Comment

SMH Editorials

Time for reckoning over Lindt cafe siege

The legacies of many involved in the Lindt cafe siege are at stake.

Did people have to die in the Lindt cafe siege? We await an answer to that question this week when NSW coroner Michael Barnes hands down his report of the inquest into the deaths of barrister Katrina Dawson, cafe manager Tori Johnston and serial criminal Man Haron Monis, two and a half years after they were killed when Monis terrorised the Lindt chocolate cafe in Martin Place. 

Public Service travel bill deserves an explanation

SMH editorial dinkus PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE OR CHANGE THIS CAPTION - EVER !!! THIS MEANS YOU !!!

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.

The good, bad and ugly reality of budget 2017

Scott Morrison has a tough sales job ahead.

Given an election could be more than two years' away, this should budget should embark on large-scale tax and economic reform. As it is, infrastructure may be the best we can expect.

Toss another pork barrel on the barbie

Barnaby Joyce wants more federal government functions moved to regional centres, like Armidale in his electorate.

Ad hoc attempts from the top down to decentralise departmental functions are unlikely to succeed at any time, and especially when there is no co-ordinated approach including state and local governments.

Daddy, we still hardly know you

Editorial dinkus.

We all know about motherhood issues – motherhood being a proposition no one can oppose. But what about fatherhood? On this issue, it seems our society's views are more equivocal.

Tribal drums herald Giants v Swans clash

The Giants' Shane Mumford and the Swans' Kurt Tippett square off in the semi-final last September.

Tribalism is the foundation of AFL club loyalty in the southern states. Babies are born into their team's colours. The Swans and the Giants need that if they are to challenge the century-plus dominance of rugby league in Sydney.