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Pru Goward

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How the ABC can fix the ‘Lattouf problem’ for good

To uphold its charter of impartiality, the broadcaster should issue a general directive that no staff make controversial comments about contentious...

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Chalmers is talking tax reform to avoid that which can’t be named

Any employer with the temerity to raise the forbidden topic at the talkfest won’t be invited to private drinks in the Treasurer’s suite afterwards.

23.06.2025 4

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Welfare for life: How a broken system is driving higher autism rates

It is a national tragedy that more than one in nine Australian boys aged between five and seven are now diagnosed and tens of thousands are on the...

15.06.2025 20

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NIMBYism and construction costs are why you can’t own a home

The enabling of new planned cities and exurbs with greater density and outstanding amenities may be the best of the worst alternatives.

09.06.2025 6

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Are Labor’s industrial relations summits a union power grab?

The last time Labor held an “open dialogue” summit, it was merely a front for the ACTU to have the government endorse its legislative agenda.

02.06.2025 8

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Factional enemies of NSW Liberals reform are opposed to election wins

Those demanding that the three administrators leave are not helping Sussan Ley either, who has declared her determination to lead from the centre.

18.05.2025 4

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Australia has chosen the Labor way of dependency

If Australians knew the country was at a tipping point, they deliberately chose the tip. Becoming the poor white trash of Asia is now a distinct...

04.05.2025 7

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Revenge of the doctor’s wives is why women vote teal

Professional Australian women have also embraced this new designer political hue; delighted not to have to vote Coalition and not willing to vote...

29.04.2025 9

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Magic pudding economics is about to make all of us poor

Australia is now ruled by short-term ethical dilemmas instead of concern for long-term consequences.

14.04.2025 5

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WGEA gender targets quack like quotas

Just as the critics of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency warned 20 years ago, what starts off as an aspiration has become a must-do for companies.

31.03.2025 3

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Mining’s promising future could come under union siege

At the heart of any Labor government lies the obligation to serve the interests of their parent company, the union movement, before the national...

24.03.2025 10

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Memo to Hugh Marks: DOGE-like efficiency’s the fix for ABC’s news bias

The new managing director forcing the newsroom to operate as productively as commercial rivals would lead to more stories, more views and more angles.

11.03.2025 10

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What Chalmers should say to save Washington from itself

The treasurer has a wonderful story to tell about free trade that might help save US exceptionalism from Fortress America, writes Pru Goward.

25.02.2025 6

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Why Australia’s Fair Work Act changes hurt housing

The new rules are sinking jobs and businesses, and mean more expensive housing and an explosion in innovation that could create the very real risk of...

17.02.2025 10

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I was sex discrimination commissioner, but Trump has a point about DEI

The old biases the women’s movement railed against so persuasively have been replaced by new biases, almost as unfair and opaque as those of the...

29.01.2025 7

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