Editorial
Editorial
Education
Same-sex families don’t just belong in Newtown: they belong everywhere
The ugly topic of censorship made an unwelcome return to the headlines this week.
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Federal budget
Chalmers’ challenge: Hard-headed budget discipline
Australia’s debt-laden households need the treasurer to keep federal spending in check.
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Domestic violence
‘All options’ were on the table to tackle DV, but now the most obvious one is off
The Herald agrees with the premier that immediate action is needed, but he and cabinet have missed a moment to do something with generational consequences.
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Domestic violence
Domestic violence package is a good start – but much more is needed
Today’s $230 million package must be the first word on this issue, not the final.
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Domestic violence
Australia needs to ditch its dinosaur attitudes – but Molly Ticehurst shouldn’t have paid the price to make it happen
Under cloudy skies on the Forbes rugby oval, hundreds of people paid witness to a father’s grief. The premier and police minister were among them.
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Domestic violence
Tackling domestic violence is welcome but women have heard it before
While steps taken by the national cabinet on violence against women are welcome, much more needs to be done.
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Aviation
Consumers pay the price as Bonza fights to survive
The cloud hanging over the future of Bonza makes it clear more must be done to encourage new players in Australian aviation – and to support them.
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Opinion
How To Poison a Planet
New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals
The federal government must address the hole in the consumer law and make it illegal to sell unsafe products.
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Domestic violence
Please, ministers, spare us your pathetic platitudes on the domestic violence crisis
Earth to Albanese government ministers: the existing approach is clearly not working.
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Marine life
Sydney’s shark nets will be removed for winter. They should not be reinstalled
The nets are outdated, provide little protection, and have killed thousands of marine creatures.
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Opinion
Crime
How many more women have to die before we get serious about this epidemic?
The Herald believes two royal commissions are urgently needed: the first a state-based inquiry into laws and resources, the second a national probe examining the underlying causes driving male attitudes towards women.
- by The Herald's View