Editorial
Editorial
Australia
Taunts do cricketers and fans a disservice
Heroes are hard to find as a willingness to mine players' private and family lives drags a great game through the mud.
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The ugly union is not a sign of strength
Though the words of the opposing sides in this debate sound like something out of a time capsule, industrial relations have changed markedly since union scare campaigns were last in fashion.
Opinion
Some frontier justice for Timor-Leste
At long last Australia has done something like the right thing by Timor-Leste in the dispute over the maritime boundary the countries share. But it has done so only after trying every other alternative for nearly five decades.
Opinion
Awareness of gender equality heightened but a long way to go
Women and men should exercise zero tolerance in the workplace and elsewhere and denounce it whenever they see it.
Opinion
Trump's tariffs are an attack on jobs
If Trump's actions trigger a global trade war, Australia will find itself exposed.
Opinion
China's Xi throws down the gauntlet
With one quick flourish China has transformed itself from an autocracy into a dictatorship.
Opinion
Tasmania: still on the surface, churn underneath
Tasmania is the latest in the long drum roll of elections extending from last year through this year and into next. As state after state goes to the polls, somewhere in between will come the climax, the federal election – whenever that is called.
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Time for new approach to stop deadly illegal disposal of asbestos
Shocking details of the latest asbestos dumping scandal in the Blue Mountains have raised questions about how this deadly material is disposed of.
Opinion
The fluff monster that ate politics
Parliament sat this week, but can anyone name a law it passed? Apart from an announcement about Snowy Hydro 2.0, the whole week has been consumed completely by a monster made almost entirely of fluff.
Opinion
A steady course between two uncertainties
As Australia seeks to steer a middle course between its main ally and its main trading partner, the task is made slightly easier by off-putting behaviour from both.