Small uptick in growth welcome
It’s a modest start but, without a substantial improvement, maintaining and improving living standards will be increasingly problematic.
Editorials
Time to reform heritage laws
Taxpayers are being asked to stump up millions in funding for controversial heritage claims. It’s time to reform these laws.
Plenty of boasting, yet Trump short on substance
The President’s speech demonstrates other advantages he has in governing for the news cycle rather than the state of the nation after he leaves office.
Green hydrogen pipedream more hot air than energy
Unfortunately for the government, to date Anthony Albanese’s green hydrogen ambitions are stalled with 99 per cent of a $100bn project pipeline failing to progress beyond the concept stage.
Post-war order reaches a low ebb
Donald Trump’s blatant favouring of Vladimir Putin’s tyrannical regime could put countless Ukrainian lives at risk, depending on how long the ban extends.
Building on Eddie Mabo’s legacy
It is time that billions of dollars in accumulated resource royalties be unlocked from charitable trusts and used to benefit Indigenous people’s economic development.
Post-World War II order no longer applies under Trump
Keir Starmer needs to emulate what Winston Churchill achieved from a position of military weakness in 1940-41, convincing US isolationists that tyranny must not triumph.
Policy to boost living standards
Productivity measures, not taxpayer-funded state giveaways, are the way to prosperity.
Beijing envoy’s security overstretch
The first major defence commitment of the campaign has come from Peter Dutton and it is a good one.
AHRC discouraging harmony
The Australian Human Rights Commission should be keen to reinforce positive multiculturalism among the young.
Most of the free world unites behind Ukraine
The only winner from the unedifying spectacle was Vladimir Putin and his revanchist ambition to recreate the former Soviet empire.
Macquarie must lift its standards
Dr Abdel-Fattah’s expressed views indicate how anti-Semitism – often masquerading as opposition to Israel – is embedded in our universities. And antipathy to political culture is its evil twin.
Lab-raised meat a beef for farmers
Laboratory-raised meat and fish has great potential to meet demand for protein to feed the world’s growing population.
Better business model vital to boost living standards
When the election campaign proper starts, the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader and frontbenchers have a responsibility to focus on the difficult, complex issues that will determine our quality of life for years ahead.
Senator Wong’s one-sided diplomacy at UN exposed
Penny Wong has never hidden her distaste for the way Israel is waging war in its battle for survival. She also has been upfront in her hopes for a reformed Palestinian Authority and the role it could play in finding a solution to the Middle East imbroglio.
A vote for stagnation and chaos
The Greens and most teal MPs, in their ideological zeal, are prepared to let Australians suffer falling living standards by blocking new resource projects.
Defence must be a priority in changing world order
Both sides of politics should follow the lead of British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is lifting defence spending to fast-track Britain’s military capability.
Competing views on universities
Universities will get the attention the nation needs in the imminent election campaign as the major parties signal distinct policies to ensure teachers and researchers serve the national interest.
Voters deserve a better debate
Targeting Peter Dutton’s personal finances is a grubby tactic that could backfire against Labor.
US joins rogue states in UN to back Putin over Ukraine
China, despite its ‘no limits’ alliance with Moscow, was among 65 countries that abstained. So did Iran. It is unfortunate that the US, if it could not support the resolution, did not do the same.
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