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On the Scott Morrison inquiry, the question of over-reach may nag the prime minister, but the case for Robodebt is clear.

Arguably ‘climate change’ is the most intractable issue of those championed by Labor and the Teals in the recent election; (ICAC and women’s issues could be addressed in this parliament but achieving deep reductions in greenhouse gases could take many more years). The ministry for ‘Environment and Water’ (Plibersek) will be as crucial as the ministry for ‘Energy and Climate Change’ (Chris Bowen). Labor is right to set them apart, in contested space, unlike the LNP which lumped them together to sideline them.

AFR Classic | On July 29, 1973, AFR political correspondent Maximilian Walsh, who died this week, praised the Whitlam government for ending Australia’s protectionist history.

Max Walsh exerted enormous influence on the shape of modern Australia through his roles as a political journalist and as editor-in-chief of the Financial Review.

It was the transformative decade: radical economic reform, takeover splurges, spectacular busts, the rapid acceleration of Australia’s Asian engagement, and emergence of more companies ready to take on the world.