Editorial

The cost-of-living crisis has left many of us struggling to pay for the basics, let alone the extra indulgences of the holiday season. 
Editorial
Hayley Sorensen

Resilience gives us plenty to be optimistic about

The day-to-day resilience of families has been tested enormously this year by a number of compounding stresses. 

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More Australian support for Solomon Islands policing and security comes after a meeting of leaders. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)
Editorial
Editorial

China-proofing Pacific must be an ongoing mission

Anthony Albanese has spent large sums securing the Pacific, and with China making no secret of its expansionist ambitions in the region, it may be that it’s money Australia can’t afford not to spend. 

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Dr Chalmers’ “unavoidable” extra spending, as well as the billions more in cost-of-living payments, hasn’t been matched with corresponding savings. 
Opinion
Editorial

There’s no such thing as ‘unavoidable spending’

EDITORIAL: Jim Chalmers loves a slogan. And ‘unavoidable spending’, which the Treasurer used to describe the $25.1 billion he added into the Budget, is up there with his best. 

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revived Labor’s old Mediscare tactic. It’s time to stop treating voters like they’re stupid.
Editorial
Editorial

Mediscare makes its unwelcome return once again

EDITORIAL: Mediscare has helped Labor win one election and was highly effective in two others. Why wouldn’t they dust it off for the fourth time? Who cares that voters hate it?

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Despite the fact he has booked in a massive deficit to come, Dr Chalmers says there’s still plenty to be optimistic about, including the resilience of the resources sector. 
Opinion
Editorial

What 2025 holds for the economy is anyone’s guess

EDITORIAL: As the end of the year approaches, economists begin polishing their crystal balls in anticipation of making their predictions for the year ahead. 

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The political battle for Australia’s future energy network has just gone nuclear.
Opinion
Editorial

Energy policy is no place for ideological zealotry

EDITORIAL: Once upon a time, fear of nuclear was justified. Now, technology has come a long way, but Labor’s attitudes remain rooted in the Seventies. 

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The parent companies of Facebook, Google and Tiktok face paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the government unless they strike fresh deals with media companies to pay for news content.
Opinion
Editorial

Democracy depends on reliable, trustworthy news

EDITORIAL: Why are tech giants squabbling over being asked to pay a fair price for the news content created and paid for by Australian publishers which they then use to turn a profit?

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Anthony Albanese says every child will be able to attend childcare for at least three days a week.
Opinion
Editorial

Prime Minister hoping for clear air on child care poll pitch

EDITORIAL: Child care is all Anthony Albanese wants to talk about. The problem for him is that the rest of the country is keen to talk about other issues. 

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Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Opinion

More to the economic picture than rates policy 

EDITORIAL: With BBQ season heating up, there will be plenty more talk about what’s going right or wrong with the economy...

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People gather outside the Adass Israel Synagogue after a firebombing in Melbourne, Monday, December 9, 2024.
Editorial

Descent into terrorism could cost Albo his job

EDITORIAL: When the nation needs you, as leader, you should do everything you can to be there. Yet as of Monday, Mr Albanese still hadn’t made it to Ripponlea to support and reassure the Jewish community.

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Victorian and national leaders have condemned the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue.
Opinion

Synagogue attack follows failure to tackle anti-Semitism

EDITORIAL: After we feel revulsion at what has taken place we need to ask are we surprised? Sadly the answer is that we probably are not.

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Westfarmers chief executive Rob Scott.
Editorial

Rampant unions show why Federal IR laws must be wound back

EDITORIAL: It is clear that what the nation needs now is an economic defibrillator. But instead we are getting a union-applied handbrake.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has chosen to turn his back not only on Israel, but also the US, our key ally, and support an “irreversible pathway” to a Palestinian state.
Editorial

Australia’s Israel backflip may come at a grave cost

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has chosen to turn his back not only on Israel, but also the US, our key ally, and support an ‘irreversible pathway’ to a Palestinian state.

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Public trust in the Government is currently on a par with the Morrison administration as it emerged from the torrid lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion

Slide in public trust a new post-election pointer

EDITORIAL: A new voter survey by the Australian National University adds another piece to the electoral puzzle.

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A day that should be about our multicultural nation coming together, is increasingly tearing us apart.
Editorial
EDITORIAL

Australia Day should be one we can all drink to

EDITORIAL: Australia Day should be a day where we unite and celebrate everything that is good about our great nation. Instead, it has become the most divisive date on the calendar.

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