Opinion
Saturday 9th September 2017
Inside our fractious alt-right
If you are a fist waving member of Australia’s far right, the worst thing you can do is call someone a Nazi.
Best candidate for ‘worst job’
NZ Labour’s Jacinda Ardern has taken the party from hopeless to high-flying as election nears.
Saturday 9th September 2017
Miles to go before PM sleeps
The High Court has saved Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership — for now.
Mission creep ignores wisdom
Our three levels of government would do better if they stick to their jurisdictions.
Opinionistas same as politicians
The commentariat too tends to peddle prejudices as irrefutable fact.
Test of religious freedom
The royal commission’s recommendation has little to do with curbing child abuse.
From cheap to expensive power
Renewables panhandlers make a motza while reliable energy keeps seeping out.
Elder abuse for money rising
A new survey on elder financial abuse makes plain the scale of the problem. Three case studies show the dangers.
Imagine if tables were turned
More Australians will vote No as a protest against the intolerance of some Yes campaigners.
There’s method in Kim’s madness
The North Korean dictator is actually a pretty remarkable human being with immense hidden abilities.
‘What everyone’s dying from’
Former basketballer Noah Bastarache is proof of the shocking way the opioid crisis spreads its skeletal hands across America.
The nation’s lightbulb moment
This week the Turnbull government found a new argument for coal — in the name of power stability.
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Friday 8th September 2017
Asset sales inevitable as debt balloons
What was Treasurer Ben Wyatt thinking of when he said no taxes would be raised and no assets would be sold?
Prices not due to privatisation
Here’s a tip: the escalation of electricity prices doesn’t have anything to do with privatisation.
Buck passed to big end of town
Election pledges mean little to Mark McGowan with his budget hitting gold miners with higher royalties.
Ruling may be pyrrhic victory
Yesterday’s High Court victory for Malcolm Turnbull could turn out to be pyrrhic.
Decision lets PM dodge a bullet
In letting the people decide, the High Court has shown the wisdom so lacking in parliament.
All citizens deserve right to serve
Dual nationality is here to stay but let’s raise the threshold for our greatest gift.
Freedoms are always on right side
She’ll be right, reckon the vocal proponents of same-sex marriage — they are wrong.
A few photons of sunshine
When the green light came from the High Court no one looked as pleased as Malcolm Turnbull.
Blackout Bill may give PM boost
Turnbull should push his advantage against Labor’s absurd renewables fixation.
Thursday 7th September 2017
Oscillation of an acrobat
Ah, the chutzpah of it all. Citizenship is just the latest ‘circus’ in which Bill Shorten has shown his contortionist skills.
’Experts’ push their own barrows
The AEMO is just part of the dazzling array of regulators interfering with the national electricity market.
Leader should axe the tax
It’s poor policy and will cost money, but Malcolm Turnbull should drop the GST on domestic gas and electricity bills.
Smile put on Morrison dial
The rise in business investment has given Treasurer Scott Morrison a good reason to be positive about our economy.
Turnbull rebuffs Abbott gang
The PM is showing a resilience that backers believe could yet be rewarded by voters.
Tell Kim we mean business
And Beijing should know threats will lead to much better defended neighbours.
Better times need wages growth
Like the rest of the world, our household incomes are at a curious standstill.
