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In using the violent and anti-Semitic phrase ‘from the river to the sea’, Senator Fatima Payman was not going rogue. She said out loud what many within the Labor party privately believe.
EDITORIAL: Dr Chalmers wants us to believe he’s motivated purely by the economics, but this is a political Budget driven by Labor’s desire to hang on at next year’s election.
When Labor made its initial pledge from the opposition to shut down the live sheep export industry, all the way back in May 2018, there was a clear justification for doing so. But things have changed...
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EDITORIAL: The High Court decision the Government is within its rights to keep people with cancelled visas locked up if they refuse to cooperate is a rare win in what has been an absolute fiasco for Labor
EDITORIAL: We know we need to derive more of our power from renewable sources. We also need to keep the lights on. Eco-extremists wrongly cast it as a zero-sum proposition — team gas or team renewables.
EDITORIAL: Economists are barracking for a constrained Budget that keeps spending at or below current levels. The country can’t afford for Dr Chalmers to put a foot wrong.
EDITORIAL: There is plenty more Australia could, and should, do. Open trade relations with China must not come at the expense of standing up for ourselves on important matters such as defence.
EDITORIAL: How did a Meccano-loving teen end up being shot dead by police in a Bunnings car park after having stabbed a stranger in the back and vowing to hurt more?
EDITORIAL: The politics has done nothing to diminish the challenge alleged bashing victim Ninette Simons faces to get back to her old life.
EDITORIAL: It is now time for strong leadership as we look to our politicians to tackle the issue with decisive action and a multi-faceted, considered approach.
EDITORIAL: We need effective, practical ways to reduce carbon emissions and keep warming to a minimum. But please, spare us the hypocritical moralising.
EDITORIAL: The bosses of tech giants have proven again and again through their inaction that they don’t care how vile the material posted on their platforms is. Not their problem, is their attitude.
Egotistical. Immoral. Narcissistic. Insulting and offensive. Take your pick of the words used to describe Elon Musk in refusing to remove footage of the Wakeley church stabbing from his social media platform X.
EDITORIAL: The tragic events of the past five days have obliterated the fiction of safety from terrorism in Australia. The threat is here and it’s very real.
EDITORIAL: Hopefully, Justice Lee’s profound judgment on Bruce Lehrmann is the beginning of the end, and Australia can begin to heal.