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Labor is gaslighting us on its part in the RBA rate rise

Labor is gaslighting us on its part in the RBA rate rise

Labor should belatedly commit to demand-side budget discipline and the supply-side pro-productivity agenda needed to help the RBA finally get...

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Like AI, budget risks are a global threat too

Like AI, budget risks are a global threat too

To truly prepare the nation to withstand all the possible sources of instability, the government’s priority should be to control the known...

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Trump can’t charm away America’s China problem

Trump can’t charm away America’s China problem

For all the pomp, pageantry and claims of stronger ties, the two nations’ deeper foreign policy divides remain largely unaddressed.

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Medicare hack reveals the AI threat Australia can’t see coming

Medicare hack reveals the AI threat Australia can’t see coming

The breach lays bare our brittle IT defences and how Australia’s national security is paying the price of foreign tech giants’ trial-and-error...

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Labor wants to save you from doomscrolling. But the fix could be worse

Labor wants to save you from doomscrolling. But the fix could be worse

The PM wins easy praise for appearing to tackle the dark side of the internet while delivering a draft bill that is either defunct or promoting...

23.09.2026 20

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ASIC is right to litigate to clean up private credit markets

ASIC is right to litigate to clean up private credit markets

The shakeout in the $200 billion ‘shadow banking’ sector goes far beyond the cyclical headwinds of the property downturn.

22.09.2026 10

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Australia should demand early access to America’s frontier AI

Australia should demand early access to America’s frontier AI

It is reasonable for Australia to request early-stage access, when models are still in the testing phase, to guard against AI models running amok.

21.09.2026 20

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P for productivity is Chalmers’ intergenerational problem

P for productivity is Chalmers’ intergenerational problem

Boosting Australia’s stagnant productivity as a matter of urgency is far more important than making the IRG modelling add up.

21.09.2026 30

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The AI boom can’t be built on stolen content

The AI boom can’t be built on stolen content

For too long, the road to AI riches has been paved by pirated content. Forcing big tech to account for the costs on creators is necessary.

18.09.2026 30

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Immigration cuts add to economic headwinds for Labor

Immigration cuts add to economic headwinds for Labor

The government should not just mechanically limit temporary migration, but retarget the program to bring in the most needed and most qualified...

17.09.2026 30

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Beware Chinese loans with strings attached

If Australian companies can borrow more cheaply from Chinese lenders, there is a case for being realistic about the benefits – while managing the...

16.09.2026 30

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Can a changed China agree to an AI pause with America?

The stakes for the great power competition may be too high to slow down artificial intelligence development, strange as this may sound, given the...

16.09.2026 30

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One Nation raises stakes for Labor’s migration plan

Copying Canada’s approach suggests the once-fringe party’s proposals aren’t necessarily extreme and that some recalibration of migration...

15.09.2026 30

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Hastie right to fire back against One Nation’s ‘traitor’ troll

Criticising Pauline Hanson risks generating more sympathy for her. But there can be no pandering to populism when fundamental legal and military...

14.09.2026 30

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Bond markets exact the revenge of rational economics

Lack of budget discipline will compromise our ability to weather the uncertain economic implications of the global bond storm now under way.

11.09.2026 40

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NFL at MCG shows global games gatecrashing Australian sport

If the ubiquity of global sports encourages Australians youngsters to look overseas for professional sporting careers, the AFL and NRL may find...

11.09.2026 30

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Turn up, tune in, and turn off to lift student performance

The latest PISA results suggest some basic building blocks of good school practice have gone missing in Australia.

10.09.2026 30

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Labor government owns property crash – and downstream supply risks too

The key long-term question is what impact the tax changes from budget night have on the economics of the housing market.

08.09.2026 30

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Tax changes cast a shadow over Labor’s housing target

The perception is that the government underestimated the impact of its disruption of the housing market.

07.09.2026 40

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UK backpackers low-hanging fruit for migration cuts

The government should be taking all reasonable steps to refocus a more politically sustainable program on bringing in the most qualified migrants.

06.09.2026 30

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Will Chalmers’ change on trusts save SMEs from a tax hit?

Whether the exemption regime proves truly effective will depend on whether small businesses can avoid the shell game of paying one tax to avoid double...

04.09.2026 40

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NSW Bar shouldn’t be a private club

Rather than shoot the media messenger, the legal profession should meaningfully address the obvious flaws in the accreditation system for joining its...

03.09.2026 30

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Bathla went bust building the homes Australia needs most

The reasons why affordable housing is prohibitively expensive to build point to the nation’s wider policy problems.

02.09.2026 40

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Sydney’s aviation near-misses expose a failure of leadership

Despite the obvious managerial problems at Airservices Australia, ultimate responsibility lies with the federal minister in charge, Catherine King.

02.09.2026 30

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Star wants the casino without the compliance

More damaging misconduct allegations engulfing the scandal-plagued business mean it’s unlikely to regain its gaming licence in the near future.

01.09.2026 30

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Secret Harbour byelection outs Labor’s Hanson challenge

The PM is right that a One Nation government would likely mean Trump-style chaos. But Labor’s seemingly chaotic management of immigration is not...

30.08.2026 30

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Bathla’s $3.3b collapse puts housing sector at risk

The scale of the problem was encapsulated by another Sydney developer calling it “the biggest housing disaster story Sydney has ever seen”.

29.08.2026 30

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WA premier’s attacks on Productivity Commission diminish public debate

It’s a great shame that one of the country’s more accomplished leaders feels he has to pander to parochialism rather than properly debate a...

27.08.2026 30

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Ben Carroll’s claim to ‘respect your money’ can’t be taken seriously

The new premier’s claim to respect other people’s money can’t be taken seriously in light of his decision to continue with the multi-billion...

26.08.2026 40

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Will Betty from Blacktown hear BCA’s pro-growth message?

Pushing against Labor’s big-government model, the Business Council of Australia is turing to voters to drive reform.

26.08.2026 40

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We take international students, so why not foreign tradies?

The Master Builders proposal for a priority migration pathway for construction apprentices is a way to target the migration program to fill genuine...

24.08.2026 30

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ACTU fights the Reserve Bank and laws of economics again

Ending a survey that helps shape economic modelling and informs decisions about the trajectory of interest rates is not in the national interest.

24.08.2026 50

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$1trn debt is the bill for political cowardice

Returning to low debt feels like a pipe dream when politicians lack both the appetite for austerity and the honesty to level with voters about the...

21.08.2026 40

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Governor-General should stay out of Swans scandal

The issue isn’t what Sam Mostyn said, it is whether she should have spoken out about the scandal in the first place

20.08.2026 50

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Not all animals are equal under Labor’s financial advice shake-up

If it’s permissible for super funds to give product advice, despite the potential conflicts of interest, why should heavily regulated and...

20.08.2026 40

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The irony if One Nation saves universities from Labor’s overreach

The institutions are more likely to fulfil their core educational mission not by further regulation, but by recruiting talented, committed and...

19.08.2026 30

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Robots aren’t coming for your jobs, our workplace rules are

While unions decry AI, the technology could paradoxically help them in their crusade to re-regulate Australian workplaces by emboldening workers to...

18.08.2026 30

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Don’t blame Coles and Woolies for Big Brother watching us shop

The big supermarkets are considering rolling out facial recognition technology across their store networks. In a perfect world they would not have to.

17.08.2026 30

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KPMG needs more than another apology

KPMG’s executive failures are as concerning as the moral bankruptcy of the law firms representing the auditor.

14.08.2026 50

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Tomago bailout is short on the business case

It is easy to promise regional jobs when you’re unlikely to be in government in 10 years’ time to take the blame if the rescue package fails.

13.08.2026 40

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Means test could also help cut NDIS down to size

New research underscores the worth of the government’s belated move to fix the fundamental design problems at the heart of the NDIS’s unaffordable...

13.08.2026 50

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Super advice should not limit choice and competition for retirees

It’s difficult to imagine a super fund’s financial advice encouraging people to invest in a different fund or financial product.

12.08.2026 40

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Victoria’s energy trilemma is the elephant in the election

Looming coal plant retirements and sluggish green infrastructure rollouts leave energy reliability hanging in the balance before polls open in...

10.08.2026 30

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Business hit again by fallout from Labor’s tax changes

Instead of a plan to achieve lower, simpler, more competitive taxes, the focus is on how business avoids the fallout of Labor’s bigger taxing, more...

10.08.2026 40

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Gambling reform is about protecting the next generation

Neither the AFL nor NRL fronted the Senate inquiry, which was a telling snub for codes that profit so heavily from the industry.

08.08.2026 40

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Carroll can’t fix Victoria without fixing Suburban Rail Loop

Paying a finite price to break a bad contract today is far less burdensome than saddling taxpayers with a potential $200 billion debt legacy for...

07.08.2026 30

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Antisemitism royal commission gets its own case study

The inquiry revealing how importing conflictts from overseas is fracturing Australia’s social cohesion. It must now find a solution.

05.08.2026 40

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Europe shows where bad immigration policy ends

The Australian government should stop playing defence against One Nation and be willing to level with voters about the trade-offs of a lower migration...

04.08.2026 40

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Big week for LinkedIn, but AI not paying for news is now major focus

Unlike the lengthy process of finalising the bargaining incentive, ideally Labor will move as fast as possible to establish ground rules for the AI...

03.08.2026 40

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PM’s Takaichi sexism a diplomatic gaffe

Anthony Albanese’s crude joke towards the leader of a key ally is not just poor behaviour, but also damages the national interest.

03.08.2026 40

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