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Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity
Nationals Bridget McKenzie, Ross Cadell, and Susan McDonald quit Shadow Cabinet
Are the ‘hate group’ laws all about control?
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Anthony Albanese must have been pondering these sage words as he presided…
More shark attacks are inevitable
I wrote a piece for the Spectator last September in the wake of the fatal shark attack on Sydney Northern…
One Nation on the rise driven by the Opposition’s incompetence
Any poll taken in the next few weeks will show an even sharper increase in the vote for One Nation.…
Albo delivers ‘dog’s breakfast’, claims antisemitism wasn’t Labor’s fault
From the Parliamentary Press Gallery: Following yesterday’s shemozzle, and after a good night’s sleep, I rode my new scrambler into…
US Supreme Court wades into the transgender issue
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) very recently heard arguments in two Constitutional cases involving the right of transgender women athletes…
Condolences today, (in)action tomorrow
Bridget McKenzie says PM failed to rise to the test of leadership
When fake news is too good to be true
The most entertaining fake news I’ve ever seen did the rounds last week, claiming – rather boldly – that King…
Labor’s Islamic terrorism deflection is desperate
Parliament returns today for a rare special sitting recalled early by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Labor’s original intention was to…
Free speech, faith, and the danger of legislating virtue
Christianity’s forgotten role in free speech
Mapping today’s post-Cold War geoeconomic order
Today’s geopolitical world is more like the turbulent and bloody 19th to mid-20th centuries than the Cold War long period…
Liberals defy the odds with the right decision
We may not be a party to the closed-door ideological struggles of the Liberal Party, but we do know they…
You cannot fix education without first fixing the culture
Australia has allowed ideology to shape curriculum content
Labor shelves its Stalinist nightmare (for now)
Labor’s outrageous omnibus bill, Combatting Antisemitism, Hate, and Extremism Bill 2026, casually known as the WTF is this Stalinist Nightmare (2026), has…
Nobel Peace Prize forgets its realist origins and goes full Woke
Few legacies have been as deliberately engineered as that of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor whose name is now synonymous…
Have tariffs ever worked? (asking for a mate)
China’s trade surplus hit $1.2 trillion in 2025 – a record, up 20 per cent from the previous year’s record…
After years on the sidelines, Liberals have joined the free speech debate
Turns out the culture wars do matter...
UK bans Eva Vlaardingerbroek
On January 13, 2026, British authorities abruptly revoked the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) of Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, effectively…
Why Australia’s new ‘hate speech’ bill threatens our national security
The adoption of legislation that adversely affects, even prevents, free speech has been of increasing concern in Australia. Next week,…
Albanese’s hypocritical two-tier rush undermines our democracy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has long positioned himself as a champion of due process, transparency, and democratic norms. Kindness is…
Hate speech is not Islamic terrorism, and where’s Pauline?
In the timeless wisdom of childhood playgrounds, we were taught that ‘sticks and stones may break my bones, but words…
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