Today
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
We're all in this together? Not really
The PM is trying to bolster support for Victoria after the debacle alarms Australians and threatens to set premiers and their populations against one another.
Yesterday
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
More massive job losses are inevitable
Daniel Andrews says there's no option but to announce very difficult steps for his state including the lockdown of metropolitan Melbourne for six weeks. He's less keen on explaining why his state got into such a dire position.
This Month
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
One more giant rip in the COVID-19 recovery
The epic fail in Victoria becomes a body blow to the federal government’s hopes of limiting the national economic impact after states had gradually begun to reopen over the past month.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Failure after failure for tough-talking Andrews
A rapid and highly targeted response was always expected to be the key to managing any community outbreaks of the virus in Australia. The Andrews government didn’t apply its own rhetoric, writes Jennifer Hewett.
- Opinion
- Tax reform
Why Morrison will let this crisis 'go to waste'
Scott Morrison will inevitably be criticised for not seizing the day in terms of an overdue tax reform agenda. But he will prefer not to squander his strong chance of re-election.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria's resistance doesn't bear comparison
The Andrews government admits the massive problems created by the failures in Victoria's quarantine hotels, but rules out using the ADF. Why?
June
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Andrews government goes postal
The Victorian government is scrambling to catch up to a virus it let get out of control. But the tough questions about Daniel Andrews' handling of the crisis are mounting more quickly than the spike in numbers.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Belated crackdown has made Victoria a pariah
The Andrews government instituted the toughest restrictions on its citizens and kept them the longest. Yet it's Victorians who are now the COVID-19 pariahs. What went wrong?
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Nowhere to hide from COVID's economic pain
The national panic over the spike in Victorian numbers obscures the much bigger problem – the economic impact on Australia of a rampaging virus elsewhere in the world.
- Opinion
- Retail
Empty shelves prompt supply chain rethink
The difficulty securing products because of COVID-19 shortages has boosted the "make-more-in Australia" drive. Retailers say this must be done selectively.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria pays the price for 'double standard'
The lessons of earlier delays in dealing with the cluster from Cedar Meats abattoir don't seem to have registered. The cost is now obvious statewide.
- Opinion
- Health insurance
Don't bet on the death of private health insurance
Australia's private health funds reject the claim they are in a "death spiral". Mark Fitzgibbon and Craig Drummond are optimistic about the post-COVID-19 world.
- Opinion
- China
The rupture with China is permanent
Calls from Australian business leaders to mend the diplomatic relationship – or at least to not further widen the division - now seem from a distant political era.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Fresh spike a blow for Andrews and Canberra
The federal government is trying to avoid public criticism of Victoria's surprise decision to reverse the scheduled easing of restrictions Monday.
- Opinion
- Cash
Jobs the real test for emerging from dark times
The disappointing jobless numbers for May are just the start of the battle to stop the results for unemployment becoming permanent.
- Opinion
- Legal industry
Lawyers want a bigger slice of class actions
Australia has become the most likely jurisdiction outside the US where a corporation may face significant securities class action, a report says.
- Opinion
- Somyurek scandal
Victorian embarrassment puts Labor leaders under siege
Few people had heard of Adem Somyurek but he wielded great power in the Victorian Labor Party. How could Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese not know how he used that influence?
- Updated
- Opinion
- Racism
Culture wars cancel the past and present
The urge to succumb to the authoritarian impetus of a vengeful mob is much the same. No shades of grey, no sense of nuance and certainly no sense of humour allowed.
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Border wars defy the ties that bind
Scott Morrison argues protest rallies against racism only jeopardise broader community support for the issue while risking a COVID-19 spike that will delay the economy opening up.
- Opinion
- University
Time's up for universities facing China risk
The COVID-19 crisis and China's threats have revealed the large cracks in the Australian university sector despite all the claims about the success of international education.
