Editorial

EDITORIAL: The three-year royal commission into defence and veteran suicide has ripped open festering wounds and revealed a darkness within Australia’s most revered institution.
Editorial
Editorial

Defence’s day of reckoning must not be ignored

EDITORIAL: The three-year royal commission into defence and veteran suicide has ripped open festering wounds and revealed a darkness within Australia’s most revered institution.

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Former treasurer Wayne Swan has joined in the attack on the RBA.
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Labor’s RBA pile-on betrays economic incompetence

EDITORIAL: If the goal of this coordinated smash-up is to intimidate Michele Bullock into bringing down interest rates early, Wayne Swan and Jim Chalmers are going to be disappointed. 

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The prime minister paid tribute to Bill Shorten for his 'energy, enthusiasm, ideas and ambition'.
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Editorial

Failures won’t erase Bill Shorten’s significant legacy

EDITORIAL: As a political assassin, Bill Shorten did not miss. But when his own chance finally came around, he wasted his shot.

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Is Mark Zuckerberg and Meta on a collision course with the open-source community over his company’s new AI models?
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Opinion
Editorial

Tech companies must do more to keep kids safe

EDITORIAL: Meta says its solution isn’t a blame-shifting exercise but a way to create uniform standards to help keep children out of harm’s way. It’s also an admission that its apps aren’t safe for kids. 

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Every time ASIO boss Mike Burgess opens his, he creates more problems for the Government.
Opinion
Editorial

Gaza visa debacle is back to bite Prime Minister

EDITORIAL: Every time ASIO boss Mike Burgess opens his mouth, he creates more problems for the Government. 

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Instead of actually working at finding some solutions that would ease the cost-of-living pressures, Labor is preoccupied with finding someone else to blame, or providing sugar-hit “relief measures”.
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Opinion
Editorial

Voters want cost-of-living solutions, not spin

EDITORIAL: Instead of actually working at finding some solutions that would ease the cost-of-living pressures, Labor is preoccupied with finding someone else to blame, or providing sugar-hit ‘relief measures’.

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Kamala Harris in her first major TV interview as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Editorial

Wilfully boring Kamala Harris remains policy enigma

EDITORIAL: After watching her much-hyped prime-time interview, it’s not clear if even Kamala Harris herself knows what kind of president she wants to be.

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Resources Minister Madeleine King has sided with the unions against BHP.
Editorial

King’s attack on BHP a worrying sign for mining industry

To borrow a phrase from Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison, it’s the s.......t time for the nation to have a Resources Minister anything other than 100 per cent committed to keeping the industry strong. 

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Greens leader Adam Bandt.
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Editorial

‘Robin Hood’ super profits raid a twisted fairytale

It’s no surprise that the Greens’ flagship economic policy for next year’s election is mad, bad and dangerous.

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Australians have become used to Peter Dutton over two years as Opposition Leader. 
Editorial

Why vicious attacks on Dutton could backfire on Labor

EDITORIAL: It’s doubtful that positioning Peter Dutton as a Trump-like figure will have any cut-through with voters. The fact is that Australians have become used to him over two years as Opposition Leader. 

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The Albanese Government’s right-to-disconnect legislation, which came into effect today, has severed that two-way flow that modern, hybrid work has created - especially since COVID.
Editorial
Editorial

These Right to Disconnect laws threaten flexibility

EDITORIAL: Most of us have been on the receiving end of an after-hours call, text or email from the boss at some point in our careers. And, generally, it’s no big deal.

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There’s no doubt the momentum and the enthusiasm are all in Kamala Harris’ corner at this stage in the presidential campaign. The trouble is, vibes may be, but she’s bee running low on policy detail.
Editorial
Editorial

Kamala Harris is big on vibes but short on policy

EDITORIAL: There’s no doubt the momentum is in Kamala Harris’ corner at this stage in the presidential campaign. The trouble is, vibes may be high, but she’s running low on policy detail.

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Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland and ABC chair Kim Williams after his appointment.
Editorial

Journalism, not activism must be Aunty’s focus

The departure of ABC managing director David Anderson won’t fix all of our national broadcaster’s problems. But it’s a start. 

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The Coalition’s home affairs spokesman James Paterson says those fleeing Palestine are not here for a holiday. They want to stay for good, far from the violence of their homeland. 
Politics
Editorial

Labor must answer legitimate Gaza visa questions

EDITORIAL: Offers of safety and a new life in Australia must be made with extreme caution. Our nation’s first duty must always be to protect the safety and way of life of our own citizens first. 

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EDITORIAL: The ramifications if we do not take a stand against online violence are too horrible to contemplate.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Tackling horrific online violence must be a priority

EDITORIAL: The ramifications if we do not take a stand against online violence are too horrible to contemplate.

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