Most ‘green’ jobs are unlikely to last
Being a renewable energy ‘superpower’ may be an employment fizzer, new data suggests.
Editorials
State democracy, union-style
The machinations around Annastacia Palaszczuk’s succession are an indication of how politics has been run in Queensland for almost nine years.
Labor caught flat-footed, confused on High Court indefinite detention ruling
In making its decision, the High Court has overturned longstanding precedent regarding indefinite detention, but there has been an obvious lack of planning on the federal government’s part.
Israel plunges into pit of terror shielded by al-Shifa hospital
The Jewish state has no alternative but to dig out Hamas and its weaponry, tunnel by tunnel, if it is to destroy the terrorist organisation. Only when that objective is achieved will Israel be more secure and its people.
Labor’s climate plans are costing Australians, and making energy less secure
The results of government policy designed to marginalise coal and gas are already evident. A new report confirms what should have been obvious about government intervention from the outset.
Melbourne school kids should scrap the Palestine strike for a history lesson
Instead of wasting time at the School Strike for Palestine, students should be in class, where a few good lessons on World War II would equip them to better understand the war in Gaza.
If Palaszczuk wants to know what voters think, she needn’t waste taxpayer money
Using secret taxpayer-funded polling to shape the government’s policies and pitch to voters in the lead-up to the election on October 26 next year is straight out of the Andrews playbook.
The devastating impact of incompetence: lessons from Robodebt
The nation and individual states have had no shortage of costly and destructive administrative failures in recent decades. Few match the incompetence and damage to citizens of the Coalition’s Robodebt scheme.
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