Columnists
Thursday 5th October 2017
Shun Shooters over gun laws
In upcoming NSW by-elections, Nationals are under threat from the Shooters Party, whose main focus is to weaken gun laws.
Rules mean banks risk huge fines
Global reporting rules threaten massive penalties for our banks and could have implications for Chinese property investors.
Gun massacre, gratuitous tweets
America, take note: not all Aussies see the need to tell you how to fix your domestic problems ... even if our ‘commentators’ love to kick you when you’re down.
Korea peace deal is possible
What is the chance of a more coherent approach to North Korea emerging from Donald Trump’s tour of Asia next month?
Gun laws show the way on reform
And Turnbull is proving that you can win agreement on even the most delicate issues.
Warships needed closer to home
The time has come to shift our main maritime effort to our area of direct strategic interest in the western Pacific.
Our low-inflation world
Their failure to achieve inflation targets is frustrating the central banks of most leading economies.
Thursday 5th October 2017
Subs vital for our defence
But government must consider when to bring the navy home.
The malice in man
We are taught rules and norms for good reason, for our instincts are variable and dangerously unreliable.
Wednesday 4th October 2017
Investing in multiple defences
Boondoggles aside, the Coalition makes security a top priority.
Labor legend leaves out tryst
Evans couldn’t face parliament about his feelings for Cheryl and he can’t face readers.
Caged in the ‘kill box’
They were caged in, and therefore sitting ducks for a mass shooter with a machine gun on a tripod, sitting at his hotel window.
Queenslanders front and centre
Polling suggests preferences between LNP and One Nation could make Labor marginals vulnerable.
Right Said, Ned
Pauline Hanson, Ned Kelly and a burka-clad woman walk on to a Melbourne community stage...
Frigate combat-system top choice
The Turnbull government has made the right decision in opting for the AEGIS combat system for the future frigates.
PM’s team staking welfare claim
Despite opposition, trials based on cashless cards, drug testing and ‘no jab, no pay’ are producing results.
Australia is far from immune
The Las Vegas shootings get close to the worst nightmares of Australian counter-terrorism authorities.
We lose as Pearson leaves
Thanks to Brendan Pearson, more people understand that coal-fired baseload power is the key to our living standards.
Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Can’t they see past the NRA?
I do not understand Americans. Whether it is a high school or a music festival, gun massacres just keep happening.
