World Commentary
Wednesday 19th October 2016
Save Haiti by cutting foreign aid
Humanitarian aid, necessary in an emergency, easily morphs into permanent charity, which undermines local markets.
Tuesday 18th October 2016
Duterte scrambles region balance
But Philippine President has struck a blow to US-led efforts to check Chinese domination in the Asia-Pacific region.
Monday 17th October 2016
We’re handing refugees to pimps
We’re witnessing the rise of a vast new slave trade in women.
Friday 14th October 2016
US stares into the abyss
Millions of Americans believe Obama is a gay Kenyan Muslim, Michelle is a man and they stole their children. I kid you not.
Dylan win gladdens weary world
Just when you were about ready to give up on 2016, the Nobel prize for Bob Dylan brings unbridled joy to millions.
Thursday 13th October 2016
Pop culture blindsides disabled
Many people under the age of 35 no longer know what a white cane represents — because filmmakers fear showing them.
GOP fears it waited too long
Have Republicans in the US congress have waited too long to part ways with their party’s presidential nominee?
Wednesday 12th October 2016
Obama inaction poisons politics
Barack Obama’s diplomatic failures have poisoned the US presidential race, not Donald Trump’s tantrums.
‘Hard Brexit’ is the soft option
An almost revolutionary — and un-British — dynamic has taken hold as Brexit politics careen out of control.
Tuesday 11th October 2016
A Nobel for Santos, but no peace
The prize is meant to boost the Colombian President’s stock so he can try again to push through a peace deal.
Monday 10th October 2016
Aleppo battle fuels new cold war
US-Russia ties hit a nadir three weeks after their talks offered hope of an end to Syria’s five-year-old civil war.
Saturday 8th October 2016
China flexes muscle in Bangkok
China has this week scored wins on the diplomatic front as it seeks to project its authority into Southeast Asia.
Thursday 6th October 2016
V-P selections should be on top
America is great at choosing candidates for vice-president. If only it could do the same trick for the presidency.
Spratlys should be green issue
One way to get Beijing’s attention would be to have the South China Sea viewed as an environmental issue.
Wednesday 5th October 2016
US-Philippine tensions risk peace
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-Americanism jeopardises Barack Obama’s signature pivot to the region.
Trump has been pulled off course
The usual explanations focus on self discipline and temperament, but there are two other possibilities.
Tuesday 4th October 2016
Golden opportunity for UK lead
Freed from the shackles of Brussels, Britain can blaze its own trail by telling the world that we are open for business.
Monday 3rd October 2016
Will Europe surrender its soul?
We must halt the massacre in Aleppo. Whatever the cost, we must stop the massive, random, indiscriminate bombings.
Saturday 1st October 2016
Japan to seal elephant’s fate
The Japanese obsession with ivory stamps should be condemned.
Friday 30th September 2016
Rebuke the shoddy populists
Through bluster and demagoguery, populist politicians are turning back the clock to a pre-empirical world.
MORE STORIES
Why Tabcorp paid a premium
Stephen BartholomeuszTabcorp thinks the merger of the gaming giants will unlock so much additional value, that it stretched to seal the deal.
Tatts shareholders hit jackpot
John DurieTatts investors look set to win big from the Tabcorp deal and the benefits could balloon should a rival bid arise.
Tax office attacks partnerships
Robert GottliebsenThere are few more important tax cases on the horizon than the action being brought against the ATO by Rod Douglass.
Inside man Curtis wants out
Will Glasgow, Christine LacySydney society white-collar criminal Oliver Curtis will today appeal against his insider trading conviction.
Gambling on China market
Glenda KorporaalThe Crown arrests may signal a tougher business environment for foreign companies.
ACCC may rein in wagering move
JOHN DURIETatts and Tabcorp went into a trading halt yesterday after merger talks were resurrected.
Chair blasts box-ticker firms
Tim BorehamIt turned out to be a definitive third remuneration “strike” at the mortgage broker’s AGM yesterday.
Fed needs to hike: Citigroup
DAVID ROGERSThe Federal Reserve risks falling behind the curve in dealing with financial risks, says Citigroup’s William Lee.
Gaming giants’ well-timed play
Stephen BartholomeuszIt’s hard to mount a credible argument Tatts and Tabcorp’s latest proposal would substantially lessen competition.
What’s the outlook for property?
James KirbyWealth Editor James Kirby will your questions in a live Q&A on property investment.
