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A farewell to harms
If this system continues, no child of mine will ever set foot in an Australian school
The Twelve Apostles: public asset, or government revenue stream?
The Victorian government has announced that visitors will soon have to pay an entry fee to see the Twelve Apostles…
The sinking of the IRIS Dena: legal, reckless, or justified?
A necessary act of war, or a troubling precedent?
Matt Canavan elected leader of the Nationals
Popular conservative Senator, Matt Canavan, has been elected as leader of the Nationals. He replaces David Littleproud who, yesterday, said…
The Canzuk-Aukus convergence: two alliances hiding in plain sight
Mark Carney’s Canberra address and the Geelong Treaty reveal the architecture of a powerful middle-power bloc ready to be assembled
A preventable Armageddon?
Many have been foreshadowing a war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, for quite some time, but now that…
China and Russia have their sights set on Antarctica’s oil reserves
The Iran war is disrupting global oil supply, putting pressure on protected reserves
Insatiable greed: Labor to charge for Twelve Apostles
‘It’s only fair that visitors to the region pay a small fee to visit this world-class destination so that we…
Ukraine is wearing Russia down
Here in Ukraine, there is the sense that the grinding war imposed by Russia has reached a turning point, and…
The legless green energy transition
Think of wind, solar, and batteries as the three legs of a stool supporting the Net Zero transition program. The…
‘Yes’ to ISIS brides, ‘no’ to the Iranian women’s football team…
This is how Labor celebrates International Women’s Day?
Reasons for hope in Iran’s future
The doomsayers neglect the decades-long internal pressure for change
The excellent Australian Constitution
How do you describe the Constitution of one of the most successful Western liberal democracies in history? We can be…
Saving Moira Deeming
Victorian Upper House member Moira Deeming is one of the most loved and respected conservatives anywhere in the country –…
Running on empty
How Labor is turning fuel security into another Net Zero scam under the banner of ‘national security’
Has every galah in every pet shop become an expert in international law?
To paraphrase Paul Keating, I guarantee that if you walk into any pet shop in the West or indeed the…
Substantially uncertain about being certainly substantial
Australia’s Treasurer, a man with a PhD in political science and the communicative precision of a fortune cookie, stepped to…
Editor’s picks
Magazine
Who you gonna trust, baby?
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
