Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
RBA must show independence on material inflation risk
The Treasurer’s pre-emptive insistence makes it even more important that the new governor and her board actively demonstrate the central bank’s political independence.
This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Max Corden: Vale Australia’s prophet of prosperity
Max Corden established the intellectual, but then politically heretical, case for dismantling Australia’s protectionist tariff wall.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Breaking Hamas must also broker peace
The huge risks of an Israeli invasion of Gaza can only be justified if there is a plan for a durable settlement for the whole region at the end of it.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Albanese’s Washington mission is to get AUKUS done
It would not be in Australia’s nor America’s interest for the prime minister to head to China next month with nothing to show on AUKUS from the trip to the White House.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Hayden’s history lesson for Chalmers
The historical narrative from the late Bill Hayden to Paul Keating holds lessons for today’s Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
China’s protracted release of Australian trade leaves a bad taste
China will use Anthony Albanese’s visit to set the relationship for the next 50 years, but it must end economic coercion of Australia.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Vote yes for an aspirational Australian nation
The Voice referendum has once again shown traditional political parties unmoored from the electorate. That is a problem for our prosperity.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Biden’s mission is to stop terrorism metastasising into regional war
The President is right to tell Israelis they must not copy America’s post-9/11 mistakes, driven by “all-consuming rage” that could ignite the region’s wider conflicts again.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Buck for EV road charging stops with Labor
Taxing the transition to cleaner vehicles should be part of a bigger discussion about cleaning up the nation’s tax system.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Biden must keep the flame of peace alive
The US president must lend Israel support as he seeks its restraint in Gaza. But the long-term goal has to be a durable peace for Israeli and Palestinian alike.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Ardernism’s defeat shifts the political centre of gravity across the Tasman
The seismic upheaval in New Zealand that has paved the way for a National-led coalition follows a voter reaction against Labour’s progressive agenda.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
All or nothing Voice defeat compounds the national tragedy
The widely shared aspiration to achieve constitutional recognition and establish an Indigenous body to help close the gap has been sacrificed on the altar of Albanese’s ambition and overreach.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Age-old disputes must not deter quest for peace
The horrific attacks of last Saturday are a terrible new marker in Jewish history, but the long-term goal must remain a peaceful Middle East that serves all its inhabitants.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A referendum tragedy that didn’t need to happen
Brexit-style recriminations in the divisive aftermath of the Yes vote failing would not be in the interests of heartbroken Indigenous Australians.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Stand by Israel, stand up for Jewish Australians
At the same time, all must show mutual respect for people of all beliefs and faiths at a perilous moment for racial and religious relations the world over.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Carbon tax a fairer way to reach 2030 carbon target
A broad-based carbon tax would help take pressure off the decarbonisation challenge, retaining the economy’s energy competitiveness while keeping the lights on.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Energy Summit confirms stuttering transition is not on track
The scale and complexity of the task requires all hands on deck, rather than ruling out any feasible transition pathway on political grounds.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Hamas attack exposes unreality of Palestinian state solution
The fragility of peace in the Middle East is underscored by the carnage unleashed by Hamas and by the retaliation that Tel Aviv will shortly let loose.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
How Canberra can ride out the Congress car crash
Australia has to invest in long-term relationships, many of which rely on institutions that remind us of the glory days of American democracy.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Virtual Labor-CFMEU partnership shows up on Victoria’s bottom line
Victorians deserve better than to be governed by a ruthless political machine in partnership with a renegade union at great cost to the state’s public finances.
