Downer: Zero sense as angry Aussies’ bills blow up
Climate change is obvious but that doesn’t mean Australia’s high-price fix adds up, writes Alexander Downer.
Opinion
Minister: No more unfulfilled promises, kicking the can down the road
In recognition of the Bruce Highway’s national importance, the federal government is funding 80 per cent of its upgrade, writes Catherine King.
Editor’s view: Multibillion-dollar highway fix a win for Queensland
Today’s funding announcement for the Bruce Highway is a massive win for Queensland – and for the power of journalism, writes the editor.
Goers: Infuriating Xmas fact we just have to embrace
It’s an annual guarantee that goes all the way back to the first Christmas, writes Peter Goers.
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Maiden: NAPLAN fail spells big trouble for Aussie boys
If you teach kids that literacy doesn’t matter, you get results like these, writes Samantha Maiden.
161,200 reasons I can’t stand private health care
Does the funding of private health weaken the public system? Of course it does, writes Peter Goers.
How Kamala’s media silent treatment could blow up
In the three weeks since Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate, she has not held a proper press conference. Tom Minear argues it’s weird – and it could backfire.
Penbo: UK riots expose the nuts ASIO warned us about
In this era of fake news and alternate facts, a factually-based account of a news event will be seen by the angry nuts as a big con job, writes David Penberthy.
Penbo: UK riots expose the nuts ASIO warned us about
In this era of fake news and alternate facts, a factually-based account of a news event will be seen by the angry nuts as a big con job, writes David Penberthy.
Penbo: WFH was just another mad Covid mistake
It seemed like a good idea back when a pandemic loomed over Australia but it’s become a city-killing catastrophe, writes David Penberthy.
Maiden: ‘Repugnant’ tweet exposes Labor weakness
If ever there was a case to haul in an ambassador for a meeting with Penny Wong or kick him out of the country this was it, writes Samantha Maiden.
Harris’s VP pick as risky as Trump’s
Kamala Harris is hoping folksy Midwestern dad Tim Walz can help the Democrats reconnect to voters. But there is one big risk with her pick.
Meet George Seymour, the most influential man on the Fraser Coast
The Fraser Coast Mayor has been voted our most influential person of the year in a landslide, and has opened up on his vision for the region and how he deals with not always getting his way when it comes to council votes.
WFH is and has been a free pass
Covid ended more than two years ago and the assumption that workers en masse could choose home over the workplace is laughable, writes Patrick Carlyon.
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