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How men without substance squander success and leave politics diminished

ELECTIONS
Bernard Keane writes in Crikey As Boris Johnson noted, in his ungracious and reluctant resignation speech, he departed despite a large mandate. He had won in 2019 — against a suicidally incompetent Labour opposition — with a landslide of 80 seats. Now, less than three years later, much of his...
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Australia’s Timor-Leste intervention has a dark history — one perpetrators want to hide

ECONOMY
Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyThe failure to prosecute the alleged perpetrators of war crimes committed during Australia’s intervention in East Timor — and the recognition that there was an active culture of cover-up in the ADF — further strengthens the case for a proper inquiry into the intervention and...
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‘Patently ridiculous’: state government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster

ECONOMY
‘Patently ridiculous’: state government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster Jamie Pittock, Australian National University For the fourth time in 18 months, floodwaters have inundated homes and businesses in Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley. Recent torrential rain is obviously the immediate cause. But poor decisions by successive New South Wales governments have...
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Qantas Smiles: shareholders and executives grin, customers and staff grit their teeth

BUSINESS
Michael West writesScott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg, no doubt with the counsel of Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, repelled calls for a Qantas “bail-out” in early April 2020. Yet, just as the pandemic gripped, they promptly began bailing it out. Virgin too, an airline 90% owned by foreign airlines and...
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Albo is Taking stock

ECONOMY
Rachel Withers writes in The MonthlyIt was another big day for cleaning up the mess left behind, as the Albanese government continues to assess the inherited damage. But members of the government are not, as Liberal MP Karen Andrews tried to claim on Sky News, “running around effectively...
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Avoiding picking losers: industry policy for a more rational era

ECONOMY
Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyThe Grattan Institute isn’t normally to be found advocating for industry policy and support of manufacturing. Its latest report, on industry policy in the context of the drive to net zero, is both critical of existing industry policy — crafted by both sides in worship...
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We need an Australian Healthcare Reform Commission

ECONOMY
Jon Blackwell and Kerry Goulston write in Pearls and Irritations With a new Government it is time for Health System Reform. In fact reform is long over due. For some years now the Sydney Health Reform Group has been calling for the establishment of an Australian Healthcare Reform Commission, and...
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The Emissions Reduction Fund is a fraud

ECONOMY
A review will examine the discredited Emissions Reduction Fund. But does the government really want to take away a source of cheap carbon credits? Bernard Keane Crikey's political editor writesCritics of the Coalition’s discredited Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) have welcomed the review of the fund announced today by Energy Minister...
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A world away from Morrison

ECONOMY
Chris Wallace writes in The Saturday Paper The de-ScoMofication of Australia on the world stage took a leap forward this week as the Albanese government consolidated its international relations edge over an enfeebled opposition in a series of high-level meetings in Europe. In just over a month, the competitive advantage the...
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Why Australia should ban private schools

ECONOMY
Elizabeth Farrelly writes in The Saturday Paper. An architect’s view of Cranbrook School’s redevelopment, in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. The images are spectacular: slinky ovoid stairwells, glamorous foyers, expensive materials and exquisite detailing. The purpose-built music centre at Meriden girls school in Sydney’s inner west, opened by the New South Wales...
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