Lessons for all in LA bushfires
Politicians have been negligent in their preparations, evidenced by the lack of fuel-reduction efforts and inadequate supplies of water to fight the fires.
Editorials
Government is running out of time on sticky inflation
There was more spin than in a Shane Warne over in Jim Chalmers’ response to the inflation numbers.
Our future policy stuck in past
A clear message from Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who sees a ‘multi-trillion-dollar opportunity’ in AI, is that the new world he envisages will need a lot of electricity to function.
Another BRICS in anti-West wall
Democratic Indonesia’s interests are unlikely to lie in any sort of alignment on anything with the tyrannies that rule China, Russia and Iran and the clapped-out, corrupt and woke regimes that misgovern Brazil and South Africa.
Trudeau brings curtain down on world woke show
Albanese has a lot of lessons to learn from Canadian PM’s demise.
Support for Israel given the puck
Solidarity with Jewish community demands resolve not cowardice.
Brown still Green, and a bit red
The young can be excused; the rest should remember what happens when a protest party is allowed too close to the levers of power.
PM likely to get a lesson on cost of living on the road
The political campaign trail will provide a good opportunity to get a sense of what life is like outside the Canberra bubble, as Labor hardheads assess where Queensland voters are now.
Immigration failures still coming
Tony Burke must act now and clean up the mess left by his predecessor, or risk being swamped by a full-blown crisis.
Biden has poor legacy on Israel
As Israel battled for its survival the White House failed to provide the resolute leadership that has been needed throughout the Middle East crisis.
Reform-era gains being lost will be hard to recover
Sleepwalking into a less prosperous future that doesn’t have to be.
Trump takes presidency as felon
Court and Biden unable to rise above division for unity of nation.
Raising the bat for the long game
Test cricket is alive and well, and in Australia’s hands.
Dutton’s counter-revolution to win back the battlers
Peter Dutton has set his sights on the basics, promising to restore the good economic management and conservative social policy approach of John Howard and Peter Costello.
A jungle of books good for soul
There are few better times for children than when they have their noses in a book, especially one that expands their horizons and establishes a sense of wonder at the way the world, or worlds, can work.
New Orleans attack a clear warning ISIS still threatens
In the election campaign, Donald Trump often referred to Islamic State in the past tense. That may have been true then, but signs they are regrouping beyond the vast swathes of countries across Africa and Asia, suggest a need for a policy rethink.
Not another Seinfeld election
The level of national and state debt has been growing despite a surge in national income from a sustained commodities boom thanks to China and disorderly global energy markets.
Australia Day verdict in the trolley
Woolies has announced that it is on board with our national day in 2025.
Military must adapt to changes
Challenge is clear on new technologies but the answer is not.
World must unite against the Houthi terror rebels
Tackling Iran’s extremist proxy in Yemen is unfinished business.
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