to the Americans in their sevens quarter-final after drawing inspiration from some blunt speaking by Bob Hawke.
- Staff writers
- Opinion
- Building Bad
On CFMEU, Albo must emulate Hawke
The union must be deregistered, and government construction contracts must once again be used to ensure that unacceptable union behaviour is not tolerated.
- Roger Gyles
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australia’s blue blood miner, management moderniser and business nationalist
During his heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, Sir Roderick Carnegie was a believer in the power of big corporations competing in open markets to drive human progress.
- The AFR View
Rod Carnegie: corporate giant felled at the final hurdle
Sir Rod Carnegie soared across the corporate sky in the ’70s and ’80s but was thwarted in his attempt to secure full Australian local control of mining giant CRA.
- Andrew Clark
Tributes for Rod Carnegie, driving force for corporate nationalism
Sir Rod Carnegie, who had a major influence over Australian mining, business and national economic policy in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91.
- Andrew Clark
June
- Exclusive
- Trade unions
Split over ‘unbalanced’ ACTU policy on Israel-Gaza
A Left-aligned union leader has claimed officials quashed debate over Gaza at last week’s ACTU Congress by allowing criticism of Israel without mentioning Hamas.
- David Marin-Guzman
April
‘Destined for greatness’: Lehrmann judge tested his arm with former PM
All eyes will be on Justice Michael Lee – arguably the best-known judge in the land – when he hands down his judgment in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case on Monday.
- Michael Pelly
March
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Four-year terms to end short-termism
New Business Council of Australia president Geoff Culbert pushed the idea at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit to “break out of the jail of short-term thinking” in Australian politics.
- The AFR View
February
- Opinion
- Defence
Keating’s strategic illusion dies hard
The former prime minister’s timid isolationism, leaving others to do the heavy lifting, has its roots deep in Labor’s history.
- Alex McDermott
December 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Forty years after $A float, no brave new world of prosperity in view
The anniversary of the bold decision is a reminder that the float set off a domino-effect of policy liberalisation that reversed Australia’s economic decline.
- The AFR View
‘No point being a mouse’: Keating 40 years after floating the dollar
The float of the Australian dollar in1983 should be an example for political leaders to realise there are “long-term gains for some short-term pain” from tough economic reforms, says one of the players involved.
- John Kehoe
November 2023
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Who killed neoliberalism?
Neoliberalist theory and practice went so horribly wrong because governments that put their faith in markets forgot one word – competition.
- Craig Emerson
How Rio Tinto changed Australia
The group’s pioneering role in the Pilbara helped transform the nation through engagement with Asia. A new book reveals the full story for the first time.
- Andrew Clark
- Opinion
- Aviation
It’s time to scrap the Qantas foreign ownership cap
Capping the foreign ownership of Qantas makes the airline a supplicant of Canberra, and many of its problems flow from that.
- John Wylie
October 2023
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Bill Hayden’s foreign policy was his finest hour
Former Labor leader Bill Hayden’s 1983 ANZUS review preserved the alliance, but he despised craven and servile pandering to Washington
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Political lobbying
Will that be Mr Pratt, Sir Anthony or Colonel?
The Melbourne billionaire toyed with the idea of receiving a knighthood from King Charles III, whose charities he supported.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Vale
Bill Hayden had an ear for fun and a touch for political wizardry
Two decisions Bill Hayden made changed the course of Australian political history and one of them was a masterstroke for Labor and the country.
- Geoff Kitney
Vale Bill Hayden, a complex high achiever who helped shape Australia
Moody and often difficult, Bill Hayden played a major role ushering in reforms including Medicare, opening up the economy, and Australia’s engagement with Asia.
- Andrew Clark
September 2023
- Opinion
- Yachting
The day young blokes from Down Under curdled the mood of America
How the America’s Cup race spectacularly sailed into Australia’s national psyche – and my life – 40 years ago.
- Jennifer Hewett