Whitlam and Turnbull: two giants lost in their own wilderness
The question facing Australia isn’t whether we’re too progressive or too conservative
AI, Engels, Friedman – and a peace treaty with history
If Universal Income is rejected, the state will continue to find ways to intrude
Why the merry-go-round can’t save the circus
There’s a special kind of panic that sets in when people confuse motion with progress. Things start spinning. Jobs change…
When immigration worked for the nation, not the United Nations
They marched in their tens of thousands, a river of discontent flowing through the heart of Australia’s cities on its…
The Liberal and National Party – Paterson v Lawson
While the political landscape of Australia has seen numerous battles over the years, between the city and the bush, played…
Nietzsche, American Pie, and Pauline
I was inspired this morning to write something about the election, which, until then, I had been reluctant to do,…
Remember when parties believed in first principles?
George Orwell’s exploration of language manipulation and newspeak finds a disturbing parallel in Australian politics. Orwell wrote extensively about the…
Is it too late to lament our forgotten values?
Over the weekend, the Australian featured an article by Paul Kelly in which he reflected on the address Steven Lowy…
What can the NSW Liberals learn from Lone Pine?
On August 6, the Gallipoli Memorial Club hosted a memorial of the Battle of Lone Pine fought on the Gallipoli…
An Anzac story
In an obscure cove, on an unknown beach, in a foreign land far-far away, on the morning of the April…
