This is quite prophetic ! By Paul Ratner President Trump was almost universally panned for the press conference that followed the meeting with Russia’s President Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Trump was seen as capitulating to Russia by refusing to confront Putin on the issue of past and present interference in […]
The infatuation of Australian conservatives with Donald Trump continues unabated as the authentic Trump breaks free from the chains of restraint — yet seduction by Trump constitutes the corruption of conservatism and threatens its moral and intellectual standing for many years. by Paul Kelly The more conservatives applaud Trump, the […]
Tackling inequality has the potential to drive the kind of economic growth Australia has been looking for by Stephen Koukoulas In the decade or so since the global banking and financial crisis plunged the world into the Great Recession, policy makers around the world have been adopting a range of […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for sweeping reform of the national electricity market to lower power prices and restore consumer confidence. By Michelle Grattan In its damning report, to be released on Wednesday, the ACCC says consumers face a confusing and unfair market. Discounts are misleading and […]
Universities Australia says government and business have ignored economy’s ‘backbone’ Australia has fallen well behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to research funding, the peak lobbying body for universities has warned. By Michael McGowan Ahead of a parliamentary inquiry into research funding, Universities Australia has complained […]
Was it a “technical error” or a “dirty secret” that casts a campaign against industry super funds in a new light? By Stephen Long Last month, the chairman of Industry Super Australia, former NSW Liberal Party leader Peter Collins, wrote to the Business Council of Australia’s (BCA) members accusing one […]
Australians are poised to let another opportunity to reform our broken housing market pass us by – just like we did a decade ago after the mid 2000s property boom. By Jessica Irvine The pattern is well established now. As property prices rise, we wring our hands and worry about […]
After the Wakefield survey results turned out to be unconvincing, the Australian government had another problem in demonstrating the efficacy of its plain packaging policy. Many government data sets showed that the prevalence or incidence of smoking had increased after the introduction of plain packaging. By Sinclair Davidson Of course […]
Worldwide each year hundreds of thousands of marine creatures are casualties of our plastic obsession, suffering – and dying – after inadvertently eating plastic or becoming entangled in plastic debris found floating in the ocean. The issue is close to the heart of Southern Cross University’s National Marine Science Centre, […]
Labor’s TV ads about Turnbull’s career are hardly illegitimate — not many Australians start with a healthy seven-figure inheritance. By Mungo MacCullum Bill Shorten’s decision last week was a real shock — but it was the second decision, not the first, that was the surprising one. For years, Opposition Leader […]