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Westfarmers chief executive Rob Scott.
Editorial

Rampant unions show why Federal IR laws must be wound back

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

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Opinion
David Koch

The stupidly simple change Meta should have made years ago

DAVID KOCH: It’s something Meta should have done years ago but it has taken pressure from Government, the ACCC, media and the public to force action.

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Michael Vaughan and Sunil Gavaskar have been causing mischief for the Australian team.
Sport
Mitchell Johnson

The commentators who should stop needling the Aussie team

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Everyone has had their say on why Cummins’ men failed in the first Test but some of the criticism has an ulterior motive.

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The figure that might worry Labor and Liberal strategists the most is the one in seven Australians who are “double haters” — they dislike both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
Opinion
Katina Curtis

The ‘double haters’ Albo & Dutton should be worried about

With the Federal election just around the corner, there’s a figure that’s worrying both Labor and Liberal strategists. One in seven Australians are ‘double haters’ — they dislike both Albanese and Dutton.

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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.
Editorial

Australia’s Israel backflip may come at a grave cost

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.

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Donald Trump and Joe and Hunter Biden.
Opinion
Isabelle Mullen

Biden’s decision to pardon son won’t sit well with voters

ISABELLE MULLEN: Joe Biden did something that most parents would do. He used his Presidential power to pardon his son Hunter — a recovering drug addict. But now the Democrats will pay for his backflip.

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Video
The Melbourne Renegades won the WBBL final in front of less than 6000 fans at the MCG
Sport
Lisa Sthalekar

Why the WBBL is suffering the kiss of death

LISA STHALEKAR: It’s the best female cricket competition in the world but this one stat should have Cricket Australia on edge.

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The last sitting week for 2024 of the Australian Senate was quite the show, writes Simon Birmingham.
Political
Simon Birmingham

Five things we must change to stop the circus at Parliament

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: The last sitting week for 2024 of the Australian Senate was quite the show, much of which was for the wrong reasons. 

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KATE EMERY: Being charged to access your own money from your own bank branch. That’s a new one.
Opinion
Kate Emery

Prepare the violins: Commonwealth Bank is suffering too

KATE EMERY: Being charged to access your own money from your own bank branch. That’s a new one.

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President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. (MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
opinion
Opinion
The Washington Post

Hunter Biden’s presidential pardon was inevitable

MONICA HESSE: What a privilege, to get to rebalance the scales of justice, towards one’s own child, with the flick of a pen. What father alive wouldn’t do the same thing?

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Public trust in the Government is currently on a par with the Morrison administration as it emerged from the torrid lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion

Slide in public trust a new post-election pointer

EDITORIAL: A new voter survey by the Australian National University adds another piece to the electoral puzzle.

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Video
The night AFLW grand final was great but twilight would be a better time to play it and the AFL grand final.
Sport
Caitlin Bassett

The best time to play the AFL and AFLW grand finals

CAITLIN BASSETT: North Melbourne clinched the AFLW title in front of a packed out crowd, but more fans will turn out if it is played at a different time.

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BILL SHORTEN: If Ukraine fails, other democracies are weakened and other dictators are emboldened
Opinion
Bill Shorten

If Ukraine fails, other democracies are weakened

BILL SHORTEN: We might think the war in Ukraine is in a far-off land that doesn’t affect us. But that is not true.

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Gen Z is trying to turn the C-word into a compliment - and I hope they succeed, writes Jeni O’Dowd.
Opinion
Jeni O’Dowd

Gen Z is reclaiming the C-word and I love them for it

JENI O’DOWD: Few words in the English language spark more visceral reactions than the C-word. That’s why it’s brilliant that Gen Z is trying to turn it into a compliment.

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ANNIKI SOMMERVILLE: I cant remember the last time I had sex with my partner, but I really don’t mind.
Opinion
Anniki Sommerville

Why so many women are happy in a sexless marriage

ANNIKI SOMMERVILLE: I cant remember the last time I had sex with my partner, but I really don’t mind.

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