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    AirTrunk’s Robin Khuda.

    ASIC scrutiny of private markets must get balance right

    Extending disclosure requirements into private deals could be viewed as unjustified regulatory creep. But the corporate watchdog is right to be vigilant on this issue.

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    David Rowe CFMEU Monday Muzza

    Labor’s far from cleaning up CFMEU mess

    Rather than waste time on the seemingly hopeless cause of rehabilitating the law-breaking union, Labor should really be focused on laws and institutions that are now called for to reinstate and uphold the rule of law across building sites.

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    Education Minister Jason Clare speaking at the AFR Higher Education Summit on Tuesday.

    University scapegoats still need to get houses in order

    The Higher Education Summit heard a system based on decades of massive expansion, loan-funded students and big injections of foreign students is at a watershed.

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    The Hakoah Club development on the site of the old White City tennis complex.

    All should stand with Jewish Australians against antisemitism

    It is deeply concerning that antisemitism is emerging as an unthinking form of prejudice in parts of Australian society.

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    Governor Michele Bullock used last week’s parliamentary committee appearance on Friday to downplay the central bank’s previous warning about bigger public spending in federal and state budgets contributing to higher inflation

    Poll shows why productivity should be the main game in Canberra

    The gridlock of minority governments would mean that Canberra’s productivity policy problem, which is already partly to blame for prolonging the cost of living pain, will only get worse after the next election.

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    Gambling messages at the football grounds might change soon.

    Labor can’t hide gambling mess behind media

    The government has used newfound concern with media company health as cover for fudged gambling policy.

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    The growing power of the super sector raises some big questions.

    Super wars are over, but the governance fight is yet to be won

    The Australian Financial Review is on the side of members, and we believe their interests could be served by a more transparent and independent superannuation system.

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    A photo released by Kursk’s governor shows a house destroyed by Ukrainian shelling in the city of Sudzha.

    Ukraine punctures Russian invincibility

    Ukraine will hope the 20-kilometre drive into Russian territory shows the West that fears of Russian escalation are no reason to slow-walk aid to Ukraine as they have done.

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    In the results for 2024 this week, one in three students failed to meet the basic benchmarks for literacy and numeracy.

    NAPLAN puts schools in remedial class

    The hopes that the $319b Gonski funding revolution would turn around the worst-performing students are turning into one of the great public policy debacles.

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    Tom Seymour and Luke Sayers continued dodging of responsibility before a parliamentary committee in Canberra at the start of this month.

    PwC saga puts structural split of big four on radar

    At the front and centre of the tax leak scandal are fundamental questions about the structure and integrity of the consulting sector.

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    The much-delayed changes eventually proposed by Communications Minister Michelle Rowland are weak.

    Kick the gambling ad habit that’s doing damage

    If the point is to crack down on gambling ads that cause harm, the old anti-smoking campaign tagline about “every cigarette is doing you damage” ought to apply to making all addicts kick the habit.

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    BHP chief executive Mike Henry has called for a “comprehensive competitive agenda”.

    Union iron ore claim poses risks for green superpower hopes

    Let’s hope for the sake of Australia’s energy transition that we don’t return to the bad old days of industrial disruption in the Pilbara.

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    Nina Kennedy on her way to a rare athletics gold for Australia.

    Australia has its own secret Olympic recipe

    The point can be stretched too far, but there is a line from our sporting success to our economic, social and cultural success.

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    Richard Goyder and Alan Joyce do not come out of the governance review in a good light.

    Indispensable Joyce became excess liability for Qantas

    That the former CEO stayed on long enough for hubris to set sad is reality behind an often striking success story.

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    Police officers detain a woman during a protest in Nottingham.

    British riots show importance of managing migration

    Australia can credit its overall success as a migrant nation on having got its immigration policy broadly right, and thereby avoiding an anti-immigration populist backlash.

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    David Rowe.

    RBA holds prudent course on rates and inflation

    Australia’s central bank is rightly refusing to take the soft option that would risk forcing it to confront less palatable choices later. The political debate needs to face up to this.

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    Last week’s Consumer Price Index reading is unlikely to be bad enough to prompt Michele Bullock’s Reserve Bank into a 14th increase in its benchmark policy rate.

    Recession fears no reason for RBA rate cut

    It remains a long bow to suggest the sell-off by rattled investors heralds a hard landing in the US economy and a global recession.

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    Federal Labor’s institutional failure to face up to the CFMEU mess raises integrity issues.

    Labor must call an inquiry to permanently clean up the CFMEU

    Amid the seeming powerlessness of anti-corruption bodies and the traditional reluctance of the police to investigate industrial relations matters, the call for a royal commission appears justified.

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    Aussie record medal holder Jess Fox still has another medal chance this weekend.

    Paris shines in the glory of Olympic gold

    Paris has used its unique sights and attractions as the backdrop to its Games. But in terms of organisation too, this is the one that Brisbane must learn from in 2032.

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    Hamas supporters rally in southern Lebanon to condemn the killing of political chief Ismail Haniyeh.

    Israel’s righteous strike another delay in enduring peace

    The Middle East may be lucky if it avoids a serious war out of this round of killings, but it is still a long way from the two-state solution backed by Australia and other Western powers.

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