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I hope Farrer pick One Nation candidate David Farley
Since the South Australian state election last month, myself and the other six new One Nation Parliamentarians have been busy…
Multiculturalism and the language of ‘values’
The return of multiculturalism as a live political question in Australia has been swift – and faintly familiar. The Coalition’s…
The keys to the kingdom
Turning Australia’s resource wealth into a sovereign and sustainable future by 2050
Australia’s energy problem isn’t resources – it’s strategy
Australia is one of the most energy-rich countries in the world, yet remains exposed in the very systems those resources…
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…
Before the celebration, the cost
The link between sacrifice and statehood is not historical, it is immediate, and it remains widely misunderstood
Negotiation, delay, and strategic reality
Why engagement with Iran and its proxy network will not deliver peace
EU threatens Australia’s tea tree oil industry
Tea tree oil is a proud Australian export worth around $40 million per year to the essential oils and cosmetics…
Who needs the Department of Climate Change anyway?
One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce sent the collective Left into fits of hysteria by repeating Senator Hanson’s desire to make the…
You can trust One Nation to keep their word on migration
The Liberal Party could not be more rattled by the rise of One Nation and the speech by Angus Taylor…
Glory and shame, two noble myths corrode
What the Ben Roberts-Smith affair says about war, myth, and national self-deception
ABC’s war on those who fight wars
There is a particular kind of arrogance that only flourishes at a safe distance from danger, and the arrest of…
Before the Dawn Service, there was this
The staged arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, just weeks before Anzac Day, is not just bad optics. It is a signal…
Private health insurance: time for a reset?
Australia’s $6.9 billion annual subsidy supports a model that’s losing consumer confidence. There’s a proven alternative. The crisis is real…
Has protesting gone too far?
Groups that seek to disrupt instead of inform have taken our streets hostage
Part of Victoria’s petrol production up in flames
Major fire at Victorian fuel refinery leaves Chris Bowen scrambling
Strait of Hormuz: Where geology, myth, and international law converge
The geography of the Strait of Hormuz is not man-made; it is the result of a long process shaped by…
International Law in dire straits
The United States’ decision to impose a naval blockade is a legally contentious move under International Law. The measure follows…
Angus Taylor’s ‘wrong rein’ on immigration
The immigration horse is definitely the one that has wandered off to the One Nation side of the paddock, but…
Albo government’s perfect storm of weakness
I first set foot in Brunei in 2019. It was, and remains, a jewel of Southeast Asia. Verdant, orderly, and…
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Conservative leaders need to listen more closely to Shakespeare
A constitution to rule them all
How much power is concentrated in Pauline’s hands?
The lessons our schools need to teach
Today’s students are woefully ignorant of how our government works
