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Reclaiming the Port of Darwin must be on the national agenda
Australia faces its most uncertain strategic environment since the end of the second world war. In such times, governments must…
Booing, Welcome to Country, and the long activist game
Several things can be true at once. A majority of Australians, as suggested by the Voice to Parliament referendum, disagree…
Come on, Avi – hurry up and Free Palestine!
I used to work with Avi Yemini, the Australian Bureau Chief for Rebel News. He won’t mind me writing this (I…
Gina Rinehart: Lest We Forget
The following is a transcript from Gina Rinehart’s Anzac Day Sunset Tribute at the Sydney Opera House. Today, we especially…
A continent-sized nation, living in a corner of itself
Australia is one of the largest countries on earth, yet most of its population and economic activity are concentrated in…
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,…
Do land claims present a risk to North American society?
Canada is taking risks with its sovereignty on the West Coast, and the rest of North America should be paying…
From the Sydney Opera House to Anzac Day: A pattern of impunity
A fortnight ago, Jewish communities across Australia and the world paused for Yom HaShoah, a solemn remembrance of the six…
President Trump addresses shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
‘That was … very unexpected,’ said President Trump, addressing the press after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.…
Media God bothering
Donald Trump got the whole media God Bothering-thing started with his now deleted post of him dressed in white Jesus-robes…
This Anzac Day, I Remember John Elmhurst Price
There is a small newspaper clipping in my mother’s possession, fragile and yellowed with the passing of nearly a century.…
The Digger’s Code: Anzac Day and the Vernacular of Belonging
As we pause this Anzac Day to remember the fallen and their mates, spare a thought for our native language…
Could a former Prime Minister help reform the Liberal Party?
Factional wars and external pressure from the Teals and One Nation have created the perfect storm for Liberal Party reformers.…
Australia’s shameful silence on youth gender medicine
Another major peer-reviewed study on so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ has been published, and predictably, Australia’s political class has responded with the…
The wolf in inclusion’s clothing
As a former anglophile, I liked their earlier stuff better, and I often check in to see just how close…
The professor versus the politician
Andrew Leigh used to be more up-front about the downsides to diversity
Gina Rinehart’s act of kindness toward veterans
Broke Labor, the delusional Greens, and their cultivated maze of semi-socialist converts have been beating their ‘eat the rich’ drum…
Jess Wilson seeks to protect war memorials and colonial statues
Jess Wilson and the Victorian Liberals had to do something to win back disaffected conservatives after their preselection disaster, and this is…
Why the Middle East cannot be understood – or repaired – through corrupted language
I. When Words Fail, Policy Follows Clear words produce clear thoughts. Clear thoughts produce coherent policy. When language decays, so…
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