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 Treasury’s massive ‘intergenerational’ immigration crushes democracy editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stephen Saunders) Imagine a calmer and safer post-Bondi Australia. Immigration is low, and less divisive. Government need not lie about it all the time, nor continually attack citizen-voters. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24181 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24181 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:18:54 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24181 On Line Opinion Economics says Australia should have negative migration editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Cathal Leslie) Elected members imagine themselves trapped between an economy needing immigrants and a public wanting fewer. It’s time they questioned their assumptions. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24171 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24171 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:54:03 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24171 On Line Opinion Australia can’t outbid a blockade editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tim Butler) Rich countries are insulated from the worst of commodity markets, but there are some things money can't buy. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24165 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24165 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:31:46 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24165 On Line Opinion GST carve-up leaves Qld, WA short-changed editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) In the carving up of GST share, one state’s costly mistakes can become everybody else’s fiscal problem. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24161 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24161 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:21:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24161 On Line Opinion The Atlantic–Pacific bridge: from Magellan to Panama and the return of multimodal connectivity editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Heather McRobie-Allansdottir) The modern world has too many choke points and not enough redundancies. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24152 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24152 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:37:25 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24152 On Line Opinion Where there is no vision, the people will perish editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stuart Ballantyne) Spectator at large, Stuart Ballantyne, watches Australia go down the gurgler at the hands of bedwetters with absolutely no vision. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24125 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24125 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:13:29 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24125 On Line Opinion The geopolitics of railroads: Europe's decoupling doctrine editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Maren Liedtke) The twenty-first century will not belong to the economies that simply produce more energy. It will belong to those that require less imported energy to generate greater prosperity. That is the true meaning of decoupling. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24119 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24119 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:19:52 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24119 On Line Opinion From central to distributed business districts editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ross Elliott) A look at global office vacancy rates suggests the impacts of WFH have been unevenly felt, while the impacts of Ai on central office demand are possibly yet to be felt. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24113 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24113 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:45:31 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24113 On Line Opinion Coming from Mean Albo, immigration 'cuts' have little credibility editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Stephen Saunders) Since 2006, Big Australia has sailed on through seven prime ministers. But Albo’s taken the numbers to totally another level – likewise the denigration of his own people. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24104 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24104 Fri, 7 Aug 2026 08:12:02 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24104 On Line Opinion Germany's nuclear energy regrets editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Darren Nelson) 'Energiewiende' is the word Germany gave to its energy transition. 'Dumm' is the word they might apply to their nuclear policy. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24085 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24085 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:57:07 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24085 On Line Opinion