Wilson case offers a study in contrasting coverage
ABC’s The Drum provides an example of the animosity towards the Catholic Church.
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Out in the bush, it’s way past party time
Country people still live in the real world and they stand ready to wallop city-slicker pollies.
Sims steps up to fight tech giants
It may not look like it but Google and Facebook got off lightly this week.
World in no hurry to board the Marrakesh Express
Sensible countries put the concerns and security of their own citizens before the interests of globalists on the issue of migration.
Joy to the world, unless you live in a green-left enclave
Even atheists must pray for the silliness to stop when carols are rewritten with anti-coal lyrics.
Treasurer should surprise us with early surplus
It would help the Coalition during its years in opposition.
US-China clash bares ideals lost in cyberspace Epic clash bares ideals lost in cyberspace
5G will be transformational. But democracies face the troubling question of what an internet dominated by China may look like.
Walking the freedom tightrope
Protecting both personal and religious rights is a question of balance.
Voice of youth grows impatient with leaders
As politicians dither on the detail, Greta Thunberg is one expression of how a void of raised expectations is being filled.
Brexit brings out the worst
Australia will return to normalcy if someone who is actually good at the job becomes PM. Britain will not.
May’s unnecessary Brexit crisis May’s unnecessary Brexit crisis
The British Prime Minister’s irresponsible Brexit actions have resulted in an unnecessary crisis.
political catch-up splits the nation Parties play political catch-up, splitting the nation
The main parties are divided on issues of national importance.
Ties with China testify to Australia’s deft handling of foreign policy
Some tensions may be inevitable but Beijing respects our principled stance and US links.
Everything on the line at ALP national conference
Labor hardheads are determined that Bill Shorten succeeds in showing he can lead a government, but it could all go wrong tomorrow.
When a family comes home
It was one of Rupert Murdoch’s riskiest ventures, but the family cherishes a property that now pays for itself.
Forty-year long march shapes a changed China
It was in December 1978 that Deng Xiaoping took the first steps to opening up his country to the outside world.
JAKARTA’S JERUSALEM JITTERS
Why Indonesia feels obliged to resist any shift in Australia’s policy on the Israeli capital.
Local trials highly promising, despite limitations
Younger patients with inflammatory relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis benefit most from the therapy.
Stemming a nasty malady
Stem-cell therapy produced results for multiple sclerosis patient Mohamad Dawoud after medication failed to help.
A BILLIONAIRE AND A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
Whyalla has already given Sanjeev Gupta the keys to the city. It might need to give him a crown.
STEEL MAGNATE’S IRON WILL
Beyond Whyalla, Sanjeev Gupta is building a global empire by buying struggling or closed plants.
ALGORITHM AND BLUES
Facebook and Google’s stunningly successful run of unfettered access to our data seems to be coming to an end.
LABOR PAINS FOR EMPLOYERS
Business is increasingly wary of Bill Shorten’s workplace plans.
Chris Dawson, trials and the curse of justice delayed
Chris Dawson is expected to make a move that may never see him face trial. But if he fails, the case will be riddled with complexity.
Jerusalem is not out of our reach
Whether or not Australia moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, Scott Morrison has decisively shifted the debate.
Children’s needs come first in any decent adoption policy
Aboriginal Australians have suffered most under misguided attempts to adhere to custom and place children with kin.
the quest for a fair balance Fair balance between speech and law
There’s a high social cost in the clash between free speech and defamation law.
Incredible tale of love in the time of Shoah
Yes, there are errors. They make me uneasy. But it’s snobbish to say someone better should have written The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Keating’s recalcitrant baby should be restrained
The notion that our system of compulsory superannuation is the envy of the world is a myth.
Despite ‘virtue signalling’, words tend to fail the Right
The term I coined rapidly took off, but the Left is generally better at using language to serve its ideology.
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