Editorial

With Sussan Ley and David Littleproud at each other’s throats, Anthony Albanese is a good bet should he seek another term.

Coalition’s acrimonious split a gift for Albanese

EDITORIAL: On Friday, as the Liberals and Nationals hangovers kicked in, Anthony Albanese was handed a gift of his own design.

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Anthony Albanese has played Sussan Ley and David Littleproud.

Coalition carnage leaves PM the only winner

EDITORIAL: We have a Prime Minister who is looking on in triumph as his political opponents tear each other part. Again.

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Let’s have a proper conversation about nuclear power without the usual cliches delivered about the evils that will befall us if we go down that route.

Rhetoric of energy transition does not match reality

EDITORIAL: Let’s have a proper conversation about nuclear power without the usual cliches delivered about the evils that will befall us if we go down that route.

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Even after bloody confirmation at Bondi of what the Jewish community has long warned of, it goes on.

How the Greens are part of the post-Bondi problem

EDITORIAL: Even after the devastating Bondi massacre, the camouflage of Jewish hatred behind anti-zionism rhetoric continues.

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One Nation has surged ahead in polls following the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

One Nation’s rise sends a message to major parties

EDITORIAL: Middle Australia have been unable to find what they seek from major parties. The latest Newspoll result could be just the beginning for One Nation.

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Anthony Albanese is now accusing others of ‘playing politics’ with the tragedy that shattered the nation’s heart.

Albanese is the one ‘playing politics’ with Bondi tragedy

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese, who tried to squirm away from the responsibility of calling a royal commission, has no grounds to criticise pushback on his proposed hate speech laws.

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Events in the four weeks since the atrocity at Bondi Beach have further wrenched us apart, leaving the country more divided than ever along religious, political and ideological lines.

Bondi response has been bungle after bungle

EDITORIAL: Events in the four weeks since the atrocity at Bondi Beach have further wrenched us apart, leaving the country more divided than ever along religious, political and ideological lines.

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One month since the Bondi massacre exposed the worst of Australia. It has forced us to reckon with that which we would rather ignore. 

Bondi tragedy has changed Australia forever

EDITORIAL: It’s been one month since the Bondi massacre exposed the worst of Australia. We’ve since been forced to reckon with it’s terrible cause.

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Whoever is next to step into the world of Rose Garden luncheons and Washington fairways will need a hefty dose of tact and charm.

As Rudd zips, it’s time for a cleanskin in Washington

EDITORIAL: Whoever is next to step into the world of Rose Garden luncheons and Washington fairways will need a hefty dose of tact and charm. A single-digit handicap wouldn’t hurt either. 

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We must disrupt this pattern by intervening to stamp out hate speech before it has a chance to distort into violence. 

Vile hatred must no longer go unchallenged

EDITORIAL: We must disrupt the terrible pattern of anti-Semitism by intervening to stamp out hate speech before it has a chance to distort into violence. 

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Anthony Albanese failed to see Australia’s anti-Semitism crisis for what it is.

Albanese failed for two years to see the emergency brewing

EDITORIAL: Deep down, Anthony Albanese is still the Labor warrior who once declared ‘I like fighting Tories’.

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A royal commission was announced more than three weeks after the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.

Albanese finally reaches right decision on royal commission

EDITORIAL: Mr Albanese should have called the inquiry a long time ago. But he has come to the right position in the end.

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The Bondi inquiry must not begin with a narrow terms of reference.

Bondi royal commission must be free to probe widely

EDITORIAL: To set terms of reference of the expected inquiry too narrowly would be a backward step.

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Mr Albanese must finally see what the rest of the nation sees and agree to a royal commission into Bondi.

Hope Albanese may finally call Bondi royal commission

EDITORIAL: Albanese must finally see what the rest of the nation sees and agree to a royal commission into Bondi.

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The ramifications of the United States’ action in Venezuela extend far beyond Central and South America.

Trump’s new world order will bring testing times

EDITORIAL: It is clear the ramifications of the United States’ action in Venezuela extend far beyond Central and South America.

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