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Will our leaders heed the warning that the best defence against populism is to take the hard decisions needed to restore the prosperity most...
Both sides of politics should end the charade of promising cheaper power prices while debating the least costly transition to a net zero economy.
In it’s mid-year budget outlook, Labor is effectively doubling down on the bigger-spending, bigger government that has crowded out private...
The critical question is how best to maintain the sustainability and affordability of private healthcare amid the stoush between health funds and...
Regretting not being able to spend even more money is a fittingly risible sign-off from a treasurer who lost control of Victoria’s finances.
The Coalition’s fears that a Labor treasurer would stack the new board with political appointees have not been borne out. The crucial independence...
The fading prospect of an interest rate cut ahead of the polls combined with serious failures of economic management, both count against Labor’s...
Labor has acted too slowly in shoring up defences at home, where the government really can make a difference.
In general, the last thing Australia needs is a new tax. But Meta’s thumbing its nose at Australia’s pioneering regulation justifies Labor’s...
Targeting childcare spending at those who need it most would avoid another overly generous entitlement that becomes a financial problem down the track...
The government’s plan is mostly window dressing. It does nothing to fix the state’s fundamental business investment problem which is about the...
How the outgoing CEO’s tenure is regarded will hinge on the long-term outcomes of his two signature projects.
The challenge of cutting the size of government is made harder by public sector elites receiving outsized remuneration.
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 the...
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...
AirTrunk and Chemist Warehouse’s founder stories underline the importance of innovative and risk-taking entrepreneurship, perceptiveness, and...
The TWU stoush with Bain Capital over the next Virgin boss highlights corporate Australia’s wider reputational issues that have fuelled the populist...
We credit the Albanese government for continuing to seek to make big tech play by the same rules as other companies. However, the devil is always in...
The new era in Australian central banking should encourage better monetary policy decision-making. But that hinges on whom the treasurer picks to sit...
Two retiring politicians offered some pointed advice for their colleagues in parliament’s last session for the year.
Victoria’s bigger spending and bigger debt trajectory is not sustainable, and no amount of spin from the leaders to blame for making such a mess of...
Both sides of politics promising cheaper power prices is just setting up another broken election pledge.
If the government calls an early election before the budget is scheduled for March 25 next year, it would underscore how big a political problem –...
Beyond the next election horizon that is driving the student caps issue, the challenges universities now face deserve a serious policy conversation.
There may be legitimate legal case to be heard. But moral questions around the portrayal of Israel as a pariah state also risks undermining the...
There is something else at stake as Ukraine fights on: the self-respect of the democratic nations that have backed them this far.
By making the high-profile and unprecedented decision to direct the sovereign wealth fund the treasurer has changed the climate of expectations of...
The challenge for companies is to find a way to promote pluralism while treating all employees equally and avoiding inflaming a politicised culture...
The best way Beijing can persuade the US it is playing fair is to open up its domestic market so America can share in its success.
The best way Beijing can persuade the US it is playing fair is to open up its domestic market so America can share in its success.
Before the government imposes a new levy to keep regional branches open and head off a Coalition attack, the competition and innovation effects must...
According to today’s poll, 42 per cent of voters think our economy will be weaker with Trump restored to the White House. It’s a grim portent for...
But there is still a whiff of self-interest in measures which will clip the wings of well-funded independent disruptors
At least the US president-elect is prepared to take serious economic problems head on, even if in unorthodox ways.
At least the US president-elect is prepared to take on the problem of an over-large and unproductive government.
Revelations that Cbus has cheated members on death and disability benefits has now surfaced a new systemic issue.
The $80 million, handed out with little detail, has to go towards making Rex a sustainable player again. The government needs to make a better case...
The political fallout from privatisation colliding with a temporary cost of living crisis could end up gumming up the pipeline of public works in the...
Labor’s move to now run hard on the issue of young peoples’ safety online will resonate with millions of average mums and dads.
Inflation cut across all other issues for US voters, regardless of race, gender and age. What should that be telling us?
Trump would find that turning his back on allies was a more costly transaction than he thought.
The verdict of the American people will be seen as speaking to America’s continuing decline during the Trump era.
The unfortunate truth for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is that the elevated interest rates will play a big part in next year’s election.
The lesson for directors is that transparent and accountable governance is truly indispensable for properly run companies of all kinds.
The principle of ensuring fairness all-round will be trashed by handing out a 20 per cent debt cut regardless of income. It is middle-class welfare on...
Trump’s trade wars will damage Australian interests, and his lies, vulgarity and conspiracy theories taint democracies everywhere.
If interest rate relief comes too late for the election, too bad. What’s really needed is reform of our tax, workplace and regulatory settings.
Not even a public health crisis should justify suppression of the normal rules of democratic debate about government actions and policy alternatives.
For three decades the super system has been focused on building up assets for members. Less so on creating the infrastructure to service customers in...
Some might say upgrades are just a perk of the office. But the counterargument is that MPs should be removed from the special type of soft power...