The wolf in inclusion’s clothing
As a former anglophile, I liked their earlier stuff better, and I often check in to see just how close…
The ignorant Aussie
Imagine paying for a public broadcaster that works against you
The land we forgot to remember
Albanese does not understand the history of Australia
Beg, vote, and pray
On how Western politicians are destroying their own countries
The classroom and the conscience
Politicians have made schools responsible for social cohesion
Middle-class revolutionaries
The cowardly response to Iran is more than revealing
Grief over Khamenei reveals a serious problem in Australia
I have always been very critical of Tony Abbott for his inability to recognise his enemies when they were standing…
Albo brings back the dobbers
Informing on and denouncing your fellow citizens is now Australian law
Australia’s political orphans feed populist rise
When I was a young union official, angry, often obnoxious, and knee-deep in the Robe River dispute at the ripe…
Genocide is not what it used to be
Ongoing claims of genocide perpetrated by Israel have reached the point where it is, in modern terms, normative. That is,…
International law and the attempt to cage the beast
This is not law. It is diplomacy with paperwork...
Venezuela is finally free
A crisis that began when I was still living in Latin America a quarter of a century ago has, at…
Move the Capital to Alice
I bristle at the term Australian Gothic
The end of public consent
Mass immigration. Multiculturalism. National disarmament.
Australia’s managed fragmentation
We cannot allow the state to believe Australians accept censorship in exchange for safety
Why our leaders refused to name the ideology that attacked us
A society that cannot describe a threat cannot contain it
Breaking the obedience barrier
The attacks at Bondi were shocking, but they were not surprising.
The mysterious assailants at Bondi
Australia is a censorious and increasingly secretive nation. In such an environment, clarity matters, especially in moments of public trauma.…
Barnaby Joyce did not leave the Coalition
Australia is entering a realignment that the political class still struggles to interpret
A preventable loss of life?
Natural disasters are not a morality tale
Albanese and the language of coercive conviction
The referendum revealed a troubling pattern in the Prime Minister’s language. Whenever Anthony Albanese speaks from genuine conviction, his words…
The Compassion Racket
Woke words are money at the NDIS
NDIS: The compassion racket
Emotional incentives are the most expensive kind
The political remorse economy
Australia’s leaders turned contrition into control
Middle class saviour fantasies
Should we introduce direct democracy to Australia?
