Politics
Don’t eat the seed corn, Jim
If Jim Chalmers increases the tax burden on capital gains, it would mark the biggest backflip on a tax pledge…
What the Tasmanian election means for the Crown
Since the grant of self-government by the British in 1856, the powers of the Crown in relation to Tasmania have…
The Greens are engrossed in their own irrelevance
Queensland Greens give co-founder Drew Hutton the boot
From Tricastin, with hope
What France’s nuclear backbone can teach the world
Albanese’s anaemic neutrality risks Aukus
In doggedly resisting US prompts to boost defence spending by evoking a ‘neutralist’ foreign policy in his recent John Curtin…
Is Net Zero environmentally friendly?
Dr Ken Henry addresses the National Press Club
We’ve been here before
This time it’s serious
The distraction of gender quotas
In some parts of the media and, indeed, of the Liberal Party, the issue of quotas for women continues to…
Albanese’s China pilgrimage: trade, triumph, or strategic folly?
Trump will be watching closely
Housing propaganda from your state-owned media
The ABC has no place in a modern, democratic Australia
The Smart Energy Council’s love letter to Chris Bowen
From the National Press Club: Picture this. A room full of journalists, some scribbling notes, others stifling yawns, as John…
Jim Chalmers’ brazen attempt to grab power … and your money
If the Treasurer was serious about achieving a fairer superannuation system, the last thing he would do is demand the…
Thanks Albo! Australia is one of the worst-performing nations in the developed world
One thing is certain about the government’s August productivity summit – there will be no policies adopted, and even fewer…
It’s NAIDOC Week and they don’t want your child to forget it
Here we go again. It’s NAIDOC Week – the annual event which grew from the first observances of the National…
Hey Albo, cop this mate. With love, The Don
As Albo continues to ignore the only nation and ally that has spilt blood in the defence of our continent,…
The international student dilemma – is Canberra turning a blind eye?
Australia could be inundated
The truth about Victorian colonisation
The country was strewn with bones, and we were always at war
Disloyal far-left breakaways are coming for Labor
I don’t care what left-wing pundits say about the last election. Political parties shouldn’t chase young voters. It’s obvious from…
Albo ‘turned a corner’ and got us stuck on a roundabout
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s incessant claim that Australia has ‘turned a corner’ is wearing thin. Like a motorist stuck on…
Renewable energy exposed
Australia’s economy is facing a crisis fuelled by Net Zero
Bowen’s hydrogen mirage has vanished
The hydrogen economy, once heralded as the future of clean energy, is unravelling as I write. A few years back,…
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…
It’s time for a Reform Australia Party
Populism has been defined as an approach to politics that pits a champion of the commonfolk against elites. Right-wing populism…
More failures in union leadership
Australian workers face a pattern of betrayal from union leaders. This week, the Victorian branch of the Health Services Union…
Tony Burke’s detention inaction
The Albanese government’s refusal to detain dangerous criminals, citing legal barriers, is a shameful abdication of responsibility. Home Affairs Minister…
