<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Australian | Opinion</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/opinion/</link><description>News, views and information from the pages of The Australian</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 02:40:57 +1100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 02:40:57 +1100</lastBuildDate><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright 2017 News Limited. All rights reserved.</copyright><generator>aus_opinion_58</generator><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>We’ll all win if PM cows unions</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-well-all-win-if-turnbull-stands-up-to-unions/story-e6frg7bo-1227907334523?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-well-all-win-if-turnbull-stands-up-to-unions/story-e6frg7bo-1227907334523</guid><description><![CDATA[The power grab for volunteer firefighters goes to the heart of the federal election.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-well-all-win-if-turnbull-stands-up-to-unions/story-e6frg7bo-1227907334523?from=public_rss">Janet Albrechtsen</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2888" url="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2016/06/15/1227908/250277-276f25cc-320d-11e6-aba9-a5b37d493062.jpg"/></item><item><title>Vote falls victim to politicking</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/federal-election-2016/federal-election-2016-recognition-vote-falls-victim-to-politicking/story-fo1ii2ya-1227907480829?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/federal-election-2016/federal-election-2016-recognition-vote-falls-victim-to-politicking/story-fo1ii2ya-1227907480829</guid><description><![CDATA[The bipartisan process to recognise First Australians in the constitution has become a victim of political positioning.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/federal-election-2016/federal-election-2016-recognition-vote-falls-victim-to-politicking/story-fo1ii2ya-1227907480829?from=public_rss">DENNIS SHANAHAN</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2824" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2016/06/15/1227907/587243-9a974d5e-323f-11e6-aba9-a5b37d493062.jpg"/></item><item><title>Pitt’s reckoning day will come</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-curtis-pitts-reckoning-day-will-come/story-e6frgczx-1227907521247?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-curtis-pitts-reckoning-day-will-come/story-e6frgczx-1227907521247</guid><description><![CDATA[You never know. Good policy could turn out to be good politics. After all, it&#8217;s what the master Paul Keating believed.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-curtis-pitts-reckoning-day-will-come/story-e6frgczx-1227907521247?from=public_rss">JUDITH SLOAN</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2514" url="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/521218-a2bea30a-31fa-11e6-8bb2-ce7959cb3f05.jpg"/></item><item><title>Don’t be fooled, focus on future</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/federal-election-2016-dont-be-fooled-focus-on-the-future/story-e6frg6zo-1227907328170?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/federal-election-2016-dont-be-fooled-focus-on-the-future/story-e6frg6zo-1227907328170</guid><description><![CDATA[We need policies that prevent a downward spiral as the world&#8217;s economy evolves.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/federal-election-2016-dont-be-fooled-focus-on-the-future/story-e6frg6zo-1227907328170?from=public_rss">Catherine Livingstone</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="7708" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/329008-ac08fbe2-320c-11e6-aba9-a5b37d493062.jpg"/></item><item><title>Politics is turning into tennis</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-politics-turns-into-tennis-and-its-personal/story-fnhuln9g-1227907321747?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-politics-turns-into-tennis-and-its-personal/story-fnhuln9g-1227907321747</guid><description><![CDATA[There are only two dogs in this fight &#8212; our first unashamedly imperial poll.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/federal-election-2016-politics-turns-into-tennis-and-its-personal/story-fnhuln9g-1227907321747?from=public_rss">Greg Craven</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2678" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/321720-989cb6ee-320b-11e6-aba9-a5b37d493062.jpg"/></item><item><title>Commissions driving unit sales</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/huge-commissions-to-chinese-agents-driving-unit-sales/story-e6frg6nf-1227907542330?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/huge-commissions-to-chinese-agents-driving-unit-sales/story-e6frg6nf-1227907542330</guid><description><![CDATA[We seem to be in the final stage of the apartment bubble, with developers offering huge inventives to Chinese agents.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/huge-commissions-to-chinese-agents-driving-unit-sales/story-e6frg6nf-1227907542330?from=public_rss">ALAN KOHLER</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2727" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/542852-55358462-31fc-11e6-8bb2-ce7959cb3f05.jpg"/></item><item><title>Treasurer’s ‘bottomless pit’</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-treasurer-dips-into-bottomless-pit/story-e6frgczx-1227907516163?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-treasurer-dips-into-bottomless-pit/story-e6frgczx-1227907516163</guid><description><![CDATA[After going where no treasurer has before ventured, Curtis Pitt is back where he started.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/queensland-budget-2016-treasurer-dips-into-bottomless-pit/story-e6frgczx-1227907516163?from=public_rss">Michael McKenna</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2551" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/516671-90e5f6fe-3215-11e6-8bb2-ce7959cb3f05.jpg"/></item><item><title>Britain should lead the EU bloc</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/uk-should-not-only-stay-in-eu-but-should-lead-it/story-e6frg6ux-1227907374850?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/uk-should-not-only-stay-in-eu-but-should-lead-it/story-e6frg6ux-1227907374850</guid><description><![CDATA[Britain has an opportunity to be at the forefront of shaping the next stage of Europe&#8217;s development.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/uk-should-not-only-stay-in-eu-but-should-lead-it/story-e6frg6ux-1227907374850?from=public_rss">Gordon Brown</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="17803" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/375399-fcc68fe0-31da-11e6-aba9-a5b37d493062.jpg"/></item><item><title>Disruption looms in anti-elitism</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/disruption-of-brexit-donald-trump-loom-in-an-anti-elitist-age/story-e6frg74x-1227907362480?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/disruption-of-brexit-donald-trump-loom-in-an-anti-elitist-age/story-e6frg74x-1227907362480</guid><description><![CDATA[Feeling ripped off by corruption and afraid of terrorism and migrants, voters are going to extremes.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/disruption-of-brexit-donald-trump-loom-in-an-anti-elitist-age/story-e6frg74x-1227907362480?from=public_rss">Paul Kelly</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2593" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/362683-3dcb1d08-3208-11e6-a655-021da18b6f15.jpg"/></item><item><title>Something has to give on policy</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/federal-election-2016-something-has-to-give-on-sustainable-policy/story-e6frgcko-1227907254978?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/federal-election-2016-something-has-to-give-on-sustainable-policy/story-e6frgcko-1227907254978</guid><description><![CDATA[The incoming government can&#8217;t turn a blind eye.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/federal-election-2016-something-has-to-give-on-sustainable-policy/story-e6frgcko-1227907254978?from=public_rss">VICKI THOMSON</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="66802" url="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2016/06/14/1227907/252222-012623be-31e2-11e6-a655-021da18b6f15.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>