December 2023
Iraq war secrecy reignites calls for inquiry
Every year the National Archives releases cabinet documents from 20 years earlier, but it is what was not released for 2003, the year Australia committed troops to Iraq, that has sparked the most attention.
- Ronald Mizen
August 2023
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Australians are owed a royal commission into the pandemic
A proper commission of inquiry should not be conceived with payback in mind but with a view to how things could be done better the next time.
- Phillip Coorey
July 2023
PMs, premiers, billionaires farewell ‘beloved Labor Party son’ Crean
Business and political heavyweights gathered at Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral to farewell former Labor leader Simon Crean, who died last month aged 74.
- Patrick Durkin
June 2023
Labor’s journeyman leaves a legacy of principle and reform
Simon Crean is being remembered for his principled opposition to Australia’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq.
- Phillip Coorey
- Updated
- Vale
Tributes flow for former Labor leader Simon Crean
Australian Labor is mourning the death of Simon Crean, a Labor prince who never became king.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy and AAP
June 2022
- Exclusive
- Trade
Climate ripe for trade deal with Europe: business
The Europeans are up for a trade deal with Australia, says Simon Crean, chairman of the European Australian Business Council.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2021
National cabinet failing on border bans, vaccines: poll
Nearly two-thirds of Australians believe the states and the federal government haven’t co-operated well during the pandemic, a new poll shows.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
October 2020
Half of Aussies can't identify a positive political moment in 2020
A new poll shows Australians rate the response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a leading political achievement, but political engagement remains discouragingly low.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2020
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
'Burning platform' is here for GST reform: Ken Henry
Twenty years after introducing the GST, John Howard says the secret to successfully prosecuting tax reform is convincing voters it is good for the economy and fair to Australians.
- John Kehoe
May 2020
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Workplace reform is now firmly back on the table
The challenge now falls on the union movement to support lasting structural change that will drive jobs in the new post-virus world.
- The AFR View
November 2019
Australia to profit from South Korea's 'hydrogen revolution'
Australia stands to benefit from South Korea's ambitions to become a "hydrogen-powered society," and its efforts to diversify trade away from China.
- Bo Seo