EditorialAnthony Albanese is not an anti-Semite, but he has failed to grasp the dimensions of the challenge posed by the events of October 7, 2023, and failed in his most important duty – to keep the nation safe.
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EditorialThe creation of a multinational stabilisation force is painfully slow while the militants remain in business.
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EditorialScrapping electricity rebates is an important start, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers must take his promise of ‘restraint and responsibility’ further.
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EditorialAnthony Albanese must grasp the chance to reform entitlements.
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EditorialEditorialsIt was the Australian Jewish community’s worst nightmare, happening in their heartland. The signs of anti-Semitism began more than two years ago at the Opera House, but the ineptitude of officialdom set a pattern for appalling scenes to come.
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EditorialThe NATO secretary-general’s warning heightens the importance of an urgent and satisfactory resolution to the Ukrainian war.
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EditorialHigh among business leaders’ concerns was government intervention in working from home policies, which should be shaped by operational needs rather than political ideology.
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EditorialThe political expenses debacle in Canberra is the tip of an iceberg that represents how out of touch the ruling class has become.
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EditorialThere is clearly much more than interdicting drug shipments to the US involved in Donald Trump’s provocative seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.
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EditorialThose responsible for how courts operate in NSW must quickly defuse the unseemly tensions that surround the state’s chief prosecutor and members of the bench.
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Attempts to justify the widespread travel rorts that have been exposed in recent days as the price we must pay for a family-friendly workplace for politicians are offensive to anyone who is not in on the joke.
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EditorialDisarming Hamas was never going to be easy, despite the terrorists’ ostensible acceptance two months ago of Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan.
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EditorialParliamentary expenses rorts are nothing new, but the latest scandal is notable for the way in which the family members of MPs and senators have found their way on to the gravy train.
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EditorialNext week’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook will not be a spendathon but will deliver more savings and commendable fiscal restraint.
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The world watches as Australia pioneers a ban on social media for under-16s. Millions of youngsters, we hope, will discover or rediscover the joys of the real world.
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EditorialAustralia has secured a pivotal AUKUS commitment from America despite Pentagon sceptics, marking the nation’s most significant defence partnership shift since World War II.
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EditorialThe Albanese government must deal with the politics of its energy dilemma head-on. A starting point is to properly digest the figures set out in a draft 2026 plan by the market operator.
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Politics is hard on families, with long periods away from home. But taxpayer-funded reunions shouldn’t extend to expensive holidays and corporate boxes at sporting events.
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EditorialThe national broadcaster wastes taxpayer funds meeting ACON’s ridiculous workplace demands while failing to report growing medical challenges to gender-affirming care for children.
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EditorialEmployers fear ‘stalking horse’ for productivity-sapping regulation.
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EditorialDefence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong travel to Washington this week for the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at a crucial time.
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EditorialA 30-year suppression order about the decision by former environment minister Tanya Plibersek to block the $1.3bn Blayney goldmine in the NSW central west makes a mockery of Anthony Albanese’s promise to restore transparency to government.
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EditorialThe US and Australia, which are members of the Quad alongside India and Japan, have good reason to be alarmed about the reception given to Vladimir Putin by Narendra Modi.
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EditorialThe failure of Queensland Labor’s ‘world’s biggest pumped hydro’ project is a case study in how the difficult realities of the energy transition are too easily ignored by politicians.
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EditorialHealth and education policy has been influenced by a deliberate plan.
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EditorialObjection to Israel’s participation at Eurovision shows activists’ misguided naivety.
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EditorialAnthony Albanese’s government stands accused of misleading voters after denying reports of ISIS brides returning that proved accurate.
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EditorialThe government should not be staying silent as China unleashes tourism bans and threats against Japan over Taiwan comments, echoing Beijing’s 2020 assault on Australian trade.
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EditorialProfligate spending on public servants undermines the real economy. A $4bn cut to spending in Victoria is a welcome start to changing course and Jim Chalmers, take note.
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EditorialVladimir Putin’s warning that ‘Russia is ready right now’ for a war with Europe should leave no doubt about the importance of ensuring he does not get his way in Ukraine.
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