Editorial

EDITORIAL: When Anthony Albanese rolls up to the Group of Seven meeting in Canada, he will need to be ready for anything.

EDITORIAL: The pressure is on Anthony Albanese to secure some sort of exemption from American trade tariffs when he is finally face-to-facewith US President Donald Trump later this month. 

EDITORIAL: The PM could hardly contain himself as his latest Labor Party signing dropped the hammer on the Greens, but they will still come together to get the super tax over the line.

EDITORIAL: Anthony Albanese has no time for political turncoats who disrespect the will of voters by defecting from the Labor party. But that logic doesn’t work in reverse. 

EDITORIAL: As the global security situation continues to deteriorate, it’s a conversation Australia is going to have to entertain.

EDITORIAL: With the soap opera that has been the status of the Liberal-National Coalition finally over, it’s time to return to regular programming. And it’s time for the PM to share his plan with us.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s report on national defence spending makes for sombre reading. But the Prime Minister’s refusal to take it seriously is even more concerning.

EDITORIAL: All Australians benefit from having a capable, thoughtful opposition which is able to hold the government to account. The onus is on the Coalition now to make themselves relevant again.

EDITORIAL: Australia is rightly committed to its net zero mission. But, as Anthony Albanese said on Monday: ‘it’s net zero, not zero’.

EDITORIAL: It will take more than money to achieve a truly reconciled Australia - one in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders can look forward to the same advantages as the rest of the population.

The cleverest part of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ raid on superannuation balances over $3 million is that — as he keeps telling us — it’s a problem that appears to apply to so few of us. 

EDITORIAL: The Nationals’ petulance has served only to hand more power to Mr Albanese and threatens to lengthen the time that will be spent by both former partners in the wilderness.

EDITORIAL: Our policy makers must turn their attention to the other problem which has been simmering away in the background while we were all distracted by the inferno of inflation — our productivity crisis.

EDITORIAL: Election: won. New Cabinet: sworn in. The next thing on Anthony Albanese’s to-do list must be to finally get Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension approved. 

EDITORIAL: The Coalition faces a likely six years in opposition, it seems improbable that Ms Ley will ever be PM. But her moment is now, and the party’s future success depends on her getting it right.