Solutions to two serious problems are at hand. Apart from Donald Trump actually doing what those who followed  Ronald Reagan should have done in response to constant attacks by or through the mullahs in Tehran, Australians can do what this column argued they should have done in the last election. They can still save the nation by casting their first preference for One Nation, the party of common sense, and ensuring they then prefer the Coalition before the hard-left, Labor and the Greens.

As to Donald Trump, it was obvious back in 2016 that if he were to achieve his proclaimed agenda – or the greater part of it – history would assess him as one of the greatest presidents. As he indicated perceptively and long ago in a 1988 media interview, the solution to Iranian aggression is simple: ‘Go in and take Kharg Island’ (see Spectator Australia, ‘The Kharg Option’, 14/3).

Since Israel is the most advanced entity in the Middle East, the only one where Arabs enjoy full democratic rights, and the world’s only Jewish state, it is obvious that it must be allowed to survive – regardless of how many noisy, chanting, hard-left and Islamist extremists are allowed to take over our streets and enjoy a free pass to impose their antisemitic poison.

As for the strategy suggested here in the last election for Australians of giving their first preference to One Nation, they will only be following the example of Sir Robert Menzies who, after his retirement, used his preferences to demonstrate dissatisfaction with a Coalition flirting with what are today today ‘Labor-lite’ policies.

This also demonstrates that One Nation, rather than being a party of complaint, is actually the premier party of policy. Indeed, one of its greatest attractions is a suite of sensible policies for the advancement of this country – policies which are popular, especially regarding immigration, the cost of living, government waste and, in this dry continent, water.

What is an essential corollary of this advice is of course for all the parties of the right to exchange preferences. Any leader who says this is for the party apparatchiks is abdicating his leadership.

As to One Nation’s phalanx of policy, this is particularly evident now as we face a crisis in fuel security brought on by the mullahs. I refer to fossil fuels with no trepidation; they are a great saviour of civilisation and will continue to be so for a long time. If there is one man in Australia with the international standing and scientific reputation to expose the gross libel of fossil fuels, it is Emeritus Professor Ian Plimer. His international reputation and knowledge as a scientist is far superior to those who lecture us on the unproven theory of its imagined impact on the climate.

Recalling my time in political combat against the 1999 ‘politicians’ republic’, the ‘No’ campaign found its ‘killer argument’ in the phrase: ‘Vote No to the politicians’ republic’. That phrase highlighted the irresistible truth that every model proposed by the so-called republicans served only to increase the power of a failed political class and at times, even their number. Professor Plimer’s killer argument relates to there having been six ice ages over the long life of this planet. At the beginning of each, there was far more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than today, yet this led not to global warming, but to a global freeze with kilometres of ice over parts of the world. Following President Trump’s exposure, the best reaction to unsubstantiated claims of man-made climate change is to ‘follow the money’. After passing through various toadies, this ends up in Beijing with the comrades laughing all the way to the bank.

At this time of fuel crisis, it is relevant to note that One Nation has engaged, alone among the parties, in a ten-year crusade to secure the proper fuelling of this nation, including the adequacy of our reserves.

The charge that the party lacks policy is demonstrably false.

Facing shortages resulting from the Iranian mullahs’ determination to disrupt the world, Australia would be in a far better position today had One Nation’s advice been adopted (Spectator Australia, ‘Nation’s 10-year Crusade to secure Australia’, (20/3)).

Similarly, when we examine the other great concerns of Australia – housing and the level of immigration, where One Nation offers common-sense solutions – a related issue has had considerable attention from them. This is the provision of water in this dry continent.

Contrary to government propaganda that the rental and indeed the whole housing crisis is merely the result of  a ‘failure to build’, this is actually a mathematical trap created by record immigration, a conclusion argued in detail in Spectator Australia, ‘The Great Australian Lock-out’ (17/3). The fact is that by prioritising high-density ‘Labor-voting’ populations over infrastructure like dams and consequential decentralised housing, the government is crushing a generation of renters and destroying the Australian tradition of buying a family home with a yard.

Not only that, but the government is demonstrating gross negligence in failing to ensure that the immigration power is exercised in such a way that immigrants do not bring and fight ancient hatreds that have no place in this land. That this maintains a Labor majority in certain seats has only just been confirmed.

What is unacceptable and supports the voting strategy suggested for the last and future federal elections is explained in another Spectator Australia column, ‘Is Australia’s Defence Policy Decided on the Steps of the Lakemba Mosque?’ (22/3).

This piece examines the ‘two-tier’ nature of modern Australian policy. It argues that vital national security and defence decisions are being compromised to appease specific domestic voting blocs, echoing the earlier rhetorical claim in Caucus for a change of policy on the ground that ministers could not defend current Australian foreign policy ‘on the steps of the Lakemba Mosque’.

Finally, another recurring theme of this column is that, from as far back as 2004, antisemitism has increased in Australia, and and spectacularly so after 2023, culminating in the Bondi massacre. To their great shame, this has occurred with the positive toleration of Labor governments.