Israel must be defended in fight between good and evil
A year on from the brutality of October 7 in Israel, the will of Western nations to defend democratic values against the tyranny of evil has been tested and found wanting.
Editorials
Hydrogen hype deflates further
The stalled rush to hydrogen is another timely and salutary lesson in the danger of governments trying to pick industry winners.
US energy report paints nuclear into the big picture
US government research into nuclear energy presents another warning that Australia risks missing out if we persist with laws that ban consideration of a technology enjoying a global reappraisal.
Moral confusion on Middle East
Israel’s former ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer has made clear the hollow hopes of the Albanese government’s insistence on an immediate ceasefire and diplomatic solution in the Middle East.
UN showing unconscionable bias
Israel’s unprecedented action in naming UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres ‘persona non grata’ is a timely reminder of the world body’s utter failure in the Middle East crisis.
PM firing blanks as Iran raises the stakes in conflict
There is an illogical and ridiculous contradiction in the Albanese government’s position on Israel’s efforts to defend itself against the terrorist actions sponsored and now perpetrated directly by Iran.
No place for a ‘knucklehead’
If there was a winner of the vice-presidential debate it was probably JD Vance. But US voters are still faced with an unenviable choice in the contest for the White House.
Israel gives much needed lesson on political strength
Leaders everywhere – including our own – have much to learn from the strength and resolve Benjamin Netanyahu is showing in dealing with the existential threat his country is confronting.
ACTU youth wage plan a disaster
Jim Chalmers is proud, understandably, of posting back-to-back surpluses. But this is far from the whole story on government spending.
Display of terror support demands a strong response
A failure by government to act has risked unleashing a monster and increases the risk for everyone.
Queensland needs more choice
Crisafulli must be more courageous if he wants to claim a mandate.
Sports must adapt to new reality
How can contact sports change to reduce risks of debilitating, indeed mortal, brain injuries to players, young and old, elite and average?
Winding back the clock to a less prosperous time
Bob Hawke once said: ‘you don’t design your tax system for low-paid people. You design your tax system for middle-class Australia’. The PM should heed the advice of his mentor.
Labor’s UN fence-sitting out of touch with national interest
Sadly, in justifying our abstention, Senator Wong and our UN ambassador have left no doubt about how far adrift this government is on Mid-East policy.
No free ride on US Fed rates cut
Expecting a free ride on the coat-tails of the US will never be enough.
Terrorist states get a clear message from pager bombs
Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s masters in Iran should be clear-eyed about the meaning of what appears to have been the latest display of modern technological warfare by a nation fighting for its survival.
AUKUS is something to celebrate
The phony realpolitik case for coexistence with China ignores a fundamental case for AUKUS – demonstrating that if diplomatic push comes to military shove, Australia has the credible capacity to protect itself.
Business snapped to action by politics of mediocrity
Business finally has started to put the focus where it always should be: building national prosperity through the private sector and not pretending real wealth can come from a government handout.
ALP must return to allies on Gaza
It is time for the Albanese government to put Australia back where its national interest belongs – firmly with our allies, not pandering to those who seek to overlook Hamas’s unforgivable terrorism.
The ABC of getting things wrong
Chairman Kim Williams should meet with Heston Russell to get a first-hand account of how bad journalism, ABC-style, saps public trust and underpins the decline in audience numbers.
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