There’s no room for big spending
Even before the starting gun is fired, the election race is producing alarming levels of spending that will not help the nation long term.
Editorials
WA $30bn gas row shows folly of hung parliaments
Stopping the North West Shelf extension would hurt the nation, with the dispute serving as a prime example of why voters need to back a majority government.
Germany has moved to the right
Mass immigration and energy were key issues in Sunday’s election, with the victory adding significantly to the conservative wave sweeping much of Europe.
Unwavering courage of Zelensky
The Ukraine President is a true patriot, putting his country’s security ahead of his career interests.
Boundless cruelty of Hamas
The civilised world must never forget or forgive the barbaric inhumanity of Hamas’s weekend release of hostages.
Test of Beijing’s weapons drill
China’s strategic ambitions in our region demand a more forthright expression of concern than the government’s insouciance over the Chinese live-fire exercises.
Medicare splurge signals big-spending election race
It was an irresponsible performance by both sides of politics. Ordinary Australians would be the losers long-term.
Teaching pride in our democracy
Without belief in the ideal of Australia and its democracy, loyalties will gradually degrade and be replaced by commitment to family, friends, faith and allegiances based on ancient hatreds that have no place here.
Labor clings to the rigid IR past
Unions focused on one-size-fits-all agreements based on fixed hours set out in detailed company agreements are all but irrelevant to retail workers.
Bus terror plot raises new, harder questions for Israel
Part of the problem is the lack of a credible Palestinian leader, including among the moribund Palestinian Authority. The malign influence of Iran intensifies the difficulties of finding a way ahead.
ALP’s abysmal failings kept secret
Queensland’s corruption watchdog’s finding into former deputy premier Jackie Trad’s ‘inappropriate interference’ with a government selection process is too serious to overlook.
Green dreams to cost taxpayers
Popular as it might be in Whyalla, the decision by Anthony Albanese and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas to rescue the city’s steelworks raises serious concerns for taxpayers.
Trump’s Ukraine rhetoric a dangerous turning point
Kyiv, its leader Volodymyr Zelensky and the free world, of which Donald Trump is supposed to be the leader, deserve better than the US President’s parroting untruths from Moscow’s playbook.
Hamas’s evil to young family
It is hard to think of anything more diabolic than the Hamas terrorists’ announcement that they will return the remains of two of the youngest hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, massacre.
Public spending must be limited
The unavoidable lesson for Labor and the Coalition as they plan their federal election campaigns is that the more ill-disciplined spending they propose, the higher interest rates will be for longer.
ASIO steps up to beat new level of security fragility
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has alerted Australians to unprecedented dangers, rating the nation’s future threat environment as more difficult than anything seen in at least 50 years.
Back to basics in maths, civics
Curriculum weaknesses harm all children, especially those who do not have family support to make up for deficiencies of what is taught in classrooms.
Diversity in thinking, not gender
Not before time, a corporate leader has set out a strategy for recruiting board members that would help businesses maximise shareholder returns and therefore boost the productive economy at a challenging time.
Break for borrowers but rates may not go on falling
The RBA’s Statement on Monetary Policy identifies serious economic problems that need to be tackled if current sluggish economic growth is to improve.
Political hot air should not shape RBA rates decision
A cut in the cash rate will be the best outcome for hard-pressed home loan borrowers only if it does not exacerbate the destructive effects of inflation, especially on the most vulnerable.
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