Burney for G-G? Say No!
The Voice saleswoman should not be let anywhere near Yarralumla
Flag and free speech abused
Pro-Palestinian protests - who pays for the police?
Let’s say No to the rest of it
Welcomes, acknowledgments and flags need to be curtailed
A ‘pearson’ of platitudes
Why were the words ‘non-binding’ not included in the Voice proposal?
Kenny techniques
I’m starting to wonder if Chris Kenny has been moonlighting as Daniel Andrews’ media adviser. The techniques they use to…
Winning the peace
‘This … is … a … war!’ declared the noxious, and putative Senator, Lidia Thorpe. And she’s right. It’s been…
Powerless advice or powerful instruction?
At the Press Club last week, Senator Jacinta Price asked the question that I have been asking for over a…
Vox unpops
Beware the ‘collective’ Voice
Two-tongued Voice
The tension at the heart of the Yes campaign
Reconciliation: what the heck is it?
There are a number of opaque memes that now corrupt the debate surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We just…
A respectful debate? Hardly…
A reply to Chris Kenny's comments on the Voice to Parliament and the 'no' campaign
The ooga booga school of anthropology
Aboriginal anthropologist and activist Dr Marcia Langton is probably the most influential figure in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum…
Lifting the lid
The Economist gets its Voice story wrong
It’s the constitution, not a poem
Any form of constitutional recognition would be pointless
The Voice has a secret weapon
Beware the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Who is an Aborigine?
The single most important question about the Voice
Bitter politics
I have two mottoes. This first is ‘never look back’ and the second, and more important one in these troubled…
Hands off our Australian War Memorial!
Some years ago, I attended the annual congress of the NSW RSL. The keynote speaker was the Hon Dr Brendan…
The Voice of coercion
In support of Neil Brown’s excellent article in this week’s Spectator Australia edition, may I offer the following. The Declaration on the Rights…
Recalling the Governor-General
It was Whitlam, not Kerr, who defied Parliament in 1975
What is the true purpose of 'The Voice'?
There are two elements to this proposed Voice referendum. The Voice itself and its inclusion in the Constitution. The latter…
Whatever happened to 1.5°C?
On the Kenny Report recently, fill-in host Chris Smith railed against the Greens’ demands that we ‘do much more to cut…
Sir John Kerr: villain or victim?
Over the years since 1975, partisan players have mounted an ongoing campaign to vilify Sir John Kerr. They claim, variously,…
Maybe Trump was right
Adam Creighton has a recent good piece in The Australian arguing, essentially, that Trump got most things right. It’s hard to argue…
Ukraine must win to deter future conflict
There are signs Putin may be prepared to limit his ambitions and settle for a portion of East Ukraine. President…
