Editorial

Good policies, good candidates, good communication, managing relations with the Nationals and plain old smart politics will be needed to claw back disgruntled conservatives.

Whether or not Mr Taylor is the solution is a matter for the Liberal party room to judge. But what must be avoided is another round of leadership instability after Friday.

Whatever the outcome of the looming Liberal leadership contest the Coalition will still have a mountain to climb.

EDITORIAL: Many protesters had gone to Sydney Town Hall on Monday looking for confrontation. They found it.

EDITORIAL: At Bondi Beach — that most Australian of places — Jews were gunned down on December 14 just for being who they are. That’s why Isaac Herzog is here.

EDITORIAL: It is clear that the Government is a key driver of inflation — and by extension, interest rates. It is incumbent on the Government to deliver an antidote.

It is important that the passage of time does not prevent the Government from responding swiftly to the Coroner’s recommendations.

EDITORIAL: Australians are being told to buckle up as the RBA may have to hike rates four times across the next two years, based on inflation forecasts.

There remains a disturbing lack of clarity about where the Government is taking this country.

EDITORIAL: It seemed like it was all he could do to restrain himself from punching the air in triumph before he made multiple jabs at his opponents’ leadership and Coalition confusion.

EDITORIAL: Labor is shaping up for a divisive stoush over the visit to Australia of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

EDITORIAL: Treasurer Jim Chalmers will be the person pulling the economic levers upon which so much rests.

EDITORIAL: It is hard to escape the thought that since COVID Australia has struggled to put the traditional economy back together.

EDITORIAL: The nation needs a strong Opposition with a clear plan to hold Mr Albanese and his Government to account.

EDITORIAL: We needed the spirit of Australia Day to kick-start a sense of unity in the wake of the terrible Bondi massacre.