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Sometimes it takes outsiders to say the obvious but unwelcome things: high spending, low growth and red tape are hurting us. Why does Labor fail to see it?
Australian conservatives — however much they might be impressed by the way MAGA has fought back against woke ideas — would do well to understand that a successful movement cannot be defined forever by what it opposes.
Eight years after her first burqa stunt, Pauline Hanson pulled it out of the wardrobe department for another theatrical turn …
A half-century on from stagflation, outdated workplace rules and union monopolies remain the biggest barrier to reversing the Australian economy’s slipping productivity and wealth.
The Labor government’s early surpluses now look like a flash in the pan and the budget is back to a deficit – which is set to deepen.
There is a long history of fiscal rules, but the overall record is patchy, with governments lacking the fortitude to stick to rules when the going got tough.
Tolerance is often treated as an unqualified virtue. But even virtues have limits. When men in black shirts marched outside …
Industry Minister Tim Ayres rightly says that Australia is in competition for global capital as he throws taxpayer money at …
If Tomago meets the criteria for a taxpayer bailout, then so do thousands of other businesses. The government will be back in the business of propping up unviable companies (if it ever really left).
The national review of the F–2 maths curriculum is a welcome chance to put the things that matter most at …