Today
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Australia’s blue blood miner, management moderniser and business nationalist
During his heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, Sir Roderick Carnegie was a believer in the power of big corporations competing in open markets to drive human progress.
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Surely everyone knew the CFMEU’s dirty secrets?
Given the money flows between the union, criminals, building companies and the Labor Party, cleaning out this poison must surely require action by federal or state corruption bodies.
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This Month
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American democracy dodged a bullet too
The failed attempt to take out Donald Trump might put him back in the Oval Office.
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Nickel is a sobering reminder of commodity fortunes
Australia has been showered with resources export wealth for nearly 20 years. BHP’s nickel operations show we still have to get the basics of cost and productivity right.
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Australians need a sharp reminder of how well off they are
A new study is an objective demonstration of why Australians have no cause to mimic the populist rhetoric that has poisoned politics in the US and Europe.
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Shipping shock glimpse of world without rules
The Houthi missile blockade in the Red Sea driving a new spike in import freight costs shows a global exporter and importer such as Australia has a critical interest in maintaining free and open global trade.
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Ukraine remains NATO’s pressing test of global relevance
The shadow that hangs over NATO’s 75th birthday is a strange brew of populism that now endangers the alliance’s claim to modern strategic relevance.
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France says adieu to the centre
Australia too faces a drift to minority government, polarisation and identity politics at the next election, which France showed how easily can go off course.
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Where do Australia’s China ties go after hack?
The public outing only raises the question of where Australia takes the matter from here, and what it expects China to do.
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For anyone but Trump, US needs anyone but Biden
It’s likely Joe Biden will stumble again on the campaign trail, giving Americans more reason to make the Hobson’s choice of voting for the morally unfit Donald Trump.
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NDIS payback for Shorten
The new regulations are a worthwhile but modest start, and after the Coalition’s playing politics, both sides should come together to get on top of disability spending.
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Reject injecting political Islam into Australia
The British general election has underlined the dangers now facing Australia’s political and social cohesion.
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Keir Starmer can drive Britain to reform-led growth
Britain’s new PM must lock in growth quickly if he is to secure Labour’s huge win. With a planning system from hell and a 17,000-page tax code, there is plenty of scope for reform.
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Sectarian divide threatens idea of Australia that benefits migrants
Battling out toxic foreign feuds here, and pushing votes on issues far beyond the reach of Australian governments is both pointless and divisive.
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Dutton’s populist break up big stick betrays Liberal principles
Cheap anti-business sentiment is fuel for the left and right-wing populists causing havoc in Europe and the US. No one should be rushing to bring it here.
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- Open banking
Open banking offers a salutary tale
The lesson is that governments trying to regulate their way to a greater bank competition can have anti-competitive effects.
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Power price inflation risk for RBA and Labor
Australia’s green energy superpower hope is cheap and clean power. The near-term reality is higher than expected electricity prices to the end of the decade.
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On AUKUS, Australia must catch up, not start again – yet again
Australia’s political, diplomatic and defence chiefs need to work with AUKUS counterparts in America and Britain to find a way through the gridlock.
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Labor’s identity politics tensions exposed
Senator Fatima Payman is also now part of the Greens’ political weaponisation of the Gaza war to try to win Muslim votes in Labor-held seats.
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June
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Chalmers’ ANZ-Suncorp merger approval is ironic for bank competition
The whole drawn-out process could end up discouraging market dynamism by offering no way out to the smaller banks lacking the economies of scale to compete effectively.
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