Editorial

EDITORIAL: According to Albanese, Dutton is ‘cold-hearted and just plain nasty’. Dutton reckons the Prime Minister is the ‘weakest’ to ever lead our nation. And the campaign hasn’t even officially started yet. 

EDITORIAL: The good news, for both Anthony Albanese and mortgage-holders, is that there’s reason to hope a cut isn’t too far away. 

EDITORIAL: There are pertinent warnings from Justin Trudeau’s fall that Anthony Albanese should take note of, as he begins the first week of his unofficial re-election campaign. 

EDITORIAL: Usually the only noises we hear from Canberra this time of year are the sounds of burnouts coming from the Bush Capital’s Summernats car festival, but with an election near, Albo’s making noise.

EDITORIAL: As we prepare to flick our calendars over to the new year, we are compelled to look back over the 12 months past. What have we as a nation achieved? The difficult truth is: not a lot. 

It should have been a great adventure - taking part in one of Australia’s most beloved sporting traditions .But for West Australian Roy Quaden and South Australian Nick Smith it all went terribly wrong. 

The perception that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is disconnected from the day-to-day realities of life, having a mortgage and just getting by, is hurting Labor. They have their work cut out for them.

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

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. 

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. 

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?

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

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. 

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?

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.