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Dutton’s tax ‘aspiration’ has merit – why only now?

Dutton’s tax ‘aspiration’ has merit – why only now?

Peter Dutton, now seriously on the back foot, has made an extraordinarily big “aspirational” commitment at the back end of this campaign. He says...

yesterday 10

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Michelle Grattan

Dutton would trash the Paris climate agreement

Dutton would trash the Paris climate agreement

The latest flip-flopping by the Coalition on whether it would keep Australia in the Paris climate agreement or not overshadows a bigger point....

thursday 30

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Thom Woodroofe

Why America's oligarchs won't criticise Trump

Why America's oligarchs won't criticise Trump

As tens of millions of Americans hustle to pay their taxes, President Donald Trump has put the entire global economy into chaos. Retirement plans...

thursday 10

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Robert Reich

How leaders are faring as campaign hits halfway

How leaders are faring as campaign hits halfway

More than two weeks in, we know one thing for sure. This time, the election campaign does matter. In decades past, when voters were more loyally...

16.04.2025 40

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Stephen Mills

Never mind Liberal-Labor – it’s Big Gas v the rest

Never mind Liberal-Labor – it’s Big Gas v the rest

Australia is one of the world’s largest gas exporters. We send around 80 per cent of our gas overseas. More than half of the gas we export doesn’t...

16.04.2025 30

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Joshua Black

Look out millennials, they say life begins at 40

Look out millennials, they say life begins at 40

I’m 41 now, when I first read Carl Jung’s famous quote below I was in my teens. I always liked the idea of life improving, becoming more...

15.04.2025 8

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Simon Kuestenmacher

China has more cards in trade war than US thinks

China has more cards in trade war than US thinks

When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China....

15.04.2025 30

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Linggong Kong

Election 2025 is strongmen v the daggy dads

Election 2025 is strongmen v the daggy dads

Australian politics has historically been a male domain with an overwhelmingly masculine culture. Manhood and a certain kind of masculinity are...

15.04.2025 9

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Blair Williams

What Australia must do now trade is under siege

What Australia must do now trade is under siege

The Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on all its trading partners, and at much higher rates on China, threatens the end of the...

14.04.2025 40

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Craig Emerson

Who loses as Dutton implodes, Albanese coasts

Who loses as Dutton implodes, Albanese coasts

The 2025 election Coalition campaign is now about how many seats Peter Dutton has to win to maintain his leadership, and our national debate could...

14.04.2025 10

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Amy Remeikis

Patriotism? No, it's a desperate Trump-like dance

Patriotism? No, it's a desperate Trump-like dance

Patriotism is for grownups. It’s not about chest-thumping, flag-waving, or hurling adolescent insults. True patriotism is loving one’s country,...

14.04.2025 60

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Nick Dyrenfurth