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Paul Keating in 1992 works on his statement speech in his office in Parliament House the night before announcing a sweeping program to kick-start investment and jobs.
Analysis
Australian recession

'Go early, go hard, go households': Recession lessons from the 1990s

Paul Keating's response to the turbulent waters of the 1990s has never been more important.

  • by Jennifer Duke
Victorian Aged Care Response Centre boss Joe Buffone has landed a new job in Canberra.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Victorian aged care response to enter 'new phase' as chief departs

  • by Dana McCauley and Rachael Dexter
Dr Don Russell was an adviser to then treasurer Paul Keating during the 1990s recession and is now chairman of AustralianSuper.
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Coronavirus pandemic

States should take bigger role in economic recovery: AustralianSuper's Russell

  • by Jennifer Duke
Australia Post chief Christine Holgate: delivering for One Nation?
Leadership lessons

Christine Holgate: Australia Post chief delivers controversy

  • by Nick Bonyhady
Scott Morrison has said Australia will stand up for its national interests in cracking down on foreign interference.
Analysis
China relations

Australia weighed the risks of Chinese journalist raids and went ahead

  • by Anthony Galloway

Opinion & Perspectives

'Go early, go hard, go households': Recession lessons from the 1990s

Jennifer Duke
Jennifer Duke

Paul Keating's response to the turbulent waters of the 1990s has never been more important.

Australia weighed the risks of Chinese journalist raids and went ahead

Anthony Galloway
Anthony Galloway

Australia knew what it was doing when it raided four Chinese journalists, and knew there could be consequences for Australian journalists based in Beijing.

Scott Morrison walks a fine line while kicking heads

David Crowe
David Crowe

Scott Morrison is on a mission to make Daniel Andrews carry the cost of Victoria's painful lockdown but the politics can easily rebound.

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Federal

Reg Lynch cartoon for Jacqueline Maley column. SHD. 13 September 2020

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The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.

Best of cartoons, September 13, 2020

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

A resident of St Basil's aged care home is evacuated to hospitals after a cluster of COVID-19 cases and deaths at the facility.
Coronavirus pandemic

Aged care deaths fall during pandemic with influenza at record lows

  • by Dana McCauley

The latest illustrations from artist John Shakespeare

Jim Pavlidis illustration for the opinion page to be published on September 12, 2020. Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg playground
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Best of cartoons, September 12, 2020

Victoria

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New South Wales

John Barilaro and the Nationals are under pressure in the regions.
Political infighting

NSW Coalition survives but bitter tensions likely to continue

  • by Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
Political infighting

Bush whacked: koala squabble morphs into failed open warfare

  • by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Domestic violence

'I think he shot the children': violent spiral family could not escape

  • by Jacqueline Maley

Queensland

The Queensland Government is now studying three business cases for Fast Rail around South-East Queensland.
Trains

New fast rail push to get SEQ's post-COVID recovery on track

  • by Tony Moore
Coronavirus pandemic

Queensland Premier promises extra staff for border exemptions

  • by Lydia Lynch
Analysis
QLD Votes 2020

Three ministers quit on the eve of the state election - what does it mean?

  • by Lydia Lynch

Western Australia

The City of Perth needs the right leader to steer it away from its scandal-plagued past.
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City of Perth

City of Perth elections in chaos as ballot draw paused over legal fight

  • by Nathan Hondros and Marta Pascual Juanola
Renting

Property groups blast decision to extend rental moratorium as 'meddling in the market'

  • by Hamish Hastie
City of Perth

Council hopeful pitches Perth metals exchange to put CBD on global financial map

  • by Nathan Hondros

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