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A crazy six hours in Seoul and the fragility of democracy

A presidential brain snap in South Korea has revived dark memories of the country’s past, with potentially damaging geopolitical ripples across...

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James Curran

Why price discrimination can be a good thing

The online age may make it easier for companies to predict what we’re willing to pay. But it also makes it easier for us to share stories of...

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Richard Holden

‘Doing our best’ to fight antisemitism? Far from it

In Victoria, Jews live in a climate of fear because next to nothing has been done to stop the attacks against them.

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Phillip Coorey

Corporate advocacy isn’t passing the pub test

Controversy over business hand-wringing about Australia Day shows why taking public stances is fraught.

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Patrick Langrell

Jewish Australians’ worst fears have come true

The community has been ringing warning bells about an increasing wave of hatred, and the inadequate political and law enforcement responses, for 14...

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Justin Amler

Posturing on Israel pandering to ugly racism

Labor continues to walk both sides of the street on the Gaza war, Palestinian statehood, and Israel’s right to self-defence. The net result of...

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The Afr View

A lot of politics is driving the debate about antisemitism

It is one thing to take issue with the federal government’s position on a resolution to the UN. It is another to argue it is the cause of rising...

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Laura Tingle

Public sector to blame for Australia’s poor productivity

Australia’s economic story has become dominated by public rather than private activity as politicians spend crazy amounts of money to buy votes.

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Christopher Joye

We’re all suffering from qualitynesia now

Borne along on the tide of technology, it is far too easy to forget that CD players sounded better than Spotify.

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Sarah O&x27Connor

This is why we don’t need to worry about the Brits and AUKUS

The alliance sets the tone for the UK to make a distinctive contribution to NATO’s ability to retain sea control of the North Atlantic.

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Alessio Patalano

Michele Bullock could be the Maradona of Australian central banking

The Reserve Bank governor is weaving through the inflation challenge with a hawkish comment here, a dovish quip there and a steady interest rate.

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Paul Bloxham

Victoria is running out of gas and there is no easy fix

A gas-rich, wealthy country unable to supply gas to its major population centres is a massive policy failing. There is one “least-worst” solution.

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Tony Wood

Five reforms Chalmers must tackle to kickstart growth

Taking on big reforms may entail political risks, but the alternative is to continue on a path of genteel decline.

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David Alexander

The treasurer must ask what he can do for business

Jim Chalmers is asking business to dig Australia’s economy out of the hole. But he also needs to say what he is going to do to help businesses...

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The Afr View

Teals aren’t letting the Liberals whitewash them as Greens

Allegra Spender’s push to change the definition of small business complicates the Coalition’s attempts to pigeonhole the independents as lefties.

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Phillip Coorey

No amount of lipstick on this pig can hide the economic stagnation

The national accounts make grim reading and are indisputably worse than expected.

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John Kehoe

Banking rift exposed in fight against levy for rural services

The government has rejected a proposal by banks to pause regional branch closures instead of a mooted $350 million levy, as a rift deepens between...

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John Kehoe

Business Person awards celebrate founder success

AirTrunk and Chemist Warehouse’s founder stories underline the importance of innovative and risk-taking entrepreneurship, perceptiveness, and...

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The Afr View

Chalmers greenlights more spending - but only until the election

After three years of putting little emphasis on the private sector, Labor is now spruiking the value of a business-led recovery.

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Phillip Coorey

The Reserve Bank is not smashing the jobs market

Claims the central bank is needlessly throwing vulnerable Australians out of work are not backed up by the statistics.

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John Kehoe

Biden (not Trump) has weakened America’s rule of law

In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog.

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Edward Luce

Pay states to slash payroll tax on jobs

A National Reform Fund could use federal funds to incentivise states and territories to align their policies.

04.12.2024 10

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Bran Black

A year of pain for Optus and Telstra mean little telcos are winners

Superloop and Aussie Broadband have been taking share in the highly competitive broadband market as their larger rivals restructure and cut jobs.

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Jenny Wiggins

Linking executive pay to net zero is working – sort of

It’s encouraging to see this linkage increasingly happening, but there is still work to do when it comes to making sure such efforts are effective.

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Zoe Whitton

Qantas’ misdeeds shouldn’t scuttle Virgin-Qatar deal

The TWU stoush with Bain Capital over the next Virgin boss highlights corporate Australia’s wider reputational issues that have fuelled the...

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The Afr View

A disgraceful presidential pardon right out of the MAGA ‘swamp’

What a degrading finale for Joe Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.

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Bret Stephens

Independent hospital pricing an opportunity for genuine health reform

The reality is private hospitals need fairer agreements with health funds. Providers, insurers, and government need to start a conversation.

03.12.2024 2

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Martin Bowles

Perth’s billionaire set is piling into this little-known medtech

The value of West Australian nerve repair biotech Orthocell has doubled since September as it beefs up its shareholder bases and prepares to break...

03.12.2024 2

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Michael Smith

Break up big tech to save competition, democracy and the climate

To save the European Green Deal and restore economic competitiveness, the EU’s new antitrust push must rein in these companies’ enormous power.

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Cori Crider

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