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SMH Editorials

Are shark nets protecting the public or the Premier?

Sun-Herald editorial dinkus.

If the North Coast is to have shark nets, they must be the most high-tech and environmentally friendly possible and work must continue on alternatives. Otherwise, it will be hard not to conclude the human they are mainly protecting is the Premier.

Many to blame for same-sex marriage impasse

Bill Shorten blames Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull for stopping legal same-sex marriage, but he's only half-right.

Some proponents are prepared to wait for the next election. But even if Malcolm Turnbull survives, the issue will fester and divide the community, with no guarantee of passage thereafter.

Police homophobia must change for benefit of all

Sun-Herald editorial dinkus.

Revelations in today's Sun-Herald of evidence of an entrenched homophobic culture in a Sydney police Local Area Command are disturbing in their own right. That the LAC in question happens to be in Newtown, a hub of Sydney's large and vibrant gay community, is even more worrying.

Welcome progress on penalty rate reform

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen insists Australia is not yet a seven-day-a-week economy.

Any penalty rates discussion exposes the Labor Party as the conduit into power for unions, which represent only 11 per cent of workers in private enterprise and 39 per cent in the public sector.

Smart modern nations need intelligence reviews

The review should consider issues such as whether the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is ...

The nation's security and intelligence agencies should be adequately resourced and regularly modernised. We therefore welcome the planned independent review into the six agencies that make up the Australian intelligence community.