Jobs: The marketplace must drive wages growth
The posturing by the ACTU and Bill Shorten to raise minimum wages shows an ignorance of the economic value of enterprise output.
The posturing by the ACTU and Bill Shorten to raise minimum wages shows an ignorance of the economic value of enterprise output.
Readers continue to discuss the government's plan for Australia to become one of the world's top 10 defence exporters.
Readers discuss the government's plans to Boost Australian arms exports.
Age readers discuss what the Prime Minister is saying in the light of what he is doing
Age readers discuss the Australia's Strategy for Nature 2018-2030 draft document
Readers discuss the Australian of the Year winners (and nominees), as well as the significance of Australia Day.
Readers discuss the significance of Australia Day and what date we should celebrate it.
The Coalition's education policy ("Libs vow to teach values", The Age, 24/1) should be commended for its awareness that the "shameful treatment of Indigenous people" should be treated in depth; however, ideology has led to muddled thinking in at least two areas.
Readers discuss economic issues, including the Treasurer's plan to cut the company tax rate.
Readers discuss Melbourne's transport problems.
Age readers discuss the Minister for the Environment and Energy's letter about Australia's emissions reduction performance.
I've been wondering lately how many people carry a small hole in their hearts, invisible to everyone else.Â
I'm a big fan of Ash Barty. She's fantastic. However, I switched off her first round match in the Open because I couldn't cope with the aggressive screeching of her opponent Aryna Sabalenka even with the sound low. It's not the first women's match I've switched off. It really is a problem that the WTA should have nipped in the bud many years ago because it's getting worse and spreading. The men grunt as they're making an effort. It's generally not intrusive. The women who screech sound as though they're about to kill someone.Â
Readers discuss the Australian Open, particularly the pressure on players to compete in the intense heat.
Readers discuss what can be done to encourage the sale of electric cars.
It's easy to require a minimum ATAR for entry to teacher training. But what about the student's performance during the course?
Readers discuss the significance of Australia Day and whether it should be held on January 26.
Readers discuss the debate around changing the date on which Australia Day is celebrated.
Age readers discuss Billie Jean King weighing in on renaming Margaret Court Arena.
Age readers discuss Melbourne's transport planning.
Readers have very diverse views on sexual harassment and the comments by French actor Catherine Deneuve.
Readers continue to discuss gang crimes, including by African and Caucasian youths.
As a former chairman and chief executive of VicRoads, I write with dismay about the state of Victorian roads and the ominous warning signs that abound.
Readers discuss Donald Trump, and the new book about him by American journalist Michael Wolff. They also pay tribute to Age cartoonist Ron Tandberg who died on Monday.
Age readers discuss all manners of transport in Melbourne.
Age readers discuss the benefits of volunteering.
Age readers discuss Peter Dutton's comments on African youths in Melbourne.
Readers discuss what it means to be a volunteer, with most rejecting the assertion that volunteering often does more harm than good.
Readers discuss whether Australia should become a republic.
Readers are divided on the issue of African crime gangs in Melbourne.
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