Editorial

EDITORIAL: We appear to be approaching a tipping point in relation to our national security and it’s clear Australia’s decades-old ‘she’ll be right’ attitude towards defence won’t cut it anymore. 

EDITORIAL: The Easter break — which will be followed next week by another long weekend for Anzac Day — can’t come soon enough for Peter Dutton. 

EDITORIAL: For decades, Australia’s defence strategy has boiled down to ‘ask the US for help if we need it’. The result is an Australia woefully unprepared to defend itself. That has to change.

EDITORIAL: Not since the heady days of Kevin07 have we seen a prime ministerial candidate so puffed up and confident during an election campaign. And doesn’t he love it. 

EDITORIAL: At the halfway mark of this election campaign, both major parties have thrown a mishmash of pitches against the wall in the hope something will stick. It’s a useless spectacle for voters.

EDITORIAL: Let’s inject some honesty into this important national debate about our energy future and work out how to make the most of our advantages and drive prices down. 

EDITORIAL: If you were hoping for a clear cut winner at the first election debate between Albo and Dutton, you likely came away disappointed. There were no major slip-ups, but no knock-out blows either.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese wants to talk about everything but what is actually important. He wants to scheme his way back into the Lodge. Scare families and fool the uninformed.

There was nowhere to hide as the destruction wreaked by Donald Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs reached the Australian stock market. 

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese says he will do what is necessary to stand up for Australian interests. At the moment, his actions don’t appear to match up to that rhetoric.

EDITORIAL: In this environment, it’s imperative that Australians have a leader who is always prepared to stand up for the nation’s interest, against any foe — or even so-called friend.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump holds the ambitions of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton in his hands — whether or not the US President knows it or cares.

EDITORIAL: A hung parliament would leave Labor otherwise snookered. They’ll have no choice but to turn to the Greens. The minor party’s leader Adam Bandt is already licking his lips at the prospect.

EDITORIAL: As both leaders try to convince punters they’re worth a shot, let’s hope the theatre of the campaign doesn’t blinker them to what really matters. 

EDITORIAL: It is an insult to our intelligence that the Federal Government cobbled together this half-hearted Budget because the Prime Minister delayed calling the election.