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Victorians are tied to the tracks in a shameless game of chicken

Victorians are tied to the tracks in a shameless game of chicken

Billions of dollars are being bandied about but with little agreement on how they should be spent.

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The Age

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 7

WA Today

The Age&x27S View

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 6

The Age

The Age&x27S View

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 6

Brisbane Times

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 5

WA Today

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 9

The Age

The Age&x27S View

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

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Premier Jacinta Allan’s CFMEU rorts response isn’t enough

Premier Jacinta Allan’s CFMEU rorts response isn’t enough

The Big Build has been on Premier Jacinta Allan’s CV for some years. Any credit for its implementation also comes with responsibility when things go...

21.03.2025 9

The Age

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Those in charge as Big Build rorts flourished must do three things – or quit

Those in charge as Big Build rorts flourished must do three things – or quit

Whether we look at the police, the public service or their political masters, this sorry saga has been marked by failures of accountability.

18.03.2025 9

The Age

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Western Australia’s political ransom over GST rort must end

Western Australia’s political ransom over GST rort must end

Australia’s continuing failure to divide federal funds equitably looks even more ridiculous in light of WA running budget surpluses of $3.5 billion...

14.03.2025 8

The Age

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

WA Today

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

The Age

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts...

07.03.2025 8

WA Today

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts...

07.03.2025 7

The Age

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts...

07.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

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The scandal behind the many stories we’ve been unable to tell you

Silencing dissent and concealing information is one of the hallmarks of authoritarianism. Yet it is commonplace in Victoria.

28.02.2025 7

The Age

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Albanese, Dutton must set out clear China policy for public debate

Chinese warships firing live rounds within a few hundred kilometres of Sydney with only a few hours’ notice is a significant escalation in the...

25.02.2025 10

WA Today

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Albanese, Dutton must set out clear China policy for public debate

Chinese warships firing live rounds within a few hundred kilometres of Sydney with only a few hours’ notice is a significant escalation in the...

25.02.2025 7

The Age

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Albanese, Dutton must set out clear China policy for public debate

Chinese warships firing live rounds within a few hundred kilometres of Sydney with only a few hours’ notice is a significant escalation in the...

25.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

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Shameful state of taxi industry shows it is past time to protect customers

It is clear the industry has lost the public’s trust. Now governments must take swift, decisive action to fix the mess.

21.02.2025 4

The Age

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A shameful act from a foundering government

Shane Patton, a police officer with a 45-year career, has been discarded in the most opaque, underhanded and shambolic way.

18.02.2025 9

The Age

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Dutton should Welcome a chance to land on the right side of history

In the debate between supporting symbolic measures and practical steps for Indigenous Australians, it should not be a question of either/or.

14.02.2025 8

WA Today

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Dutton should Welcome a chance to land on the right side of history

In the debate between supporting symbolic measures and practical steps for Indigenous Australians, it should not be a question of either/or.

14.02.2025 7

The Age

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Dutton should Welcome a chance to land on the right side of history

In the debate between supporting symbolic measures and practical steps for Indigenous Australians, it should not be a question of either/or.

14.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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Premier, the people have spoken. Listen to them

Labor received a walloping in the Werribee byelection last Saturday. It’s now up to Premier Jacinta Allan whether her government chooses to heed the...

11.02.2025 5

The Age

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We see what Trump was trying to do. That doesn’t make it OK

One of the most powerful people in the world described the war-blasted rubble of Gaza in terms of its real estate potential. Here is why that is not...

07.02.2025 9

The Age

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Governments can’t control people’s thoughts, but they must try to stamp out hate speech

Recent proposals are the latest in a string of moves over the years to tackle the issue of free speech and hate speech. Condemnation is easy. Getting...

04.02.2025 4

The Age

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It’s time the hospitality industry got serious about cleaning up its mess

The stories have kept coming, and they will keep coming, until the sector grasps the need to explode long-standing norms.

31.01.2025 4

The Age

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Victorians deserve to know how their $26b is spent. Thousands of NDAs suggest the government disagrees

A $26 billion government project should be the epitome of transparency. The issuing of 7000 non-disclosure agreements is the epitome of opacity.

28.01.2025 4

The Age

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Is the Australian Open the country’s best event? Consider the facts

The Open shines like no other slam. Only a few local events come close as a spectacle – and they’re almost all in Victoria.

24.01.2025 8

The Age

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Trump moves quickly, and the world holds its breath

Most of Donald Trump’s actions on his first day in office suggest the world should expect no more from him than tribal politics at its worst and...

21.01.2025 8

The Age

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Enough of the personal attacks, voters need to see a vision

15.01.2025 10

The Age

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How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

10.01.2025 7

WA Today

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How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

10.01.2025 10

The Age

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How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

10.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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Smash two-tier Test idea out of the ground

How to measure the health of a game? Is it by the revenue it raises or by the level of skill it shows to the world? Is it the coin or the contest?...

07.01.2025 7

The Age

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Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

Just before the 2018 state election, the then Andrews government announced its plan for the Suburban Rail Loop, connecting Cheltenham and Clayton...

03.01.2025 4

The Age

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Battin must prove his leadership abilities in disunited Liberal Party

A new year, a new leader. A new leader, a new leadership team. A new leadership team, a new frontbench soon to be announced. Welcome to the...

01.01.2025 4

The Age

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Not too late to win road toll fight

“It’s just horrific. No matter how many times I say it, I find myself sitting there reading victim impact statements in tears because it never...

27.12.2024 6

The Age

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Public patience wearing thin on Labor’s economic vision

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, a man who wrote his PhD thesis on how Paul Keating held power having risen from treasurer to prime minister, the recent...

20.12.2024 3

WA Today

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Public patience wearing thin on Labor’s economic vision

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, a man who wrote his PhD thesis on how Paul Keating held power having risen from treasurer to prime minister, the recent...

20.12.2024 2

The Age

The Age&x27S View

Public patience wearing thin on Labor’s economic vision

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, a man who wrote his PhD thesis on how Paul Keating held power having risen from treasurer to prime minister, the recent...

20.12.2024 7

Brisbane Times

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The achievements of Tim Pallas are stained by rivers of red ink

On Monday, Victoria’s treasurer of 10 years, Tim Pallas, announced his resignation from politics. There will be a byelection for his seat of...

17.12.2024 4

The Age

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Mayor’s donations show it’s time for laws – not words

If you had scheduled an appointment at the Town Hall on Thursday, you would probably have left with a good understanding of why The Age considers...

13.12.2024 5

The Age

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The prime minister’s leadership is being tested, and voters are judging him harshly

An inescapable pall has settled over Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It seeps into his words, no matter the subject, it shadows his gestures, it...

10.12.2024 4

The Age

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Greatest threat to our soldiers cannot be our own military

From 1985 to 2022, there were 2007 confirmed deaths from suicide among Australian Defence Force members. From 2011 to 2021, an average of 78...

03.12.2024 4

The Age

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Albanese’s small-target strategy has given rise to a dysfunctional parliament

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the sum of $500 million towards social...

29.11.2024 3

The Age

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