Contest of ideas on nuclear power is timely and needed
Peter Dutton deserves credit for risking a large policy target at the coming election – a costed plan to include nuclear power in Australia’s energy mix.
Editorials
Tech giants must pay for content
News coverage, debate and information have rarely mattered more, and tech giants are not entitled to gouge content produced professionally, often at a high cost, by media companies.
Reform use of puberty blockers
The question facing Australia’s health ministers is whether vulnerable young people distressed about their gender are entitled to care based on high-quality scientific evidence. Now we have a clear answer from the UK.
Business identifies need to boost productivity agenda
The economy remains fragile with a need to boost productivity to safeguard living standards, business leaders warn in The Australian’s CEO Survey 2025. That would be better than populist subsidies and handouts.
Never again: anti-Semitism must face full force of law
In working to eliminate anti-Semitism, authorities should be conscious of the effects of wider rhetoric about Israel’s war for survival.
Subsidy masked as early learning
On the principle of keeping politically active comrades in the tent, the bigger the unionised public sector workforce, the better.
Israel’s proactive strike in Syria
The stakes for Israel in ensuring Syria does not become a base for even more menacing Islamist terrorism could not be greater.
PM’s awkward encounter with synagogue community
Four days after the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne’s east, Anthony Albanese’s belated visit was chaotic. But he was shocked and moved by what he saw.
Rate cut on horizon, but not yet
While the data overall suggests interest rate relief is on the horizon, it also underlines the need for economic policy reform to kickstart productivity in the private sector.
‘China-proofing’ Pacific states
Minuscule though Nauru is, its willingness to defy Beijing and sign a treaty with Australia that ring-fences it against allowing China to ‘use it for security purposes’ – is vital.
Synagogue firebombing probed as terrorist incident
It is encouraging that the government and the opposition are now largely in agreement on handling the issue of anti-Semitism.
Assad’s demise has consequences
The new regime’s links to Islamic State and al-Qa’ida are a major worry, but the weakening of the positions of Russia and Iran is a positive.
Stop whingeing, fix productivity
ACTU secretary Sally McManus and union members would do workers greater good by looking at what the union movement could contribute to economic reform.
Rebel regime takes hold of Syria
The crisis in Damascus threatens Russian and Iranian influence over Syria, and deals a further blow to what remains of Hezbollah.
Our fastest future Olympian
Remember the name. Schoolboy Gout Gout, 16, from Springfield, west of Brisbane, is on track to be one of our great sporting legends
Restoring trust after arson attack needs effective action
Anthony Albanese got it right when he said his personal view was that the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue was an act of terrorism. But his response had several weaknesses.
Unless the government acts, terror will be embedded in our nation
Yes, the perpetrators who threw accelerant and lit the blaze at the Ripponlea synagogue must be caught and feel the full force of the law. But the real problems, which run far deeper, must be faced and addressed.
Mental health a national tragedy
Inadequate resources and care are exacerbating serious problems.
ALP must end threat to jobs in salmon fisheries
Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek must look beyond the obsessions of inner-city green-tinged voters and put Tasmanians’ interests first or pay the price.
State Labor’s secret loan debacle
Given Tim Pallas’s failure to manage a secretive investment slush fund operated by his office, his inability to pay down Victoria’s soaring debt and fix problems that have made the state the worst place in the nation to do business is no surprise.
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