Renewable fairytale is running out of power and cash
Successful countries in the future will be those led by governments that realise the old rules no longer apply. That is to say, governments more worldly and street smart than ours.
Nick Cater
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Immigration policy is being conducted by stealth
Labor’s judgment on immigration has been skewed by its indebtedness to the union movement and its misunderstanding of what constitutes social justice.
Shorten’s ‘problem child’ is out of control
The NDIS needs more than the rebooting Bill Shorten is promising. It requires re-engineering from the bottom up.
Labor’s cash blitz reeks of political cowardice
Soon there’ll be little doubt about how profligate government spending is damaging our children’s future: the kids entering high school today will be carrying an obese government on their backs.
Shoddy strategy behind green hydrogen fantasy
A head somewhat cooler than the one sitting on the shoulders of the Energy Minister might conclude that this isn’t a fight Australia needs to be in.
Harmony Day is on the frontier of the ‘anti-racism’ war
Harmony Day is caught between the old paradigm of a melodious multicultural community and the jarring new black-and-white dogma of race politics
Power failure left Perrottet’s best works in the dark
Perrottet’s misfortune was to be handed the task of winning an unprecedented fourth-term mandate for the Liberals barely 18 months into the job. He deserves credit.
Nuclear-powered Albanese ditches tired old Labor baggage
Albanese’s courage to commit Labor to an Anglo-spheric alliance is not trivial. His submarine deal is remarkable precisely because it defies his party’s own folklore.
Flawed NDIS demands hardcore Labor reforms
Bill Shorten was given the chance to fix the system he helped create. His first 285 days as minister in charge have hardly been encouraging.
When wokeism wants your money, it’s time to worry
You can bet your last superannuated dollar the Albanese government won’t stop with the $3m cap on concessionally taxed balances it sprang on us last week.
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