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Making sure there is bitumen to drive on in the future requires applying a road-user charge to EVs to replace the current source of road funding.
Labor needs to show leadership and set out why a properly run migrant program is in the national interest, rather than resorting to knee-jerk...
Critics tend to reduce Judeo-Christianity to a right-wing slogan arrayed against those associated with multiculturalism, “political correctness”...
It seems the fog of war is being used to rationalise spraying more cash on cost-of-living relief, in alignment with Albanese’s “no one left...
The Albanese government’s prospects of retaining voter goodwill will depend on its ability to look beyond the immediate fire.
Rebuilding our lost sovereignty will require government to rein in profligate spending on industry losers and stop treating the budget as a bottomless...
Australia needs to avoid indulging in political slush funds dressed up as “industrial policy” and pivot towards a smarter, future-looking strategy.
Giants such as Anthropic want to invest fortunes in Australia for infrastructure, and Australia wants their money, but the government must play its...
The EU deal may not be what every sector wanted, but in a world that is more contested and uncertain, it provides a valuable insurance policy for...
To restore confidence the Albanese government must level with the public about the risks facing the country and what it is doing to mitigate them.
The irony of the SA election result is that the grievances driving One Nation supporters are occurring on Labor’s watch, but the Liberals are...
In a free market, the ultimate arbiter of the technology company co-founder’s character will be the prospective investor.
If geopolitics worsens Australia’s pre-existing economic malaise, doing nothing about the condition of the budget could be the biggest risk of all.
Mike Henry’s appetite for change defied initial perceptions. Now Brandon Craig must prepare for gathering storms.
In turning a blind eye to CFMEU misdeeds, the premier failed to uphold proper ministerial and governance standards.
The central bank’s experiment means borrowers face higher mortgage repayments on top of additional cost-of-living pressures imported from the crisis...
Just as APRA is recalibrating financial risk regulation to reflect the changing environment, policymakers need to balance the threats and...
It’s one thing to be hesitant of Australia’s navy joining the US in Iran, it’s another when it lacks the military capacity to protect strategic...
If disruptions intensify, politicians may well find themselves dusting off the emergency playbook of the 1970s, including odd-even number plate...
The hope now is that the commissioner’s vast judicial powers can overcome a disorderly start to provide the forensic accountability the Bondi...
If too much red tape stops AI companies from setting up shop in Australia, we will end up having little to regulate.
Current policy settings may have worked during a more benign era of globalisation, but just-in-time supply chains risk arriving too little and too...
The uncertainty about Australia’s future iron ore riches should serve as a wake-up call about policy complacency.
For Australia, the best hedge against rising strategic risks is to stay focused on the fundamentals.
Modern law expects significantly more from boardrooms than the “languid, listless indifference of gentleman directors” tolerated in earlier eras.
Until we address the bloat in the non-market sector and reject more leave for less work, we are effectively subsidising our own economic sunset.
The nation’s overarching dilemma is a lack of dynamism due to a culture of political caution and red tape. Even in the AI age, the iron laws of...
Companies should prioritise retaining and supporting women in senior roles so that the talent is there when the top job becomes available.
CEOS are increasingly vocal about our economic malaise, and problems that are risking the country’s participation in the global AI data centres boom.
The only way to avoid the revenge that would otherwise be wrought on the regime’s opponents appears to be a protracted civil war.
Despite promising efficiency, artificial intelligence-related crime is bleeding resources, time and trust from bodies such as NDIA and the workplace...
The Anthropic stand-off marks a watershed moment in the escalating clash between Silicon Valley ethics and national security interests.
The obvious sensitivities around disability and mental health accentuate the political challenge of scaling back the insurance scheme.
Taxpayers deserve frankness about whether they may ultimately be forced to pay for an economically unsound project for decades to come.
The prudent course for investors and policymakers is to prepare for further uncertainty during the last two years of the president’s final term.
Capital gains tax is a test of Labor’s willingness to embrace a Hawke-Keating-style tax vision. It will also test the Liberals under Angus Taylor.
The British monarchy won’t escape the reputational stain of Andrew’s complicity in one of the defining cases of moral bankruptcy in the 21st century.
To avoid consigning ourselves to being passive consumers of other nations’ AI systems, we need to design a copyright framework that supports both...
Continuing down the European path of an ever bigger state will condemn younger generations to a lower-growth, higher-taxing, and less prosperous...
If they don’t want to be a permanent fixture on the wrong side of the aisle, they must show they are capable of levelling with themselves about what...
The opposition leader should level with Victorians about the inevitable need for some financial pain. It’s the only way to win a Jeff Kennett-style...
It is not a moral failing or dog-whistling to prudently review immigration settings to match public opinion.
Without a robust sparring partner to take on Labor, we are left with the soft tyranny of unchecked power and the inevitable decline of the state.
It’s time for the Coalition to stop letting everyone down and get on with the job of holding the Albanese government’s stewardship of the economy...
The CHESS system debacle is emblematic of an overarching failure to prioritise the interests of its key broker, share registry and investor...
The only way out of the valley of tribal echo-chambers is by upholding the Enlightenment principles of open inquiry and debate in a tolerant,...
State-enforced limitations on speech rarely change minds and sanitising the public square drives extremist sentiments underground or galvanises...
Policy failures have enabled the proliferation of dodgy shopfront providers identified in our cluster postcodes story.
With super entering its maturity phase, funds that fail to evolve to help members manage their retirement will see them increasingly vote with their...
The federal government’s plan to scale back capital gains tax breaks for investors is a symbolic move to address the legitimate grievances of...
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