Editorial

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. 

EDITORIAL: With BBQ season heating up, there will be plenty more talk about what’s going right or wrong with the economy...

EDITORIAL: When the nation needs you, as leader, you should do everything you can to be there. Yet as of Monday, Mr Albanese still hadn’t made it to Ripponlea to support and reassure the Jewish community.

EDITORIAL: After we feel revulsion at what has taken place we need to ask are we surprised? Sadly the answer is that we probably are not.

EDITORIAL: It is clear that what the nation needs now is an economic defibrillator. But instead we are getting a union-applied handbrake.

EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has chosen to turn his back not only on Israel, but also the US, our key ally, and support an ‘irreversible pathway’ to a Palestinian state.