Great powers get set to divorce
We are ill-prepared to weather the storm of US-China uncoupling.
Editorials
Meta preys on vulnerable teens
Objections to Australia’s social media ban for young teens have no credibility.
Spending rails essential to curtail deficits and debt
If Sunday’s party launches are to mark a new, decisive stage in the campaign, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton must both bring forward effective productivity strategies.
Super funds need more focus
It’s a fact that complacency and other people’s cash never ends well.
Higher power prices are something beyond debate
Energy transition crying out for rigorous cost-benefit accounting.
Windschuttle a fierce intellect
The historian was one of the last of a generation.
Teaching is no place for dunces
Trainee educators need reasonable academic acumen.
Greens agenda to demolish mum-and-dad investors
Moral values of Adam Bandt’s team are anathema to good people.
Trade war is only getting started
US-China breakdown suggests wild ride on tariffs is far from over.
Bandt’s repugnant views exposed
The Australian Greens’ grotesque tolerance of Hamas defies logic. Voters leaning towards supporting them, including idealistic young people, need to look closely at the ghastly, warped morality.
Time short to stop Iran nukes
Donald Trump must be resolute in stopping Tehran from gaining nuclear weapons. Its supply of highly enriched fissile material, needed to build such weapons, has grown substantially.
Nation finally gets the energy reality check it badly needs
After a decade of Labor incompetence, Queensland’s road map delivers an overdue shake-up. It prioritises secure, affordable energy by bolstering coal and gas. But it’s also open for business on investment in wind, solar and pumped hydro.
Darwin port best in local control
With northern Australia becoming far more strategically significant since 2015, booting out the Chinese company will be a positive election outcome.
Trump tariff implosion gives Dutton a fresh start
The reality for politicians is that true leadership is forged in crisis. If the market turbulence continues, it has the potential to fundamentally reset the election contest.
Hold industry funds to account
Super funds must prevent account holders’ losses as far as possible.
A disaster at home and abroad
Trump’s tariffs could have a big impact on the strategic balance.
Poor to subsidise rich on household battery scheme
Taxpayer subsidies cannot be the answer to every policy challenge
Tariff turmoil enters the federal election contest
Peter Dutton must not be distracted from the cost-of-living challenge.
Trump sparks market meltdown
Experienced investors will be inclined to take the long-term view.
Lawyer X debacle continues
Mokbel’s early release another shameful chapter for Victoria Police.
Trump ‘Liberation Day’ was expected but full of risk
Tariff decision cannot be seen outside the bigger geopolitical forces.
Make schooling an election issue
The NSW syllabus is a big improvement on the national curriculum.
Wage rise consent confirms the lack of policy contest
Without intervention we are heading to socially damaging austerity.
China backs ‘handsome boy’
Recent activity by the PLA Navy has left no room for complacency.
Judges make a martyr of Le Pen
Others who broke the same rules were treated differently.
China spy ship must be checked
PM compromised on speaking plainly in face of obvious provocations.
RBA says economy ready to cope with global shocks
Above-inflation pay rises must be backed with productivity gains.
Voters are being ripped off by election campaign lite
There is a lack of any sense of true purpose to deal with the big issues.
Activists should condemn Hamas
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators must reject the terrorists’ violence.
Vance blunders in Greenland
The US should have bigger preoccupations than Greenland.
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