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Beware of dodgy home battery installers

Could a huge take-up of the battery offer see a flood of unqualified installers coming out of the woodwork as it did for Kevin Rudd’s pink batts scheme?

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Scrapping fuel standard will take us back decades

Peter Dutton overstates the benefit of his proposed temporary cut to fuel excise of $0.25 a litre to the average Australian motorist.

Donald Trump is staring across the table at the “inscrutable” President Xi Jinping, writes

Trump has picked a fight with the wrong opponent

China won’t be the first to blink in the tariff war, writes Graham Lum.

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Outrage over Dizdar’s comments reveals depth of education’s vested interests

We have set up a two-class system that is bad for our country and its educational outcomes

Doctors strike for more pay and better conditions at Westmead Hospital.

Doctors’ strike is a symptom of our ailing health system

The current NSW Labor government is not to blame, it’s the salary caps implemented by previous Liberal governments, writes Rowan Godwin.

2025 Federal Election. Opposition leader Peter Dutton press conference in Darwin where he announced that a Coalition government would buy back the Port of Darwin from China.  Friday 5th April 2025. Photo: James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 250405. Shadow Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie, Northern Territory Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Policy backflip exposes Coalition’s shaky economic credentials

The Liberals have not presented anything close to a well-defined, costed policy, writes Adrian Connelly

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‘Free trade’ to blame for unsustainable economy

Australia was once resourceful and close to self-sufficient. Trump may not be right, but some tariffs had a legitimate role to play, writes Andrew Cronin.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged a government he leads would build seven nuclear plants.

Dutton’s ‘nuclear thought bubble’ needs to be popped

The anti-nuclear message needs to be hammered out to all Australians, writes Robert Hickey.

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Trade teamwork would thwart Trump tariffs

Australia should relax or remove intellectual property protections given to American pharmaceutical companies, movie companies and such.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House

Tariff debacle gives us a chance to distance ourselves from the US

Leon Le Leu wonders if anyone told Donald Trump that Norfolk Island was a part of Australia before he hit it with a 29 per cent tariff?

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