Editorial
Editorial
Climate policy
Major parties must do better on protecting climate
Australians have the chance to cast a vote that will have enormous consequences for this urgent issue.
- The Herald's View
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Organised crime
Organised crime thrives because NSW cannot follow the money
A secret briefing by the NSW Assistant Commissioner of Police has thrown the spotlight on the gaping holes in money laundering legislation.
- The Herald's View
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Climate policy
The reef wants you to think about climate policy when you vote
Climate change policy should be one of the key issues for voters in this election and it is an issue where there is a significant difference between the two major parties.
- The Herald's View
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Australia votes
Minimum wage rise is needed but no substitute for real economic reform
The problem is not the next annual wage case before the Fair Work Commission but the fact that real wages for all workers have barely risen in the past decade.
- The Herald's View
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Russia-Ukraine war
The West must support Ukraine until Putin sees reason
The war in Ukraine is descending into a stalemate but only Ukraine can decide when to make peace.
- The Herald's View
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Childcare
Better care services can boost the economy, but they must be paid for
The election campaign focus on Australia’s care sector is welcome. But the major parties must explain how improvements will be paid for.
- The Herald's View
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Biodiversity
Urgent action needed to protect our threatened biodiversity
More than 1900 Australian animals, plants and ecological communities are at risk of becoming extinct. We can and we must do more.
- The Herald's View
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Australia votes
Teals are a warning to Liberals not to drift further to the right
With its recalcitrance on climate change, an integrity commission and women’s issues, the Liberal Party is at risk of losing many of its traditional voters.
- The Herald's View
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Hospitals in crisis
People in the bush must not be given second-class medical care
The two million people in NSW outside the metropolitan area often face hospital emergency departments with no doctors, a shortage of nurses and midwives and long journeys even to reach care.
- The Herald's View
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Property market
Housing affordability challenge requires leadership and vision
When it comes to housing, no Australians should be forgotten. However, the absence of a genuine reform agenda from either of the major parties short-changes us all.
- The Herald's View
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Indigenous
Progress far too slow on an Indigenous Voice to parliament
The prime minister has been too slow to act on reconciliation. A referendum should be held in the next term of government.
- The Herald's View