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Monday, October 28, 2024. Dutton may be winning in the polls. But he has a major problem to overcome. Despite recent favourable opinion polls, Peter Dutton faces one big major hurdle in taking his Liberal-National coalition to office at the next federal election.
The Trump tariff fallacy - On Line Opinion - 12/11/2024
1 day ago · The Trump tariff fallacy. By Murray Hunter - posted Tuesday, 12 November 2024. Sign Up for free e-mail updates! Tweet. Donald Trump's massive victory in the recent US presidential election has raised the possibility that tariffs will once again be used, only this time just not against goods from China. With trade deficits between many Asian ...
Cheers for a true blue Aussie hero - On Line Opinion - 13/11/2024
20 hours ago · In a scene straight out of Dante's Inferno, flames and embers fanned by winds gusting to 50 knots suddenly threatened thousands of homes at Peregian Beach and other coastal centres to the north towards Noosa, during the week. While the firies put their lives on the line to save homes, a couple of motorcycle cops and others in a car braved the ...
Winning against the feminist machine - On Line Opinion
1 day ago · The government spokesperson unashamedly announced the Labor government's decision. Zero new funding. Not a single dollar to add to the pittance already received by a couple of the key organisations. A few months later, when the 2024-25 budget was announced, it emerged the government had allocated over $160 million to women's health.
The musings of Shigeru Ishiba: visions of an Asian NATO
2 days ago · Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is stirring the pot – notably on regional security matters. He has proposed something that has done more than raise a few eyebrows in the foreign and defence ministries of several countries. An Asian version of NATO, he has suggested, was an idea worth considering, notably given China's ambitions in ...
Could the US election result dent the 'Huge Australia' plan?
2 days ago · The latest Appendix (May 2024) implies population growth about 2% over 2023-24, though the actual is more like 2.5%. That's way higher than economic growth 1.5% over the same period, with ABS advising a "sixth consecutive quarter of GDP per capita falls". Ouch for voters.
Graham Young - On Line Opinion Author
Aug 29, 2024 · Graham Young is chief editor and the publisher of On Line Opinion. He is executive director of the Australian Institute for Progress, an Australian think tank based in Brisbane, and the publisher of On Line Opinion. Author's website: Australian Institute for Progress. They are not ‘peace’ activists. International - 18/09/2024 - 27 comments.
Where to from here? - On Line Opinion - 28/6/2024
Jun 28, 2024 · Media commentary is dominated by "experts" pontificating over climate change, cost of living, homelessness, gender politics, and the RBA. Politicians look seriously at cameras; but, have no answers to declining living standards confronting low to middle income groups saddled with rising food prices, mortgages, and rental costs.
Politicisation: the attack on merit and our way of life
Aug 31, 2023 · About the Author. Dr Scott Prasser has worked on senior policy and research roles in federal and state governments. His recent publications include:Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries in Australia (2021); The Whitlam Era with David Clune (2022), the edited New directions in royal commission and public inquiries: Do we need them? and The Art of Opposition (2024)reviewing oppositions across ...
About On Line Opinion
About On Line Opinion. On Line Opinion is a not-for-profit e-journal that aims to provide a forum for public social and political debate about current Australian issues. We publish articles to stimulate a public discourse on a range of topics. It is not the editors’ intention to dominate these pages – these articles are gathered from a variety of independent sources and are published in ...