Queensland’s Auditor-General Brendan Worrall has been warning the Labor government for years about its habit of chopping and changing state departments without thinking things through.
Aside from the US, Australia has been one of the few countries Israel could rely upon to have its back but in two short years, the Albanese government has shredded the relationship, writes James Campbell.
OPINION: If Labor doesn’t dump Fatima Payman then she will surely dump Labor. It’s only a matter of who emerges with any remaining pride, writes Joe Hildebrand.
In scenes scarily reminiscent of Utopia, Steven Miles donned his bomber jacket and dropped $700m on a totally unfunded and totally unnecessary promise, writes The Editor.
The First Lady is committing what increasingly looks to be an act of elder abuse in pushing her husband to stay in the presidential race — plus putting the security of the West in jeopardy, writes James Morrow.
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Queensland’s Auditor-General Brendan Worrall has been warning the Labor government for years about its habit of chopping and changing state departments without thinking things through.
Aside from the US, Australia has been one of the few countries Israel could rely upon to have its back but in two short years, the Albanese government has shredded the relationship, writes James Campbell.
OPINION: If Labor doesn’t dump Fatima Payman then she will surely dump Labor. It’s only a matter of who emerges with any remaining pride, writes Joe Hildebrand.
In scenes scarily reminiscent of Utopia, Steven Miles donned his bomber jacket and dropped $700m on a totally unfunded and totally unnecessary promise, writes The Editor.
The First Lady is committing what increasingly looks to be an act of elder abuse in pushing her husband to stay in the presidential race — plus putting the security of the West in jeopardy, writes James Morrow.
In a case of shameless pork-barrelling, the state will spend on one 800m bridge what it’s pledged in additional funding for the Bruce Highway over three years, writes state political editor Hayden Johnson.
The federal government needs a totemic promise to win back regional Queensland, and there’s nothing that unites them better than the Bruce Highway, writes Hayden Johnson.
In spite of all the meetings and advice from all the experts on Covid-19, it seems that nobody ever thought to write anything down, writes Mike O’Connor.
If only our political leaders focused on the dangers of vehicles crossing the median strip in regional Qld as much as they did on senators crossing the floor in Canberra, writes The Editor.
As the US presidential election looms large, a divided America is finally united in a state of fatalistic apathy. Here’s why that’s dangerous for Australia.
Now is the time for all Australians to show restraint, respect and tolerance, and remember just what it is that attracts people to our shores, writes the editor.
The real story of the presidential debate is the denial and wilful blindness to a dangerous reality. It raises the question of why so many media outlets covered it up.
The Prime Minister looked weak and out of touch last week, writes Peta Credlin: failing to discipline Senator Fatima Payman, lionising Julian Assange, and giving the Governor-General a $220k pay rise during a cost of living crisis.
You would assume progressive politicians would not be seen anywhere near a bloke who skipped bail to avoid extradition over alleged sex crimes – but, for Julian Assange, different rules apply, writes James Campbell.
Every pro-Palestinian statement made by the Australian government, and even by student protesters, is applauded by Hamas and its supporters, writes Piers Akerman.
Oh, how I wish there was a Princess Anne School of Life. Forget all the LinkedIn coaches and Insta-experts, I’d be signing up for a Windsor Webinar in seconds, writes Kerry Parnell.
Looking back, I’ve failed to show my girls the upside of independence. I’ve championed feminism but at times I’ve made it look like drudgery, writes Angela Mollard.
The bigotry on display against Jerry Seinfeld across Australia and a despicable attack on a Labor MP leave no more room for excuses, writes David Penberthy.
The Anthony Albanese government has staggered through its worst week since its election and most of the wounds are self inflicted, writes Joe Hildebrand.