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I’m a former diplomat. Here’s what I’d tell China’s new ambassador

I’m a former diplomat. Here’s what I’d tell China’s new ambassador

Liu Jinsong may find that he has a lot more disagreeing to do than his predecessor, Xiao Qian.

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Helen Zhang

The World Cup has made America likeable again

The World Cup has made America likeable again

Despite Trump bending the rule book, co-hosting the event has also been a successful PR exercise in an era where global anti-Americanism is rising.

yesterday 10

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The Afr View

Labor’s best campaigner is Pauline Hanson

Labor’s best campaigner is Pauline Hanson

The One Nation leader’s gallivanting in Sicily matters because she built her appeal railing against an establishment that had forgotten ordinary...

yesterday 10

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Lidija Ivanovski

Missing piece in PM’s AI speech was sovereign capacity strategy

Missing piece in PM’s AI speech was sovereign capacity strategy

We’re unlikely to compete with the US and China on frontier models. But if the world really goes south, we would benefit from building and training...

yesterday 1

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David Wroe

Australia is racing to build AI. Are we measuring the right things?

Australia is racing to build AI. Are we measuring the right things?

The components that go into an AI factory, and where they are made, matter. That is the difference between building an AI industry and merely hosting...

yesterday 2

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Tim Rosenfield

Max Walsh would recognise this poor, little rich country

Max Walsh would recognise this poor, little rich country

Rather than shoring up Australian prosperity, politicians have squabbled over how to redistribute it.

yesterday 2

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Michael Stutchbury

Anti-intellectualism is ingrained in politics, and the kids are paying

Anti-intellectualism is ingrained in politics, and the kids are paying

The Liberal Party should show it is serious about attracting younger voters by pledging to unwind its disastrous Job-Ready Graduates scheme.

yesterday 10

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Phillip Coorey

Screen creatives have little to fear. Because AI is just ordinary

Screen creatives have little to fear. Because AI is just ordinary

The technology aggregates what has already been created. It can’t leap beyond the material it has been given to wow film and tv audiences.

yesterday 9

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Michelle Gold

Labor’s IR laws have lit the industrial tinderbox in the Pilbara

Labor’s IR laws have lit the industrial tinderbox in the Pilbara

A new era of industrial strife looms large due to the Albanese government’s IR shake-up, which primarily serves the institutional interests of...

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The Afr View

Conflicts of interest are back – and more blatant than ever

Conflicts of interest are back – and more blatant than ever

What has happened to the old principle of government that required you to park business interests – and fill out disclosure forms?

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Alec Russell

The Pilbara is paying the price for Labor’s union agenda

The Pilbara is paying the price for Labor’s union agenda

Government policy and unnecessary industrial action risk ruining the winning formula that has worked so well for everyone

previous day 2

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Tania Constable

My father was an antisemite, and I refuse to stay silent

My father was an antisemite, and I refuse to stay silent

Drawing on a painful childhood memory, a university chancellor calls out Australia’s collective failure of moral clarity and leadership after...

previous day 10

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Jennifer Westacott

Angus Taylor has no plan to turn around Australia’s economic funk

Angus Taylor has no plan to turn around Australia’s economic funk

We deserve a genuine alternative, but what the opposition leader is serving up is simply a promise to manage the Leviathan a little more politely.

previous day 10

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Alexander Sanchez

Albanese gets ahead of AI backlash

Albanese gets ahead of AI backlash

In the face of online misinformation and scaremongering about a “jobs apocalypse”, the PM is showing political intelligence taking preemptive action.

previous day 10

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Rohan Silva

What Albanese didn’t say about AI and IR is the real concern

What Albanese didn’t say about AI and IR is the real concern

Much of the action in determining Labor’s position will be on the ALP National Conference floor next week.

wednesday 10

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The Afr View

Unis must end banality of indifference to antisemitism

Unis must end banality of indifference to antisemitism

Behaviour on campuses needs to change. Universities must be safe places for Jewish Australians,

wednesday 1

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Michael Easson

How NSW Labor governs for unions leads to second-rate services

How NSW Labor governs for unions leads to second-rate services

As NSW Premier Chris Minns has given into public sector unions on wages, it’s no wonder there is less money for case workers to identify more...

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Pru Goward

Xero should keep the CEO, keep the share price, and make her buy back in

Xero should keep the CEO, keep the share price, and make her buy back in

The prescription is not to cut Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s pay loose from the price. It is to reload her exposure to it – properly, and with...

wednesday 10

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Peter Swan

Super system should evolve without re-engineering by government

Super system should evolve without re-engineering by government

The strength of the super system will now be judged by how effectively it ensures that retirees have a sustainable, reliable stream of earnings to...

wednesday 10

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The Afr View

Super fixed the bond market, now equities are the problem

Super fixed the bond market, now equities are the problem

Australian fixed income is on fire, and without any meaningful intervention. So when should we consider meddling with our capital markets?

wednesday 10

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Jonathan Shapiro

Pursuit of supermarkets shows ACCC is wading into politics

Pursuit of supermarkets shows ACCC is wading into politics

The competition watchdog has pursued the grocers for years, perpetuating a political narrative that the companies are greedy and ripping off...

14.07.2026 10

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Stephanie Derrington

Audit and consultant firms need to go their separate ways

Audit and consultant firms need to go their separate ways

After PwC and KPMG, the question is no longer whether structural separation is too radical. It is whether another round of behavioural regulation is...

14.07.2026 10

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Allan Fels

Labor has broken the tax reform ice. Now it must keep going

Labor has broken the tax reform ice. Now it must keep going

There is a big list of tax reforms Australia needs to tackle, including company tax, pricing natural resource extraction and dealing with the...

14.07.2026 10

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Melissa Bray

Labor doing nothing and no more harm would be best for economy

Labor doing nothing and no more harm would be best for economy

Let’s not relitigate the capital gains tax and trusts debacle. But we could use a good dose of firm masterly inactivity right now.

14.07.2026 10

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Richard Holden

Trump’s art of the deal in Iran has a theological problem

Trump’s art of the deal in Iran has a theological problem

What the ramping up of the fighting again really demonstrates is that Trump lacks an effective strategy for ending the conflict in the Middle East.

14.07.2026 10

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The Afr View

Don’t blame Zuckerberg. Antisemitism runs deeper than Facebook

Don’t blame Zuckerberg. Antisemitism runs deeper than Facebook

If the royal commission treats antisemitism as a content moderation problem, it will fail to overcome the much deeper social failure antisemitism...

13.07.2026 10

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Sinclair Davidson

Diversification is the only free lunch for your portfolio

Diversification is the only free lunch for your portfolio

Conservative investing might have appeared dead during the past decade, but history warns that doubling down on growth could be a costly mistake.

13.07.2026 10

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Jasmin Argyrou

Stop panicking and accept a rising China is here to stay

Stop panicking and accept a rising China is here to stay

Having achieved pre-eminence in Eurasia, Beijing is now free to project power globally, which is what it is doing. Australia can expect more of this...

13.07.2026 10

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Geoff Raby

These two risks loom large in the banking sector as outlook sours

These two risks loom large in the banking sector as outlook sours

The threats of mortgage pricing wars kicking off and business loan losses spiking come as volatile oil prices, slower growth and higher rates bite.

13.07.2026 10

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Joyce Moullakis

Falling living standards measure the limits of Australia’s population-led growth model

Falling living standards measure the limits of Australia’s population-led growth model

Policymakers have spent too long mistaking a larger economy for a more prosperous one and evaded the more difficult and consequential challenge of...

13.07.2026 6

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Stephen Smith

Innovators warn Labor must rethink higher CGT for innovation’s sake

Innovators warn Labor must rethink higher CGT for innovation’s sake

Altering the risk-reward equation will inevitably affect investors’ decisions about backing Australian startups.

13.07.2026 10

Financial Review

The Afr View

In a bleak childcare market, a private giant finds valuation magic

In a bleak childcare market, a private giant finds valuation magic

Two companies operate in the same industry, facing similarly tough conditions. Yet even with the same auditor they’ve come up with totally different...

12.07.2026 20

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Jonathan Shapiro

China’s missile test is a reminder Asia is entering a new military era

China’s missile test is a reminder Asia is entering a new military era

China’s missile test won’t be the last. Australia should get used to living in a more heavily militarised Asia.

12.07.2026 20

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Jessica Sier

Don’t be naive about Modi’s foreign influence rally

Don’t be naive about Modi’s foreign influence rally

Had Xi Jinping held Thursday’s rally, nobody would hesitate over what to call it: a political rally for a foreign power, held on Australian soil,...

12.07.2026 20

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Cathal Leslie

Are men judged differently? PM’s podcast gaffe shows double standards

Are men judged differently? PM’s podcast gaffe shows double standards

Would our reaction be the same if a female Labor MP laughed that the attractive Socceroos are easy to watch?

11.07.2026 10

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Clare Rowe

PM’s podcast misstep exposes the decline of political decorum

PM’s podcast misstep exposes the decline of political decorum

It’s hard to fathom what political or public value Anthony Albanese thinks he stands to gain by playing shallow parlour games on air.

11.07.2026 10

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The Afr View

Active funds management’s great unravelling has hit Peter Cooper hard

Active funds management’s great unravelling has hit Peter Cooper hard

His company, which once managed $14 billion, is being ravaged by underperformance and is also dealing with high staff turnover and external forces.

11.07.2026 10

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Joyce Moullakis

Australia and Indo-Pacific partners must call out China’s salami strategy

Australia and Indo-Pacific partners must call out China’s salami strategy

This is the true significance of the ballistic missile test. One slice at a time, Beijing seeks to redraw the map of what it can do in the region.

10.07.2026 20

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Scott Morrison

House prices and bank stocks are about to tank. Are you ready?

House prices and bank stocks are about to tank. Are you ready?

That might be good or bad news depending on your perspective. Either way, blame Canberra’s catastrophic budget and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s...

10.07.2026 40

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Christopher Joye

Liberalism’s like the soccer referee on the sidelines not playing to win

Liberalism’s like the soccer referee on the sidelines not playing to win

Liberal-minded folks have failed. We got so obsessed with presiding over the match that we came to see ourselves more as referees than as players on...

10.07.2026 20

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Josh Szeps

Firmus’ naysayer is happy to sit back and watch others gamble

Firmus’ naysayer is happy to sit back and watch others gamble

UniSuper’s John Pearce is rare in his willingness to sit back and watch the Firmus bandwagon roll past. His reticence shows courage and...

10.07.2026 20

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Paul Smith

Modi’s bear hug comes with strings attached

Modi’s bear hug comes with strings attached

The “good” optics of domestic politicians eagerly courting Modi belie the harder realities of the India-Australia strategic and economic relationship.

10.07.2026 20

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The Afr View

Higher CGT will increase school fees, could help One Nation win seats

Higher CGT will increase school fees, could help One Nation win seats

The contest for the hearts and minds of a new Howard battler generation could be fought in the schools hardest hit by the government’s tax changes.

09.07.2026 10

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John Black

The great AI data centre cover-up

The great AI data centre cover-up

I might be fined for not telling the government what I earned last year. An AI firm can quietly get the nod for a gas power plant without so much as a...

09.07.2026 20

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Pilita Clark

My father was murdered at Bondi. Here’s what I’ve learnt about antisemitism

My father was murdered at Bondi. Here’s what I’ve learnt about antisemitism

Are we taking the warning signs seriously enough? Are we doing enough to protect Jewish life? Could history repeat itself?

09.07.2026 10

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Sheina Gutnick

What Modi and Hanson have in common on monocultural

What Modi and Hanson have in common on monocultural

In India as in Australia, the challenge is how best to balance democracy, citizenship, constitutional governance and minority rights to forge a...

09.07.2026 10

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Ramesh Thakur

Forcing cheap gas won’t keep prices low

Forcing cheap gas won’t keep prices low

Manufacturers should be careful what they wish for. Artificially flooding the market with cheap gas would ultimately leave them paying higher prices.

09.07.2026 20

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Samantha McCulloch

Trump killed Canada’s anti-oil politics

Trump killed Canada’s anti-oil politics

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has all the permission he needs to shed his previous green credentials in the name of pragmatic statecraft.

09.07.2026 10

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Geoff Russ

Bad economic news exposes Labor’s unproductive budget

Bad economic news exposes Labor’s unproductive budget

Unless Labor finally gets serious about pro-productivity policies, its flawed stewardship of the economy will continue to exacerbate the grievances of...

09.07.2026 10

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The Afr View

Trump declared war on AI licensing. Then he took it to another level

Trump declared war on AI licensing. Then he took it to another level

It’s ironic that Trump, who railed against the prospect of Biden regulating AI through some kind of favourite-playing licensing regime, has done...

08.07.2026 20

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Richard Holden