Comment

The Age Editorials

Public Service travel bill deserves an explanation

<p>

If video conferencing technology is good enough for Government portals to allow regional Australians to discuss abdominal pain, gastroenteritis, skin conditions, whooping cough and diarrhea with health experts then surely it is up to the challenge of letting public servants interact with one another.

State bets on Canberra cash for budget plan

<p>

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison should be pleased that his Victorian counterpart, Tim Pallas, is providing political cover for Mr Morrison’s belated embrace in recent days of funding infrastructure with debt.

Government fails to honour Anzac values

<p>

It is lamentable that while our fighting forces have so often protected the dignity and freedom of the downtrodden, our governments have for the past decade been demonising the downtrodden.