Australia

JACKSON HEWETT: Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has joined her global peers in adopting caution in keeping rates on hold, as turmoil in the RBA ranks sparks division.

CAMERON MILNER: Netanyahu is right to call out Australian leaders for their empty platitudes.

BREN CARLILL: Pro-Palestine activists believe that anyone who doesn’t wholly agree with them is complicit in genocide.

NICOLA SMITH: Anthony Albanese must be careful to show this tough talk on defence and the national interest cuts both ways. 

Jewish-Australian leaders have cautiously welcomed Jacinta Allan’s announcement following a spate of anti-Semitic incidents in Melbourne.

As the nation reels from allegations of infant abuse in childcare, a leading expert warns the threat to children is far more widespread.

EDITORIAL: Looking back over the 2025 financial year show’s there is plenty for the glass half-full types to celebrate. 

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: Declaring Kanye West isn’t welcome in Australia sends a powerful message that celebrity doesn’t diminish bigotry.

NICOLA SMITH: Will Australia’s foreign policies hold water?

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has announced a $432 million boost for a green hydrogen project, despite acknowledging the energy source is facing ‘investment headwinds’. 

EDITORIAL: Even the most anxious of parents would struggle to come up with a scenario this wicked. 

There’s no end in sight to the worry Australians have been feeling since the federal election.

MARK RILEY: Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.

ELLEN RANSLEY: It’s clear that when it comes to keeping children safe, tinkering around the edges of a system which is designed to help families but is instead failing them, will not cut it