Time to honour our Anzacs and ramp up defence spending
Australia has a habit of being caught with its pants down when it comes to defence spending. In 1938, Australia’s…
Albo wants to tax ‘future you’
If you want to get ahead in Australia, it will never happen under a Labor-Greens government. Albo and Adam are…
Third debate attitude reflects leadership: we ain’t got either
Greetings from Bhutan: The first time I was teaching leadership in Bhutan, for our end-of-course celebration (held two nights before…
‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?
The Greens don’t want you to succeed. They want to take your money so they can turn Australia into a…
Bracket creep and soft economists
The Albanese government reduced the Stage 3 tax cuts that were designed to address some the burden of bracket creep.…
Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!
The Coalition may not be in its best shape, but when they were in power, most Australians were better off.…
Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture
From the National Press Club: Housing policy is very tricky to balance effectively. There is no set formula because times…
Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day
Australia is in a strange space where the traditions that enabled our high standard of living are being taken for…
Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to ‘make Australia great again’. The reaction? ‘They finally said the quiet bit out…
Dutton’s tax-deductible interest for first homebuyers is a breakthrough
Like many conservatives, I have been waiting for something original from the Coalition that will differentiate them from the socialists.…
Albo isn’t winning, but the Coalition is losing
Australians have every reason to be nervous about another three years of a Labor government. The last three years have…
Greens announce dumbest policy ever: ‘renters’ right to solar’
Owning a rental property in Australia is becoming a complete farce. Why would you bother owning a rental property when…
Ted O’Brien was all over Chris Bowen like a wind turbine on an endangered bird
From the National Press Club: I love the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), even if it’s gone so Woke that…
Angus goes to the mattresses, majority don’t like Adam
Your Correspondent in Canberra: It was quite the day in the election campaign. Adam Bandt addressed a sparse-looking crowd at…
Albo and Dutton debate was a complete farce
Central to our two-party liberal democracy is political debate. Our system allows for peaceful revolutions at the ballot box. It…
Angus Taylor’s Budget Reply leaves conservatives wanting more
From the National Press Club: Australia has had record numbers of business failures on top of declining productivity. That means…
Impossible business growth underpins house of cards Budget
From Parliament House, Canberra: Last year Australia experienced record numbers of business failures. While the percentage of businesses was not…
Regional Australians are the biggest budget losers
From the Canberra Press Gallery: Regional Australia is the engine room of private sector activity in Australia. With the Budget…
We can’t afford Albo’s phoney election campaign
From the National Press Club: Australia is in a phoney election campaign. We’re in that period where we know an…
Paying for elections every three years is worth it
There’s an old joke about divorces. Do you know why they’re so expensive? Because they’re worth it. Elections are no…
Simon says Teals keen for costly minority government
From the National Press Club: The disdain for conservatives was palpable in Simon Holmes à Court’s address at the National…
Trumpet of Patriots announces a Liberal election platform
From the National Press Club: Clive Palmer’s address on March 13 delivered the first tranche of the Trumpet of Patriot’s…
Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ trumps ‘the science’
Being on the receiving end of a deal with the most powerful person in the world must be quite disarming.…
Woke West stands with Ukraine, Trump deals with reality
The rules-based world order has been destroyed by the Wokerati. The United Nations, an institution designed to address the shortcomings…
The Greens’ policies are about to come crashing down
Senator Hanson-Young’s inability to answer simple questions about Australia’s defence is representative of the Greens’ naïve worldview. In my opinion,…
