We still ignore the real cost of mothering
STEPHANIE PEATLING COMMENT Being a mother is work and should be valued as such.
Coalition cops it from all sides over IR policy
DANIEL HURST 12:55pm
The Coalition says its new workplace relations policy shows WorkChoices is not only ''dead, buried and cremated'' but the ashes have been scattered ''and they'll never be gathered up again''.
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RBA cuts inflation outlook as dollar, mining-boom peak weigh on growth
11:53am The Reserve Bank has lowered its inflation outlook and reiterated its forecast for “below trend” growth this year, reflecting an elevated currency, a crest in resource investment and fiscal tightening.
Jacob Saulwick
Another study, another delay for second Sydney airport
1:27pm The state government, councils, property developers and community groups have reacted with disdain to Anthony Albanese's proposal for more studies into the viability of an airport at Wilton to the far south-west of Sydney.
Judith Ireland
Windsor: I'm ready to help Palmer
2:01pm Independent MP Tony Windsor may consider trying to register Clive Palmer's United Australia Party himself, if it turns out there is a conspiracy afoot to prevent Mr Palmer from using the name.
Jonathan Swan
Liberal Party discontent grows
Tony Abbott is facing growing discontent among his colleagues about his $3.2 billion Direct Action plan to combat climate change, a policy once described by Malcolm Turnbull as rubbish.
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Michael Gordon
Industrial lite on the hill
Tony Abbott has produced a minimalist industrial relations policy with a bold objective - to eliminate what he considers the biggest threat to a Coalition victory in September.
John Garnaut
Why the world is reading Gillard's defence paper
The Art of War, still recited by Chinese generals at any opportunity, has little to say about the art of actual fighting. Instead it is filled with every conceivable mind game to convince the enemy to capitulate without firing a shot.
Jai Galliott
Drone debate too late once they get off the ground
In last week's Defence Department white paper the Australian public got a scary one-line insight into the future of its air force.
Features
Rocco Blog-Go
Seen enough of Tom Waterhouse? Odds are you have
There’s a good betting chance that sometime in the not distant past, whether on a billboard, tram, bus or screen, you would have seen Tom Waterhouse’s face.
Global Opinion
The New Zealand Herald
Austerity's for booms, not slumps
