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Phantom issues and hiding details is no way to campaign

Phantom issues and hiding details is no way to campaign

The two hip-pocket policies that opened the election campaign are not much to write home about.

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After months in the doldrums, the government has its mojo back, right when it was really needed

After months in the doldrums, the government has its mojo back, right when it was really needed

Despite the good news in the latest Resolve Political Monitor, it is a strange world when Labor finds comfort in any poll that has its primary vote at...

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Cost-of-living election campaign looms as long-term issues press in

Cost-of-living election campaign looms as long-term issues press in

The federal election is being fought on domestic issues, but it comes at a crucial moment for our country and the world.

28.03.2025 8

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Trump and co’s intransigence over breach sends bad Signal to the world

Trump and co’s intransigence over breach sends bad Signal to the world

President Donald Trump’s attempt to sanitise the Signal chat scandal that has rocked the White House won’t wash.

27.03.2025 10

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Despite growth rate cut and best intentions, Australia’s NDIS remains an unsustainable program

Despite growth rate cut and best intentions, Australia’s NDIS remains an unsustainable program

The runaway costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme need to be addressed as a matter of urgency, whoever wins the election.

26.03.2025 7

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Trump an ogre to Canada but an elephant in our polling booths

Trump an ogre to Canada but an elephant in our polling booths

The shadow of the US president looms over both the Canadian and Australian elections.

24.03.2025 10

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Sydney’s night-time economy gets boost by going west

Sydney’s night-time economy gets boost by going west

Kings Cross was Sydney’s entertainment capital but clubs and restaurants are spreading across the metropolitan area thanks to relaxation of old...

23.03.2025 10

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MP voices raised in protest or common sense should be hailed, not muted

MP voices raised in protest or common sense should be hailed, not muted

Australian politicians have become increasingly intolerant of political dissent, but a difference of opinion helps build democracy.

20.03.2025 9

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Social media, bullies and the rise of youth crime in regional NSW

Social media, bullies and the rise of youth crime in regional NSW

NSW Police Commissioner has announced a crackdown on the juvenile ringleaders who are changing the face of youth crime in NSW.

19.03.2025 10

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Politicians should not have power to cancel Australian citizenship

Politicians should not have power to cancel Australian citizenship

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s citizenship thought bubble stokes the politics of division.

18.03.2025 9

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The swimming carnival is nearly over and will cost lives

The swimming carnival is nearly over and will cost lives

Royal Life Saving Australia said one in four Australian schools had abandoned the annual swimming carnival.

17.03.2025 7

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The streets of Western Australia are paved with GST gold

The streets of Western Australia are paved with GST gold

A wrong-headed GST deal to bail out Western Australia continues to skew the system.

14.03.2025 9

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A medical achievement gives us heart in these times of doom and gloom

A medical achievement gives us heart in these times of doom and gloom

Australian research has helped design an implant that acts as a bridge to keep a person alive while they wait for a donor heart transplant to become...

12.03.2025 5

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Biting your tongue on Trump will have no impact on tariffs

Biting your tongue on Trump will have no impact on tariffs

Tiptoeing around Donald Trump’s sensibilities is not going to have any effect on what he does about tariffs.

11.03.2025 9

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Black Hawks still grounded as floods engulf NSW and Queensland coasts

The two organisations charged with allowing two helicopters to join natural disaster relief efforts cannot seem to get their acts together.

10.03.2025 10

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The predator Mohamed Al-Fayed was aided and abetted by many

The disgraceful behaviour of the former owner of Harrods department story may constitute the world’s worst case of corporate sexual abuse.

09.03.2025 8

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The prime minister would be mad to call an election on Sunday or Monday

Labor had planned calling a federal election in the coming days but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should delay pulling the trigger.

07.03.2025 20

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Why Labor is justified in breaking this election promise on poker machines

The statewide introduction of a cashless gaming card must be the guiding light of reform.

06.03.2025 5

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NSW’s most dangerous freed men need to receive equal treatment

A sexual sadist is set to be released from forensic hospital and it’s a reminder of what faces authorities monitoring the state’s most dangerous...

05.03.2025 9

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Comprehensive schools carry a disproportionate burden of disadvantage

The SMH Schools Summit 2025 will hear radical proposals for selective public schools and private schools to share the load of disadvantaged students.

04.03.2025 9

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New homes without new schools is shooting planning in the foot

The Minns government has shelved plans to build schools in the very suburbs it has earmarked for housing development.

03.03.2025 7

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These Sydney homes were supposed to be havens, not hellholes

A Herald investigation raises concerns about how we treat some of our most vulnerable citizens.

02.03.2025 10

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Visits by Chinese warships off the coast of Australia will be the new normal

The insouciant voyage by the Chinese around our waters must surely be the start of things to come.

28.02.2025 10

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The unguarded moment that has caused a painful reminder for Peter Dutton

A former NSW Liberal MP hoping to enter the federal parliament made a slip that unleashed the teal fundraising machine and opened a new flank in the...

27.02.2025 10

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New treatment required for dangerous inmates who like to reoffend

The arrest of the notorious North Shore Rapist has again focused attention on the porous and ineffective controls to keep the state’s high-risk...

26.02.2025 10

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Election spending promises are fine, but how will we pay for them?

The cost of living crisis is hurting everybody except the election promises of campaigning politicians.

25.02.2025 6

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As Trump and Putin advance their interests, the people of Ukraine suffer

Three years after Ukraine was invaded, the country stands at the edge of an abyss as Moscow and Washington circle.

24.02.2025 9

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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 10

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It’s Valentine’s Day and the rail union has broken Sydney commuters’ hearts

For workers and businesses, it was one to forget. Even the most sympathetic to the unions’ cause are tired of being used as bargaining chips.

14.02.2025 3

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It was meant to be the Opera House for fish. Instead, there’s something rotten in Blackwattle Bay

For five years, a stench has been growing around the damp squib that is the new Sydney Fish Market. Taxpayers should be tired of being on the hook.

13.02.2025 10

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Lattouf case raises questions about the ABC

Viewers expect ABC presenters and journalists to report without fear or favour. But to do that, staff must be assured their employer will back them.

12.02.2025 20

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It should be easier for young Australians to visit a GP

It’s unacceptable that one in six Australians aged 25-34 feel they can’t afford to visit a doctor.

11.02.2025 10

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NSW’s proposed new hate laws feel somehow incomplete

Premier Chris Minns has been strong and vigorous in confronting antisemitism, but his highly targeted response has inherent problems.

10.02.2025 10

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Democracy can’t be scrolled but should be promptly taught in our schools

A parliamentary committee highlights new evidence that Australia’s school students know very little about how our country works.

09.02.2025 8

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Forestry Corp’s wooden-headed inflation of timber stats is no surprise

On the eve of the expected announcement of the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park comes a disturbing revelation about the state...

07.02.2025 20

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Dutton picked it on mandatory sentencing and wagged the dog

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese allowed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to best him as Australia struggles with an outbreak of antisemitism so he broke...

06.02.2025 7

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Trump’s Gaza policy is bizarrely dangerous and breaks international law

President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan will live in infamy as he resets the Middle East to more chaos.

05.02.2025 10

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Haylen says she didn’t want to be a ‘distraction’. Garbage. She quit because she was caught

Jo Haylen quits as minister for transport after having rudely discovered in politics there is no such thing as a free ride.

04.02.2025 10

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Trump tariff hikes will hit his most ardent supporters

The Donald Trump march to chaos continues unimpeded in Washington DC.

03.02.2025 7

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Taking pleasure trips on public purse goes to political judgment

The Minns government’s most accident-prone minister comes a cropper again.

02.02.2025 9

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No place for disharmony and confusion in fighting antisemitism

The federal and NSW governments seem to have difficulty in getting on the same page in jointly dealing with a new terrorism threat.

31.01.2025 9

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Proposed 40 per cent rate hike is democracy not at work on northern beaches

The NSW Liberal Party’s incompetence may have come at a huge cost to northern beaches ratepayers.

29.01.2025 10

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Dutton’s pledge to curb foreign buyers is a sleeper policy with real cut-through

Australians have strongly backed a Coalition plan to stop foreign investors buying residential property,

28.01.2025 5

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The anniversary that shows why the Holocaust must never be forgotten

New generations forget or do not know, but the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors can bear witness and remind us how close we may be to repeating...

26.01.2025 6

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Climate change calls for managed retreat from beachfront properties

The desired beachfront property is in danger of extinction thanks to climate change, and we should retreat slightly inland to survive.

25.01.2025 40

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Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

Support for Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 is stronger than ever.

23.01.2025 7

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Renters could get slice of parking on Sydney’s northern beaches

Home owners may have to share parking spaces at northern Sydney beaches with renters.

23.01.2025 20

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 3

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 6

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 6

Brisbane Times

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