Warships needed closer to home
The time has come to shift our main maritime effort to our area of direct strategic interest in the western Pacific.
Opinion
The malice in man
We are taught rules and norms for good reason, for our instincts are variable and dangerously unreliable.
Subs vital for our defence
But government must consider when to bring the navy home.
Naive borrowers pose risks
The tax system has encouraged excessive borrowing.
The quiet suburban armoury
Donald Trump and congress must tackle gun control.
Gun laws show the way on reform
And Turnbull is proving that you can win agreement on even the most delicate issues.
Labor legend leaves out tryst
Evans couldn’t face parliament about his feelings for Cheryl and he can’t face readers.
Queenslanders front and centre
Polling suggests preferences between LNP and One Nation could make Labor marginals vulnerable.
We lose as Pearson leaves
Thanks to Brendan Pearson, more people understand that coal-fired baseload power is the key to our living standards.
Frigate combat-system top choice
The Turnbull government has made the right decision in opting for the AEGIS combat system for the future frigates.
Australia is far from immune
The Las Vegas shootings get close to the worst nightmares of Australian counter-terrorism authorities.
PM’s team staking welfare claim
Despite opposition, trials based on cashless cards, drug testing and ‘no jab, no pay’ are producing results.
Right Said, Ned
Pauline Hanson, Ned Kelly and a burka-clad woman walk on to a Melbourne community stage…
Catalyst for US gun control
America should look to Australia for guidance on the issue.
Investing in multiple defences
Boondoggles aside, the Coalition makes security a top priority.
Obesity: a disease, not a choice
Enough with ‘eat less and walk more’: it’s ignorant.
Caged in the ‘kill box’
They were caged in, and therefore sitting ducks for a mass shooter with a machine gun on a tripod, sitting at his hotel window.
Time for politicians to listen
The parliament must get this painful dispute settled by Christmas.
Can’t they see past the NRA?
I do not understand Americans. Whether it is a high school or a music festival, gun massacres just keep happening.
Straw that broke Toyota’s back
It’s a story from the annals of most carmakers, but not Toyota. Toyota doesn’t close factories, Toyota keeps going.
A big tick for Turnbull’s tenure
The high response rate to the SSM postal survey will go a long way to quashing predictions the issue would sink the PM.
Vocus takes second-best option
The market liked Vaughan Bowen’s ascent to the Vocus chair but telco guru Bob Mansfield was clearly the preferred option.
Falling prices, rising stress
The bank lending squeeze is set to get tighter, threatening a more serious fall in home prices.
A guide to how politics can be
In Gareth Evans’ compelling new political memoir, he writes about “HPtFtU” — the Human Propensity to F..k things Up.
Free vote worth little in Labor
And Tony Abbott makes a new enemy in his battle for traditional marriage.
Recycling is a load of rubbish
This guilt-suppressing eco-fad is nothing more than an exercise in futility.
Spanish clashes a worry for EU
Catalan independence push could fuel other separatists.
New tactics help terror fight
Innovative techniques being used against the Islamist threat.
NSW Coalition must move on
Gladys Berejiklian must stabilise a distracted government.
N Korea strategy is working
Asian allies should now take a stand and pledge to shoot down Kim’s missiles.
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