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Let’s have the ‘values’ argument

Now is a good time to reassess what it means for us to be Australian.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 10: A surfer walks back from the beach past social distancing signage at Scarborough Beach on April 10, 2020 in Perth, Australia. Australians have been urged to avoid all unnecessary travel over the Easter long weekend as the nation continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Government has closed all non-essential business and implemented strict social distancing rules, while public gatherings are now limited to two people. New South Wales and Victoria have also enacted additional lockdown measures to allow police the power to fine people who breach the two-person outdoor gathering limit or leave their homes without a reasonable excuse. Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all closed their borders to non-essential travellers and international arrivals into Australia are being sent to mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

We need a strong economy, but people come first

The path ahead should be about a better society rather than just dollars and cents.

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In this March 18, 2020 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people applaud as departing medical workers enter Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Last month, Wuhan was overwhelmed with thousands of new cases of coronavirus each day. But in a dramatic development that underscores just how much the outbreak has pivoted toward Europe and the United States, Chinese authorities said Thursday that the city and its surrounding province had no new cases to report. The virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, for most people, but severe illness is more likely in the elderly and people with existing health problems. (Ke Hao/Xinhua via AP)

Real ‘China virus’ killed us years ago

Australia has traded off long-term national security for short term economic gain. If good is to come from this crisis, it must focus countries’ minds on the need to be self-reliant as well as rich.

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Lives matter, not climate politics

The Australian spirit has been right to the fore again during this latest bushfire crisis.

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We will benefit by getting closer to India

It is an inexorably rising power that offers us a positive relationship and shared future.

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Former PM John Howard addresses the 75th anniversary dinner in Canberra of the Sir Robert Menzies Forgotten Peoples Speech of 1942. . Picture: Ray Strange.

Last thing Liberals need

The differences between conservatives and liberals can become crippling if unmanaged.

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Exit Brexit at your peril, Brits

Like parties to a bad marriage, Britain and the EU should make a clean break.

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Menzies taught us to strive and never yield

His ‘Forgotten People’ words resonate today with lessons for all Australians.

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Empower members to break Lib insiders’ club

Dwindling numbers, apparatchik-capture and poll trolls are challenges for the party.

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