Australia’s advice gap is well documented: with fewer than 15,600 licensed advisers and over 11 million people needing financial guidance, there’s just one adviser per […]
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Australian companies cannot afford to miss out on the Indonesian juggernaut
The following opinion piece by Professor Jennifter Westatcott AO, in her capacity as the Australian government’s Business Champion for Indonesia. There’s a saying that Indonesia […]
2025 Australian federal election: experts explain the key issues
Experts from various disciplines at the University of Sydney highlight the most critical issues for voters in deciding who the next Prime Minister of Australia […]
The ‘Never Trump’ Movement Is Dead. Long Live ‘Never Trump’
The contortionists among American ruling political class are at it again. This week, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens—a (formerly) prominent Never Trumper and one of the […]
Celebrating ten years of the Bradfield Oration
Two years ago, I had the honour of being asked to deliver the Bradfield Oration. It’s a great initiative by The Daily Telegraph, one that’s […]
Dutton’s anti-immigration stance is a symptom of a deep failure in Australian public policy
It wasn’t long after it lost the 2022 election that we started to hear how the Coalition would be focusing its attacks on immigration. Anti-immigration […]
Closing Loopholes Protections, Including Right to Disconnect, Come Into Effect 26 August
New labour rights coming into effect on 26 August, including the ‘Right to Disconnect’. On Monday, 26 August, several legal and regulatory changes included in […]
A Liberal Senator believes childcare is destroying the family unit. Is it any wonder women are leaving the party behind?
One of my favourite parts of the working day is picking up my three-year-old son, Gilbert, from childcare. He is so eager to tell me […]
New NAPLAN targets a postive step for individual schools
In March this year almost half a million New South Wales (NSW) primary and secondary students took the 2024 National Assessment Program – Literacy and […]