This Month
The easy coup is over. Now for Angus Taylor’s impossible job
The new Liberal Party leader rose in an overwhelming vote against Sussan Ley. Will that be enough to arrest the party’s steep decline in public support?
Ley’s days were always numbered. But this is farcical
Angus Taylor is set to take over as Liberal leader, but will he fare any better than the woman he has always been determined to oust?
CBA surfs credit wave to smash share price doubts
Matt Comyn is confident that the bank is on the right technology track in a competitive environment and an uncertain world.
An ugly clash of protesters, police and politics
The demonstrations on Sydney streets have forced a reckoning from politicians and police about what is acceptable public speech.
Ley’s leadership hanging from wreckage of Liberal Party
Sussan Ley’s most dangerous enemies sat behind and beside her in question time on Monday. Her leadership now looks terminal.
US wants global co-operation to counter China on critical minerals
Mining is cool again in the US – along with building an international alliance to thwart the Asian giant’s dominance of critical minerals.
Bill Gates interview: ‘The majority of AI companies will fail’
The Microsoft co-founder warns that while most AI enterprises will not succeed, there’s no stopping the technology. The job market in 10 years “could be very different”.
Rates head up as politics heads downhill
Jim Chalmers says government spending has nothing to do with Australia’s inflation problem. Michele Bullock’s press conference offered him little political cover.
January
Government and RBA run out of road on inflation
An expected interest rate rise next week will dominate Australian politics despite the opposition’s best efforts to make its own internal brawling the major issue.
Chalmers dodging responsibility for inflation jump
The treasurer says inflation is higher than anyone likes, but insists this has nothing do with the high level of government spending.
Foreign students have a target on their backs
In a supercharged debate, Labor knows the risk of high immigration numbers being blamed for housing shortages, rental costs and overstretched infrastructure.
Australia Day mood harbinger of year ahead
In the aftermath of the Bondi massacre, this year’s celebration of Australia Day had a new focus on national unity rather than diversity.
Littleproud and Ley reach the end of the road
How the Coalition managed to disappoint an Australia searching for healing and instead make itself the story in an orgy of mutual destruction.
US pitch for rare earths minnow helps a grand ambition
The proposed takeover of a small ASX-listed company is key to a much bigger global play to break China’s stranglehold on processing critical minerals.
Hate speech compromise signals fresh battles ahead
Despite community hopes of a better outcome, the performance in Canberra sets up another anxious year of tension and conflict.
December 2025
Bondi attack shatters our self-image of peaceful tolerance
Sunday’s horror and terror has ripped away the veil of polite refusal to acknowledge the extent of anti-Jewish sentiment and hatred in Australian society.
Biting the bullet on Austal and Australia’s shipbuilding future
The shipbuilder is part of a bigger strategic story: rising regional tensions, neglected defence capabilities and the commercial viability of skilled manufacturing.
Compensation costs add up for super losses
Daniel Mulino is trying to share the pain of paying compensation for risky super investments or bad financial advice. No one’s happy.
Western Australia’s GST defence comes with a catch
The wealthy state is determined to stop any changes to its special tax deal, no matter how much the other states complain how it is unfair.
Super’s river of money has created a super accountability void
Daniel Mulino will be in the firing line next week as he attempts to divide responsibility for a compensation scheme for victims of financial fraud and mismanagement.
