On Line Opinion - Nation Building http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=renovating Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 Australia's critical minerals strategy has a missing link editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Shaira Husain) Australia’s biggest critical-minerals problem is not geology. It is failing to capture the refining and manufacturing that creates real value. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23933 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23933 Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:29:21 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23933 On Line Opinion An Australian Route 66? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (John O'Donnell) Australia's own pioneering transport routes lie unsung and unused, and that presents an opportunity. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23912 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23912 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:32:19 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23912 On Line Opinion Key government infrastructure investments are ending up as super-expensive white elephants editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Brendan O'Reilly) If these projects made sense, politicians would invest their own money. Instead, taxpayers are left footing the bill. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23904 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23904 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:42:47 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23904 On Line Opinion Changing work and changing demography = changing cities editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ross Elliott) What happens to cities when office work disappears? AI and demography are already forcing an answer. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23905 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23905 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:42:36 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23905 On Line Opinion New energy policies in California threatening America’s national security editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ronald Stein and Mike Umbro) No refineries, no fuel. How does California sustain America's military and ports as local supply disappears? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23903 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23903 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:31:08 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23903 On Line Opinion Open-borders Australia learns nothing from Carney visit editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stephen Saunders) Leaving Albanese as a world outlier, Carney has stymied Canada’s population growth, to ease the housing pain. Sigh, his Australian visit was all framed around 'middle powers' vs Trump. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23895 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23895 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:07:49 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23895 On Line Opinion Do we need Elon Musk to help fix our planning systems? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ross Elliott) What if fixing housing wasn’t about more planners or smarter rules - but ruthless simplification? Planning law meets Elon Musk. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23850 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23850 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:30:25 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23850 On Line Opinion Beyond the lease: a new framework for systemic housing certainty editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Andrew Walton) Renters fear the next email. Investors fear the long run. New evidence suggests they’re trapped by the same broken housing structure and points to a different way forward. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23844 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23844 Fri, 6 Feb 2026 14:09:50 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23844 On Line Opinion Focus on what you have, not what you don’t have editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stuart Ballantyne) PM Albanese we have a fabulous country that is in a financially difficult time and we just need you to focus on what we have. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23837 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23837 Tue, 3 Feb 2026 07:34:54 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23837 On Line Opinion Albanese ploys betray Bondi victims editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stephen Saunders) Albanese’s responses to Bondi hew to a script. Unpopular mass migration must continue – at any cost. Citizens must be socially 'cohesive' - else we’re racist. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23834 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23834 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:43:09 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23834 On Line Opinion