This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
The risks are rising in replacing Philip Lowe
The Treasurer says he is consulting cabinet colleagues on the next governor of the RBA. Does that include Tony Burke, whose IR policies are making life harder for the central bank?
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Labor’s war on two fronts fights Green populism
Australian politics currently has no strong centre, yet that is where Anthony Albanese knows he has to govern from if he wants Labor to stay in power.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Andrew Forrest
The Forrests have flipped from personal riches to philanthropy
The Forrests are setting an example for other wealthy Australians to follow and further deepening the contribution of business-led prosperity to tackling social challenges.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
England has to double down on Bazball at Lord’s
It was England that played the radicals and Australia the establishment in a Test that inverted cricket history
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Creative crunch time for entrepreneurs
Crunch times are part of the process of concentrating the allocation of ultimately scarce capital to the entrepreneurs who have the best chance of long-term success.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Energy transition is flickering as renewables struggle to catch up
Never has the message to keep all options open seemed more sensible. Yet, the rapid developments in affordable nuclear power overseas cannot even get a look-in.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
State debt addictions harder to add up
The least creditworthy jurisdictions face paying a higher risk premium on their borrowings unless they get their houses in order by bringing down debt.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Van should make own call on being called out
Parliament should be focused on how to revive Australia’s flatlining post-pandemic productivity to help bring inflation down and get real wages going.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
How do we set rules for god-like AI?
AI will be too useful to humanity to let hype and paranoia distort balanced regulation of the sector.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Blame and empathy won’t tame inflation or sustain prosperity
Anthony Albanese’s testy smackdown of the Reserve Bank governor and his suggestions that lifting care workers’ pay by 15 per cent would help reverse Australia’s productivity decline are telling signs of the nation’s unhinged economic debate.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Crash through on the Voice may end up crashing
By locking in behind a high-risk process and proposal that is in danger of failing, Australia now risks Brexit-style social and political polarisation and setting back progress on reconciliation and overcoming Indigenous disadvantage.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Queensland’s coal-fired budget
Ironically, Queensland Labor’s plan to phase out coal-fired generation is forecast to help turn the record surplus into a $2 billion deficit next financial year.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Labor backs big super, not big banks, for advice
Rather than more consultation, Labor needs to do more to promote the diverse, innovative, affordable and quality financial advice system required by the millions of Australians nearing retirement.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
America’s long Trumpian nightmare may be far from over
Hyper-partisan modern America is no country for centrists, and the legal proceedings against Donald Trump now threaten to split ‘red’ and ‘blue’ Americans over upholding the rule of law.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australia can make a Hornets’ nest for Moscow
The people of Ukraine have done enough to stop Vladimir Putin winning the war. The counteroffensive is to help them win the peace.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Stable Asia needs American power to balance China
The Shangri-La Dialogue shows there’s quiet support for the US role in the region. But while it ignores wider trade issues, the US only has half an Asian strategy.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Labor needs a productivity agenda for post-pandemic reality
Australia’s pathway out of high inflation, sub-par growth and a possible hard landing requires an incentive-sharpening reform agenda.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Doubts hang over Labor’s commitment to low inflation
The disturbing suspicion is Jim Chalmers wants the RBA to somehow fight inflation and unemployment at the same time.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
ESG reality bites on power bills, boards and the Voice
When polarisation is a problem in many Western democracies, Australian business encouraging respect for political diversity and disagreeing civilly is a worthy ESG outcome in itself.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Is Labor committed to a return to low inflation?
It seems the RBA will need to further raise interest rates. The question is how much the other arms of policy will increase the economic cost of this necessary monetary tightening.
- The AFR View