Editorial

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.

The fact the Government has no mandate for the tax changes will keep the matter live.

The Albanese Government has made clear in its determination to push on with the deeply flawed Budget that it has reached this point.

While the Government has had its hands full coping with a backlash to the Budget, the latest data is a reminder that the inflation battle and wider economy remain the major long-term issues.

The poisonous mindsets that came to the surface on that terrible day at Bondi have not disappeared.

The real character of the Albanese Government is now fully revealing itself. And it is unbecoming, to say the least.

A warning light is flashing in middle Australia where mum and dad teams and young small business owners have slogged it out to get a start.