Opinion
NDIS red tape is new normal
Nick CaterInexperienced staff are having trouble delivering the scheme to the right people.
France shows that centre can hold
Troy BramstonOur leaders could learn some things from new French President Emmanuel Macron’s victory and leadership.
Long tradition abandoned in cuts
MARK TANNOCKThe provision of an affordable education alternative is not possible without funding.
Questions for our energy future
Judith SloanMuch of the rest of the world sees a future in coal, but not coal-rich Australia.
Libs want shorter plank for PM
DENNIS SHANAHANThe first attempts are being made to discount Malcolm Turnbull’s own benchmark of leadership failure.
Let’s grade this effort a ‘fail’
Judith SloanIt’s clear what Simon Birmingham’s instructions were: eliminate school funding as an electoral advantage for Labor.
Turnbull-charged not child’s play
JAMES JEFFREYIt seemed a touch ungrateful when one kid in the gallery nodded off to the sound of the PM’s voice.
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And the Fin Review’s Joe Aston makes a big boo-boo while attacking Fairfax’s old guard.
Small mercies: bank levy review
RICHARD GLUYASA little more than lip service has been paid to the banks’ plea for a sunset clause once the budget returns to surplus.
Strategy begins at home
MARK RITSONThe appeal to advertising strategists of working for the Big Four is obvious, but many are in for a culture shock.
Rollback will starve Castro regime
Mary Anastasia O’GradyThe Castro police state will hang on until the civilised world speaks with one voice.
Australians’ smart work on energy
Mohan JesudasonThere is no magic bullet fix for upgrading our energy distribution, despite headline-grabbing proposals by the likes of Tesla.
Andrews must heed NSW lesson
RAY HADLEYVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews should pick up the phone and call his NSW Labor colleague Luke Foley.
Unfolding drama
Matthew WestwoodThe hunt is on to locate and bring original new voices to the Australian theatre scene.
Mortarboards off to Harvard
NICHOLAS WHITLAMThe Harvard graduation ceremony is surely a logistical nightmare but is a truly memorable for all who participate.
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Alan Howe
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Sydney Bureau, Australia
Alan Howe has been a senior journalist on London’s The Times and Sunday Times, and the New York Post. While editing the Sunday Herald Sun in Victoria it became the nation’s fastest growing title. He has also edited The Sunday Herald and The Weekend Australian Magazine and for a decade was executive editor of, and columnist for, Melbourne’s Herald Sun. View all our Columnists
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