Columnists
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Myer chair’s parting shots
Paul McClintock has blasted health reform and political leadership and says department stores need a rethink.
Dark, defiant but not isolationist
Donald Trump’s defiant speech made clear the US will remain engaged in the world to tackle threats to the global community.
Europe’s tiller confronts perils
Beyond Angela Merkel’s re-election, she faces the rise of populism, economic hurdles and Europe’s high expectations.
Yes, but please stop the fanfare
The Yes campaign’s balloons and T-shirts are a turn off for grown-up voters.
Eye to eye on SSM hazards
The same-sex marriage debate is making for some unusual bedfellows and comic appropriation.
Battle lines drawn over super
The Turnbull government seems determined to break the unions’ stranglehold over industry funds.
Wishful thinking, green religion
It’s bordering on absurd that a country with the world’s largest readily available reserves of coal, gas and uranium should have some of the world’s highest power prices.
Wednesday 20th September 2017
Complacency is killing us
The First World faces a plague of complacency that could set us back by decades, if not centuries.
Tuesday 19th September 2017
Yes, but spare the virtue-signal
Clearly the case for marriage reform has become a proxy cause for acceptance. So why haven’t the Yes advocates campaigned on this fact?
Give our Nicole a break
Nicole Kidman has had a brilliant couple of years but attracted a great deal of animosity. Quit it and give her a great big round of applause instead.
Fed sails for uncharted waters
If misjudged, the US Fed’s expected move to shrink its holdings could trigger a potentially dangerous over-reaction.
Facts distorted in energy wars
The debate over renewables and coal is distorted by government intervention and contradictory use of “facts” on both sides.
A year with a baby? No thanks
The real reason men don’t take parental leave isn’t because of their careers, it’s because Babyland just isn’t much fun.
BoM says it’s hot when it’s not
Enough is enough. The Bureau of Meteorology yet again stands charged with fabricating temperature records.
Finally, Clinton confesses
I was not sure that Hillary Clinton would get there. But she almost does, on page 386 of her 494-page book about losing last year’s US presidential election.
Make the renewables mafia squeal
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to carry the cost of subsidising unstable energy generation.
The dark side of a Green mess
More than any other policy action before or since, the Renewable Energy Target is responsible for today’s energy mess.
SSM poll occurring without details
Many Australians already have cast votes — for want of a better word — by filling out and returning postal survey forms.
Monday 18th September 2017
Hideous assault on democracy
The fence encircling Parliament House is in special category of expensive eyesore; a symbol of the assault on our democracy.
How far for religious protection?
Draft marriage equality bill includes religious freedom protections; onus is on No campaign to tell us how far they want to go.
Reforms won’t fix journalism
The latest media reforms were not worth not doing, but they’re unlikely to make much difference to anything.
