April
Budget spending cuts must ‘take heat off’ interest rates
To limit the RBA’s interest rate rises, tens of billions of dollars in federal and state government expenditure must be unwound, economists say.
- John Kehoe
Boris Johnson: ‘You can’t make America great again if Ukraine falls to Putin’
The former UK PM urged Republicans in Congress to unite against Russia to maintain America’s status as the world’s pre-eminent superpower.
- Benedict Smith
March
Australia’s long history of short governments
Extending the timeframe for politicians to remain in power has widespread support from government, business and unions. It’s voters that need to be convinced.
- Phillip Coorey
February
- Analysis
- Dictators
Why are we talking ourselves into Armageddon?
Western leaders and commentators are increasingly talking of World War Three, but they may be overestimating the strengths of Russia, China and Iran.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Federal election
Why the PM looks confident for the first time in months
The Labor government is as buoyed by its tax and industrial relations policies as the business community is aghast at the impact. But who’s listening?
- Jennifer Hewett
Turnbull, Albanese, both liars, says Dutton
Peter Dutton has dismissed Malcolm Turnbull as a liar as he brushed off being labelled a “thug” by the former prime minister.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Liberals don’t want real tax reform
Except for Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal leaders have always scuppered tax overhauls that did not suit the direct interests of them and their outriders.
- Craig Emerson
January
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Enter the Liberal Party, working-class heroes
The Liberals have won over the battlers before. Now they have a new cause in voters’ fears that their children will never be able to afford a home.
- John Roskam
Abbott urges deeper ties with Taiwan on eve of poll
The former prime minister says there is no reason why prime ministerial visits to the island should not occur.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2023
- Opinion
- Australian economy
How Chalmers’ fiscal goals lost all ambition
It is striking how modest fiscal strategy ambitions have become. If we look back over 10 years, there are valuable lessons.
- Robert Carling
AustralianSuper director publishes war novel
Misha Zelinsky’s book about the war in Ukraine features on a union official not dissimilar to himself, except female.
- Myriam Robin
November 2023
- Opinion
- South China Sea
Albanese should own his decisions, not hide behind fake convention
Continuing to obfuscate and invent convention makes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese look as though he is ashamed of his actions.
- Phillip Coorey
China gives Australia both wealth and anxiety: Marles
Defence Minister Richard Marles has described China as a source of both national wealth and anxiety.
- Phillip Coorey
BCA boss backs rival to Dutton’s pick for Liberal Senate spot
Bran Black, the former chief of staff to NSW ex-premier Dominic Perrottet, said his onetime colleague has an “inexhaustible work ethic”.
- Tom McIlroy
Sir Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor toast CT’s adulthood
The political operatives celebrated CT Group’s 21st with a Sydney party full of business executives and lobbyists, and two former prime ministers in tow.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On Israel, ex-PMs reveal what they really believe in
The position of seven former prime ministers on the war is a sign of where each stands compared to the parties they led.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘I’m above groupthink’: Why Keating snubbed the Israel statement
Paul Keating says the first draft of a statement on the Israel conflict eventually signed by all living prime ministers except him was too ‘sharp’, and anyway he had never been a co-signatory with other leaders despite being asked many times.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2023
US, Australia warn Israel over mounting civilian deaths in Gaza
The two countries have warned Tel Aviv that it risked losing the support of the international community because of the rising civilian death toll in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
Abbott and Keating on Pratt’s payroll despite $300,000 pensions
Does the mere provision of a generous retirement package maintain ex-politicians in dignified repose? This week’s revelations suggest not.
- Myriam Robin
‘If Abbott and Keating are getting money, who else?’
A public integrity advocate says reported payments to ex-prime ministers by Anthony Pratt raise broader concerns about the payment of pensions to retired politicians.
- Aaron Patrick
