Leaders remain calm and on-message in second debate
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have had their second showdown of the 2025 federal election campaign.
The debate, hosted by the ABC,
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For me, like many people, the COVID pandemic disrupted many years of potential travel.
In some respects, it nudged time forward and sent us through a
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Major parties tap into desire for the ‘Australian dream’
By Michelle Grattan
If anyone had any doubts before, Sunday’s Liberal and Labor launches highlighted that this federal election is an auction for votes, in particular
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Bored voters deserting leader debates
By Michelle Grattan
The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned
Read more9 April 2025
Work from home debate largely missing the point
By Shane Rodgers
When I was in Europe recently, I noticed a prominent billboard from Spotify declaring that its staff could work from anywhere “because they are not
Read more7 April 2025
Trump tariff mathematics ‘full of flaws’
By Peter Draper and Vutha Hing
On April 2, United States President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new “reciprocal tariff” regime he says will level the playing
Read more7 April 2025
Australian beef targeted in Trump tariff ‘liberation’
By Michelle Grattan
US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10
Read more3 April 2025
Trump is ‘putting the US on a war footing’
By David Smith
US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is doing little to enhance his country’s standing abroad. But it is helping to reinforce his political
Read more2 April 2025
In search of a ‘sustainable norm’ on diversity
By Geoff Rodgers
There has been heightened scrutiny on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the global corporate
Read more31 March 2025
Pace of farming threats is ‘alarming’
By Shane McCarthy
The challenges that face Queensland broadacre agriculture producers are mounting to a degree that is becoming unsustainable.
AgForce members met
Read more25 March 2025