Editorial

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is fond of saying the broken-promises Budget was necessary to do what’s right.

EDITORIAL: Ongoing management of those who have returned from the Middle East will place a huge drain on security agencies and taxpayers. There are also wider issues at play and questions that need answers.

EDITORIAL: Inflation numbers sit at the very heart of so much of our lives, and the latest figures brought little comfort.

The Albanese Government’s Budget has been in trouble from the moment it was handed down.

EDITORIAL: Both sides of the House are struggling to come to grips with Pauline Hanson’s rise. But they should know it is tied closely to their failures.

EDITORIAL: After weeks of deflecting, denying and defending by the Albanese Government, Thursday’s backflip is a monumental confession that they got it wrong all along.

EDITORIAL: When historians write about the rapid rise of One Nation one element of their analysis will be clear

EDITORIAL: UK Defence Secretary John Healey’s resignation was of the type we don’t see much these days — one motivated by principle.  

EDITORIAL: All the Budget criticism appears to have lit a fire under the man who would be Prime Minister, springing as he has out of the gates knowing he has some serious ground to make up.

EDITORIAL: There was no better location to send off Neale Daniher than the MCG, the scene of so many of his greatest moments, first as a footballer, then as a coach and finally as a campaigner. 

EDITORIAL: Australians are facing some of the bleakest consumer sentiment in decades, leaving households increasingly pessimistic about what comes next.

EDITORIAL: A flat economy, low growth and the spectre of a per capita recession is weighing heavily on the minds of hardworking Australians.

EDITORIAL: It’s been a week shy of a month since the Budget was handed down (time flies when you’re having not much fun) and it’s still among the top political stories every day. And not in a good way.

EDITORIAL: If it’s true that a rolling stone gathers no moss then it may follow that a snowballing budget picks up a lot of crap along the way.

EDITORIAL: Jim Chalmers hasn’t just tried to put lipstick on a pig with his Budget charm offensive. He’s gone for the full porcine makeover.

EDITORIAL: Beyond the celebrations of the nation’s 100,000 lowest paid workers, there is a portent of gloomier times and a genuine fear this blunt instrument will strike a blow to our fragile, inflated economy.

Election losses and controversy (including a stint in jail) meant the flame-haired firebrand was labelled a joke by most Australians. 10 years on, Pauline Hanson cannot be considered a laughing matter.

EDITORIAL: Another day, more contention in Canberra around who will and who won’t be eligible for carve outs from controversial changes to capital gains tax.