Julia Kokic

The compelling case for replacing stamp duty

3 December 2020 5:07 pm

Grey-haired Australians can sit on their porches and yell at lawn-trespassers to their heart’s content. But they need to stop…

Lessons from the Anzacs as we navigate crisis

25 April 2020 8:24 am

National crises challenge liberal democracy more than anything else. Citizens surrender civil liberties they couldn’t imagine living without in ordinary…

Quaranteens: will the ‘Boomer Remover’ instead melt the snowflakes of Generation Z

6 April 2020 10:30 am

Gen Z has come face to face with our first crisis, and it isn’t the climate emergency. Coronavirus is sweeping…

No point holding on to Holden

19 February 2020 3:27 pm

Another one bites the dust in Australian manufacturing. This time it’s Holden. Across Australia, people are lamenting the end of…

Energy prices? Stop throwing money into the wind and deregulate

12 February 2020 3:04 pm

Through an open and competitive energy market, Australian can achieve the holy energy trinity: cheap, clean, and reliable. In 2020,…

Sacha, free speech trumps censorship in fighting lies, you clown

1 December 2019 12:49 pm

Late last month actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen made waves when he spoke at the Anti-Defamation League summit. In his speech…

Let’s aim to be radically civil

14 April 2019 5:44 pm

In a period of political polarisation and rabid tribalism, we have lost the art of disagreeing well. Next month’s federal…