Labor has a disregard for Australians’ safety
When Labor, the Teals and Greens accuse the Coalition of being ‘racist’ and ‘heartless’, they expose a complete disregard for our national security, writes Peter Dutton.
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Why NDIS debate is hurting autistic children
As the debate over the National Disability Insurance Scheme intensifies, profoundly autistic children are being left behind, argues Shannon Eeles.
Pantomime politicians are the real racists, not Dutton
More than half the country has been written off as racist, but Patrick Carlyon wonders if some of the country’s worst haters sit in parliament.
Vaccination rates a sad casualty of Covid
The chaotic years of Covid are receding rapidly, but the latest legacy is the rise of ‘vaccine fatigue’ and it’s putting our children at risk, writes the Editor.
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Sick leave, mental health days: Are we abusing our entitlements?
The definition of sick days has broadened, as employees become more willing to take them, writes Gary Martin. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Editor’s view: Optus must be called to account over outage response
The reputational damage done to Optus from Wednesday’s mass outage is catastrophic. And it was only exacerbated by the company’s CEO. There must be a reckoning, writes The Editor.
Under the pump: Do petrol prices affect your mortgage?
The Reserve Bank’s latest move to “crush inflation” doesn’t address whether the rate hike will address the core drivers of the problem – petrol prices, writes Samantha Maiden.
Bolt: ScoMo has to return for Libs
You may laugh but the former prime minister is not an idiot. He won a miracle election, he was a fine immigration minister and he could be a good foreign minister.
‘Ludicrous’: Fury as ‘alternative’ Premier debate ignites
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s popularity may be on the wane but is the leading ‘alternative’ as Premier a better option? JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Government left flat-footed by corporate incompetence
The Optus outage may be inconvenient to the daily lives of those who’ve lost connectivity, but on a larger scale it exposes the vulnerability of Australia’s hi-tech infrastructure.
‘Divide the state’: Plea to solve Qld’s biggest riddle
It’s one of the most contentious topics in Queensland and debate over daylight saving has again erupted. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Labor must put aside its social media socialists
Overprivileged social media socialists need to stop telling ordinary Australians what to think, and for Labor to instead listen to what they really do think, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Bullock draws big lines
This interest rate rise was a surprise to many – but it indicates that Michele Bullock and this board are answerable only to what they see as their one job – to control inflation.
Bullock has missed the mark with her rates reasoning
Of course Michele Bullock wants you to think the RBA can and will crush inflation. But if the main causes are foreign and supply-driven, it can’t, writes John Rolfe.
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