Highest stakes for lowest paid
Bill Shorten wants to exploit community disquiet over low wages to aid his attempted ascension to the Lodge.
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A message to high-rise elites
Our wealth is built on the endeavours and resources of neglected ground-level Australia.
Celebs pay price for college try
Revelations about unfair tactics in what is already an uneven playing field have caused little surprise.
Mayday but leader hangs on
Lurching endlessly from one political disaster to another, Britain’s Theresa May is unmoved as her authority erodes day after day.
Leaders ‘never stop arguing’
The British Prime Minister’s inflexible nature makes her a pale imitation of great persuaders like Blair and Thatcher.
Twist in the tale of deadly duo
Are the Kuala Lumpur airport ‘killers’ subject to double standards?
Facebook, Google losing fans
It’s time to drop the habit of calling Facebook and Google “tech firms”, as if they are public-spirited pioneers at the frontier of global R&D.
Taking tech giants down a peg
Concentrating power in too few hands, as has been allowed to happen with the tech giants, is never good for society.
PEACOCK KEEPS THE FAITH
Having recently celebrated his 80th birthday, Andrew Peacock ponders the greatest defeat of his long and remarkable life.
Sentiments on Australia’s influential political figures
Andrew Peacock reflects on some of the figures with whom he crossed paths in parliament from 1966 to 1994.
THE SURROGATE MUMS’ TALE
Freedom of choice includes carrying a baby for another woman … or does it?
Democrats struggle with self-definition US Democrats struggle with their identity
The party’s leftward tilt is a gift for Donald Trump.
Titans of tech are far from having it all their own way
There will be a reckoning for those who have abused their influence in the digital ecosystem.
Rival visions for the engine room
The Coalition and Labor are testing very different economic messages.
Stop keeping genes secret from kids
In this age of getting whatever you want and commissioning babies to be born, everyone gets what they want — except the kids.
Stadium a stage for the final clash
A fortnight out from the NSW election, Michael Daley’s fight with Alan Jones appears to have worked beyond Labor’s ‘wildest dreams’.
Reactionary Liberals deflect their party from its origins
The exodus of moderates could facilitate a hard-Right shift in the party after the election.
Demonising directors can backfire if it goes too far
He sounded like a dope, but there’s a serious side to the blow-up between NSW Labor Leader Michael Daley and 2GB’s Alan Jones.
It’s not uncommon for jury verdicts to be questioned
Coverage of the George Pell sex abuse trial reveals a great deal of ignorance about legal processes.
The two faces of George Pell
The conservative cardinal has long been a divisive figure for Catholics.
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