Left needs a history lesson
Millennia of Western greatness mean little to bleeding heart identity politicists.
Opinion
Shorten’s buddy avoids axe
And Julie Bishop isn’t making any new mates in China or Japan anytime soon.
Watchdog report exposes myths
The ACCC report into electricity pricing has blown away some myths and delivered some hard truths to the government.
The musicians’ journalist
Iain Shedden was a drummer and writer who knew his product.
Tony tells it like it is
Tony Abbott’s London speech was one of the most outstanding speeches in years by any Australian politician.
Dogma rules in Victoria
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews makes ‘Joan Kirner look like a softie’.
Real costs of renewable energy
Malcolm Turnbull must choose cheaper power over all else.
Abbott is not the problem
Tony Abbott is being used as an excuse by Malcolm Turnbull and his ministers to escape confronting the Liberals’ woes.
Minor party a major headache
This Queensland election is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable contests for decades.
Reform super, we’re being robbed
Superannuation is a dud product for pretty much every present and past member, and the government knows this.
ACCC blinded by market focus
If you want to know the real causes of high electricity prices, don’t rely on the ACCC.
Shorten squibs it on socialism
Labor’s review to modernise its guiding set of principles looks very much like a flop.
Not such a happy 21st
Chalking up 21 consecutive Newspolls trailing Labor on the two party spells bad news for Malcolm Turnbull.
Bitcoins: a boy’s best friend
With disruptive technologies like bitcoin there is scamming involved, but there’s also something pretty big going on.
Turnbull fights for votes on FM
And the neverending war for the Liberal Party leadership continues to rage.
Why is our super so expensive?
Something must be done to bring a halt to the tragedy where superannuants pay far too much in management fees.
Use Gonski 2.0 to train teachers
Phonics and classroom management will make all the difference for our children.
Isolated from the benefits of China
We can learn from each other and share the benefits of educational cooperation.
Pyongyang’s demented rhetoric
Australia’s security lies in working with our regional allies.
Tax cuts beat ‘picking winners’
Consumers like the idea of renewables, but don’t want to pay.
Global challenge for AFP
Federal police are going further to stop drugs and child sex abuse.
Recalling the tragedy of 1917
It is ‘very Australian’ that the achievements of Australia’s greatest general, John Monash, have been under-recognised
Hollywood crowd looks after own
The public has heard before of powerful stars in the filmmaking firmament behaving disgustingly.
Truth goes AWOL as Libs panic
If the NSW Premier doesn’t drag up her socks, yet another bastion of the conservatives will fall to Labor in 18 months.
Restoring the art of the deal
Albert Namatjira’s cultural legacy is now in the right hands.
The world inhabited by Harvey
There have always been casting couches and tales of abuses involving them.
Killing season on the cards
Watch out, Malcolm: many a leader has fallen in the run-up to Christmas.
Aussie racing scales new heights
Today’s $10 million Everest race is a boon for the sport of kings.
Who is the smartest silverback?
Stephen Hawking and Warren Buffet find some common ground on the IQ question.
Social experiment can be avoided
Critics of Victoria’s assisted dying bill say it fails to protect the vulnerable.
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