Israel’s successful strike on Iran
The strike should recalibrate thinking about the entire Middle East crisis. Iran and its terrorist proxies should wonder where they’re headed.
Editorials
Trump-Harris outcome will shape future for us all
The end game is rapidly approaching in the US presidential election and, whatever the outcome, it will have profound implications for Australia and global affairs.
Putin eyes a new world order
Russia’s providing targeting data for Yemen’s Houthi rebels as they attacked Western ships in the Red Sea earlier in the year is further evidence of Vladimir Putin’s drive to reshape the world order.
Why non-activist justice matters
The controversies surrounding NSW chief prosecutor Sally Dowling, and the issues driving them, must be resolved, in the interests of rape victims and legitimate complainants.
State needs fresh start after dispiriting election race
David Crisafulli had a strategy to win the Queensland election but not to gain a reform mandate.
What price defence of liberty?
Jim Chalmers, like Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong, is blind to what is really at stake for the West in Israel’s fight to defend itself.
Pork-barrelling will not solve the housing crisis
The main point of the Albanese government’s $1.5bn Housing Support Program appears to be political, paving the way for local announcements that will create an impression of action on the housing crisis.
Affair reeks of political payback
Given the limited facts available, a reasonable person might conclude there is more than an element of political and public service payback in the stripping of former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo’s Order of Australia.
Splatter art despoils WA Museum
Without the Frederick McCubbin painting targeted by a vandal, it is difficult to know what visitors to the WA Museum will make of a clear piece of perspex with the name Woodside spray painted on it.
Echoes of stagflation in low growth and high inflation
All leaders, state and federal, must focus on spending discipline and not squeezing out the private sector with jobs that are only possible because of other people’s money.
Missiles vital in hostile climate
Australia’s spending $7bn over the decade to revolutionise air and missile defence systems under a new agreement with the US is a major step towards strengthening deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Thorpe’s expensive wailing
Unless parliament changes the rules, Australians are stuck with paying ex-Greens Victorian independent senator Lidia Thorpe almost $1m until her term ends in June 2028.
Call to action to break the stifling political malaise
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference to be held this week provides a welcome platform for the free exchange of ideas.
Putin makes case for Asia NATO
The importance of confronting the ‘Axis of Evil’, made up of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, has been underlined in recent days.
Queensland needs far more than LNP’s modest agenda
Barring an enormous surprise, David Crisafulli will be Queensland premier this time next week. If he is true to his promises, his first term could be one of modest and narrow achievement.
PA’s ugly praise of ‘martyr’ Sinwar
It did not take long for the Palestinian Authority to show its true colours following last week’s killing of Hamas overlord and mass murderer Yahya Sinwar.
Spinal repair trial offers new hope
Medical research that transforms lives takes brilliance, teamwork and resources. It can also take decades, which is the case in an ambitious clinical trial to restore movement in patients with paralysis.
Israel’s killing of Sinwar does the world a big favour
Had the Jewish state ceased fire, the evil terrorist would still be alive, exercising his tyrannical rule over Gaza and plotting the demise of Israel, backed by Iran.
Private sector funds care economy
Reforms of IR, tax, energy and red and green tape would lift growth. Jim Chalmers is ignoring the obvious – that more jobs and higher wages for workers in aged care, childcare and disability care depend on the productive economy.
Welcome back to a land he loves
Australians all let us rejoice at the arrival of King Charles and Queen Camilla. That is ‘all’ as in monarchists, republicans and those not much fussed one way or the other that he reigns over us.
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