The Quad leaders didn’t mention China once by name in their 6000-word “Wilmington Declaration”, just noting “our serious concern about the militarisation of disputed features” and “intimidating manoeuvres in the South China Sea”.
Bad blood between the AFP and state police is jeopardising Australia’s capacity to halt the lucrative drug trade and keep the country safe, writes Mark Morri.
Shares are booming in Australia, the US and elsewhere, which is both tempting and scary for investors. Remember these rules.
The taxi cab rank in the Valley has been my saviour once or twice. But my ride (share) or die will always be Uber, writes reporter Isabella Pesch.
Tech giants are threatening Australia’s national security, and it’s about time they did something meaningful about it, writes the editor.
To put it bluntly, Queensland is bloody good at sport – and Olympic sport in particular, writes the editor.
Kamala Harris’s sudden emergence has deprived Donald Trump of attention, and Tom Minear argues he is being needlessly self-destructive in an effort to reclaim the spotlight.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has unfairly become the target of identity politics savagery made worse by the International Olympics Committee’s cowardice. Yet trashing Lin Yu-ting seems to be of little use to culture warriors.
It’s one thing to question the swimming performance that denied Kyle Chalmers a gold medal. But it’s another whole story when you look at WADA’s approach to China, writes Caleb Bond.
To hell with Australia’s long-term national interest, all that matters to Anthony Albanese is scraping back into office — and if that means importing more Islamists into the country, so be it, writes Peta Credlin.
If Labor can’t quickly get Anthony Albanese speaking clearly, instead of dishing up word salads, this government is toast, writes James Campbell.
Premier Steven Miles has shown himself to be spectacularly ineffective at reeling in the CFMEU, writes Kylie Lang.
It’s the Olympic moment that has everyone talking for all the wrong reasons. As David Penberthy says, if the IOC wasn’t so ridiculously PC, we’d never have landed here.
Queensland’s fight against corruption has a long history – and former commissioner Jim O’Sullivan has been remembered as one of its finest warriors, writes Des Houghton.
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