The firm hand of government could do with a smack
Australia is a country built by ordinary people and common sense, not elite preoccupations
Perpetual indignation is not a Constitutional principle
Many harsh things have been said about our beautiful country. Yet the Australian Parliament now also wants to ‘…foster informed,…
The bonfire of the ideals
Henry Parkes, the Father of Federation, was converted to free trade by Richard Cobden, the apostle of free trade and…
Democracy makes you rich
How can you make ordinary people prosperous? Free trade and the market economy was George Reid’s controversial policy (Prime Minister…
The excellent Australian Constitution
How do you describe the Constitution of one of the most successful Western liberal democracies in history? We can be…
Mono-fanaticism in a sunburnt country
The most effective political leaders are semi-housetrained polecats, which is also a famous insult. You cannot lay a glove on…
Australia’s bigger, better idea
William Wentworth said: ‘Every man that is honest and industrious can sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree.’…
The commonwealth of abusive complaints
Every morning, the first thing our federal government ministers do is wake up worrying about ways they can repair our…
Savage words, savage deeds
Locally sourced ranting is a problem. This is where a particular subject – say the current US President – leads…
Enriching Australian perspectives
Have we reached the point of too much immigration?
General anarchy and plunder…
Private property ownership is falling at a frightening rate
Australia’s yellow brick road
A pavement going nowhere fast under Albanese and Chalmers
We are not Robespierre’s children
The three momentous mistakes we currently make are not to bend all our efforts to fix economic growth and therefore…
The two Australian cultures are tearing us apart
Australia has two intellectual cultures. One is utilitarian and apparently successful, dedicated to solving practical problems for ordinary people. The…
The LNP needs a clear policy direction
Instead of being caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Australia solved civilisation’s problems
Balanced parliamentary debate was the vision of the first elected head of government in Australia, James Hurtle Fisher, Mayor of…
The new American consensus
Their cultural revolution is real
The Australian experiment in liberty
What are the achievements of the Australian experiment in liberty? They must be clearly articulated in our dangerous world of…
The Productivity Roundtable was not nothing
The Treasurer’s Productivity Roundtable is not nothing … but it could become very little if there is no follow through…
William Wentworth’s submission to the productivity roundtable
The US often draws on the American Revolution in its public debates. Australia has the unparalleled achievement of our 1850s…
His Majesty’s loyal opposition in a bitter Canberra winter
The Albanese government is in a strong position in Parliament, and perhaps the community, in the middle of bitter winter.…
Australia’s story is one of success, for now
Australia’s construction industry is hopelessly dysfunctional, damaged by ‘disdain for the law’ and ‘frequent resort to practices of thuggery and…
A Roman emperor’s Triumph: Australia 2025
Australia in 2025 is a temporary one-party state, and not yet a Roman emperor’s triumph with gold, elephants, flute girls,…
The Alice in Wonderland productivity roundtable
It is a humbling experience to be a leader in a democracy. It requires the recent Coalition concession that they…
Chalmers’ river of gold runs dry
Free stuff from the government is not free
