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“The Middle East conflict is a chicken-and-egg conundrum fraught with political, historical and religious legacies,” a reader writes. Also: Resistance to a Jan. 6 commission; low birthrates.
Baffling Chinese Darwin port deal must be scuttled We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 4, 2021 — 12.10am Normal text size Credit:Fairfax Media I am no military or defence expert, just an ordinary Australian who, like most of us, believe that the port of Darwin should never have been leased to a Chinese company (“Defence reviews Darwin port deal,” May 3). Nor do I believe that 50 per cent of the port of Newcastle should have been sold to Chinese interests. The potential national security risk that agencies have identified, combined wi...
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Air-fair? Cut-price flights will land in marginal seats Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 12, 2021 â 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit: A large, well-fed pig in a barrel accompanies the Morrison governmentâs announcement of the $1.2 billion tourism subsidy (âCut-price flights to help lift tourismâ, March 11). Of the 13 tourism regions to benefit from the cut-price ticket subsidy, eight are in marginal seats and four of the five others are in safe Coalition seats. The ALP and Greens-voting Byron Bay holiday ...
Porter puts the integrity of public office at stake Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 5, 2021 â 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit: Thank you, Peter Hartcher, for maintaining that the issue is about integrity of public office (âResponse is what weâve come to expect of Morrison governmentâ, March 4). As troubling as it was to watch Christian Porterâs anguish at his media conference, I am more troubled by the fact that while the police were investigating the matter Porter did not step aside as Attorney-Gen...