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The “good” optics of domestic politicians eagerly courting Modi belie the harder realities of the India-Australia strategic and economic relationship.
Unless Labor finally gets serious about pro-productivity policies, its flawed stewardship of the economy will continue to exacerbate the grievances of...
Beijing should be well aware that firing a weapon into the open ocean, thousands of kilometres from its mainland, is deeply provocative.
The PM’s decision to take a more interventionist approach shapes as another example of the Labor government doing the unions’ bidding on workplace...
The opposition leaders in the two biggest states are grappling with internal conflicts that have become the political focus ahead of looming state...
The country’s extraordinary history suggests it still holds the unique capacity to anchor the democratic world and recommit itself to responsible...
Academic institutions should remain places of openness and collaboration. But it shouldn’t mean inadvertently emboldening countries that don’t...
Treasury will now consult on its proposals. Heightened regulation brought upon the sector by bad actors at the two big four firms is the most likely...
Federal and Victorian Labor’s lack of vigilance about ensuring basic standards of probity and integrity in the construction sector adds to the case...
Changes to deter unmeritorious claims might make a small difference, but the incentives remain skewed towards sacked workers using AI to try to win a...
While it makes sense that the more that people hear from Hanson, the more concerned they may grow, it is too soon to say the threat has been...
The treasurer’s attitude carries a distinct “let them eat cake” arrogance towards the difficult financial realities facing many ordinary taxpayers.
Anthropic’s Mythos in the wrong hands would be disastrous. But a sweeping ban is an extreme interpretation of boss Dario Amodei’s safety-first AI...
Keir Starmer was a failure as prime minister. Andy Burnham needs to make some tough decisions and bring the UK together if he is to avoid the same...
Continued uncertainty risks precipitating a market freeze or a severe correction that wipes out a massive chunk of Australians’ wealth in the process.
There is an inherent contradiction in community independents – who have thrived on a personal, hyper-local brand – forming an organised front.
A mandatory reservation scheme is unabashedly protectionist intervention into a free market, but the risks of leaving our forecasted gas shortfall...
Politicians need to level with voters about the trade-offs of lower migration: an ageing population, lower economic growth and the possibility of...
Vested interests such as the unions can tie themselves up in all the rhetorical knots they want, but APRA’s decision for 12-year director terms is...
It’s a shame that so few politicians today possess the courage to have hard conversations about their policies and let their ideas stand on their...
Donald Trump cannot allow his instinct for self-congratulation to override the absolute need to carefully defuse the many minefields that lie ahead...
The reforms were a catharsis that contributed to a mostly positive cultural shift across the financial sector, but also spawned some unintended...
One Nation’s policies do not add up financially and would likely be economically disastrous. The major parties must present a proper plan to restore...
The question is whether our political class can overcome self-imposed barriers on energy, planning and copyright to seize this golden opportunity...
The UK now presents as a tribalised tinderbox. The challenges emerging here may not be as serious, but they are also no cause for complacency.
Finding savings in the $52 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme was always going to create losers, attract fierce lobbying and test political...
A widespread backlash against Labor’s expansionary fiscal policies and the rising cost of living has driven aspirational Australians towards minor...
The Albanese government’s messy strategy to ram its tax bill through the Senate will cost it the one asset it can’t afford to lose: voter trust.
A state-directed cartel for iron ore would be a retrograde reversion to the nation’s Fortress Australia protectionist path.
It would be ironic if the fracturing of the electorate and the quirks of the voting system end up saving a bad government in Victoria.
Agentic AI costs are fostering a scarcity mindset within companies, alongside the practice of “tokenomics” as businesses seek to budget, monitor...
The bigger question the misconduct raises is about the probity of the auditing of company accounts that plays a crucial role in maintaining investor...
Our poll suggests the political disruption signalled by One Nation’s rise has spread in response to the budget’s tax changes.
It takes extraordinary political gall for the PM to lecture the public on “entrenched privilege” when a chunk of the political class accesses the...
Sitting atop a $39 billion iron ore fortune and the AFR Rich List, Gina Rinehart is a prime example of a local billionaire who is building a network...
Ironically, while Labor is making it harder for miners to do business, the government is also intervening to financially support mining.
SpaceX’s decision to sell shares in its initial US public offering directly to Australian investors may be a leap forward for the globalisation of...
Credit to Matt Comyn for going where angels (if not Pope Leo’s new encyclical) might fear to tread.
If negotiations to wind down the war with Iran are botched, he risks cementing a legacy not as the president who ended wars, but as the one who...
Consultations to work out anomalies may go some way to adjusting for unintended consequences, yet won’t address the fundamental flaw with the...
The government underestimated just how many young Australians have turned to shares and other assets besides housing as a way to achieve their...
The regulator’s involvement in the ANU leadership saga raises serious concerns about institutional autonomy and government encroachment in...
The transfer of wealth to global AI companies is the kind of generational question the budget might have considered, given what’s at stake for the...
Had Labor run an open, transparent and consultative tax reform process, these issues would have been uncovered before being announced as policy.
The Albanese government risks starving entrepreneurs of the fruits of their labour and society of the very enterprises needed to build our future...
Australia’s last two examples of comprehensive tax reform show that fiscal discipline is an unavoidable precondition for governments lowering taxes.
For the $22.5 billion Liberal tax policy to be credible, real and verifiable savings need to be detailed to show where the necessary fiscal headroom...
Jim Chalmers ignores that the vast majority of the “asset class” have worked their way to wealth through years of disciplined saving and delayed...
Chalmers’ fifth budget may be more ambitious than his previous four. But higher spending and ongoing debt means he is extending the trend of bigger...
American-Sino relations have transformed since the US president’s 2017 visit, turbocharged by a desire for global technological, military and...
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