Yesterday
- Opinion
- Opinion
ASEAN summit a worthwhile investment of Australia’s soft power
But the optics of forging stronger links with the nations of South-East Asia were undercut by the unprecedented and unedifying intervention by Paul Keating.
- The AFR View
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Play hardball and make Meta pay fair share for news
Now Facebook’s owner has thrown the ball back into the government’s court and has to be “designated” in the interests of professional newsrooms and serious journalism.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
ASEAN summit signals Australia’s a trusted partner
Australia has a role to play in promoting “ASEAN centrality” in an open and stable region, and an interest in increasing trade and investment as our neighbours progress to a more prosperous future.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
The Liberals go downmarket after Dunkley
The Coalition should have used the Sunday morning after Dunkley to start talking about an alternative economic narrative that would have broad appeal.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
No productivity revolution coming from the couch
Working from home to get through an emergency is not the same as the concerted drive for growth and productivity Australia desperately needs.
- The AFR View
February
- Opinion
- Opinion
Philippines partners Australia on peace, stability and success in Asia
President Marcos’s speech is in keeping with the tightening network of Asian nations who are keen to keep the US engaged and are suspicious of Beijing’s intentions.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Dunkley byelection is about nothing but politics
A lot will be read into the implications of Saturday’s poll because it’s essentially a purely political horse race short on substantial policy ambition.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Board seats for super raise governance issues
Paul Keating’s 80th birthday interview raises the under-discussed issue of the impact of the $3.6 trillion union-influenced superannuation funds on the nation’s capital markets.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Gender pay gap calls for proper explanation to maximise opportunity
While business is not entirely to blame, there is clearly room for innovative thinking about how corporates can tackle the cultural barriers to women working different jobs at different times in different places for more pay.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
University success starts with fixing school performance first
The Universities Accord social equity aspiration depends on students being ready to study at a higher level after year 12.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
As Ukraine’s stocks fall, stakes get higher
Two years after Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion began, it’s not just about whether Ukraine can avoid defeat but whether Europe can defend itself
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bold navy plan needs backing with hard cash
Australia reaped a resources bonanza from China’s rise as the workshop to the world. Now some of that needs to be redirected as a national security insurance premium.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
At 80, Keating keeps throwing down the gauntlet
Not everyone will agree with the former PM on AUKUS. Yet all should agree that a more independent security posture would not be sustainable if Australia continued to squander its opportunity of prosperity.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Merger ruling, miner cut through the populist policy madness
Amid the stew of populist hysteria around banks, miners, supermarkets and stevedores, two clear voices have blasted through the policy incoherence.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Corporates should focus on being on the right side of customers
Any social licence credits supposedly built up by supporting the Voice have counted for nothing, as Coles and Woolworths are now portrayed as profiteering pariahs at the eye of the cost-of-living political storm.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Voters indifferent to tax cuts, worried about crime
The spring put in Anthony Albanese’s step by the redesigned stage three personal income tax cuts has not produced a big leap in Labor’s standing.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Once a KGB thug…
During the Cold War, many on the political left in Western countries looked through the repression of the Russian people. Today, the moral equivalence of Russia’s “useful idiots” is on the populist political right.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Middle East war does not excuse an ancient prejudice
Jews are again the subject of hostility and conspiracy theories that no other group has to face. It has happened too quickly and easily.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Politicians should not police the corporate cop
The recent dysfunction at the very top of ASIC opens up the question of how to sanction independent regulators.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australia’s high-cost nickel bust
The truth we are discovering is that neither new nor old world mining do very well when the basic policies are not right.
- The AFR View
