RARE PHOTOS: 5 - The Real Truth

Alan Kohler: The real story of the budget is that Treasury got the pandemic wrong

The overriding fact of federal government finances in 2022, and everything about last night’s budget, is that Treasury got the pandemic entirely wrong.

The New Daily · Mar 29, 2022

Alan Kohler: The ‘dodgy schemes’ hiding the real cost of climate action

The Morrison government tolerates dodgy carbon offsets because they keep the price of credits down, helping to hide the real cost of climate action.

The New Daily · Mar 27, 2022

Whatever happens from here, Putin has already changed the world

Instigated by Putin, the war has come down to two competing pressures – the wretched human toll of Russia’s brutality versus the sanctions against it.

The New Daily · Mar 23, 2022

The optimists have failed us. Pessimists, please report for duty

Optimistic leaders have failed to prepare for world-changing events like climate change, COVID-19 and war in Europe. It's time for pessimists to take over.

The New Daily · Mar 9, 2022

Alan Kohler: Some difficult, expensive decisions will have to be made by whoever wins this election

Lismore was probably the town most devastated by the Queensland and NSW floods, and it embodies the problem now facing Australia from climate change.

The New Daily · Mar 6, 2022

Alan Kohler: This could be Putin’s way out of his currency prison

I’m not suggesting that Russia will suddenly do an El Salvador and start trading with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. But it may eventually be a way out.

The New Daily · Mar 2, 2022

Alan Kohler: Putin v the West, madness meets weakness

The immediate challenge for the United States and Europe is to decide whether to have another oil shock, deliberately, 43 years after the last one.

The New Daily · Feb 27, 2022

Alan Kohler: What the takeover bid for AGL is all about

Michael Cannon-Brookes has dug an AGL-sized pit in front of Scott Morrison, which the PM seems quite happy to step into over energy transition.

The New Daily · Feb 23, 2022

Alan Kohler: Business leaders must lead in the empowerment of women

The case of former Victorian judge Peter Vickery is a warning to leaders of every organisation they should commission a report into their workplace culture

The New Daily · Feb 20, 2022

Alan Kohler: How Tony Abbott killed tax reform

It wasn’t only climate change that Tony Abbott and the Coalition cynically weaponised a decade ago – they did it to tax reform as well, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily · Feb 16, 2022