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Digital Duty of Care (censorship) laws pass the Lower House
Opposing gender equity or causing emotional harm may soon be illegal
Albo not walking on water but thin ice
Jesus turned water into wine, but Albo went one better. He turned a ‘dirt sheet’ on Helen Haines into a…
The fair go was never a government program
Long is right that the argument about freedom is unfinished. I would go further. It should never be finished...
The right must unite, or Labor wins again
They did not agree on everything. They were not supposed to. But they shared a conviction that Australia is heading in the wrong direction...
Erasing the West
Why Labor and the Greens are determined to cut Western Australia adrift from its British origins
New Zealand election musings
Get ready for a big exodus of Kiwis if Labour wins next week’s elections
What happened to the Australia my grandfather believed in?
After Bondi, Jewish Australians are asking whether the country that once offered their families refuge can still promise their children safety
Bradman read the ball. Brabham read the road. Can Canberra read AI?
Do we really want ministers in Canberra controlling the future of AI?
The Ben Roberts-Smith affair
Revoke all our Rome Statute international obligations and return military law to the Australian military
Raging at the ‘dying’ of Wokeism
When One Nation takes power, we’ll be tearing down this conspiracy of censorship and restoring freedom, dignity, trust, and truth to the people
Politicians have changed their tune on crime
After decades of 'softly-softly', politicians are demanding police crackdown on crime
The 5:48am plan to reinvent Australia
A healthy country must change. It must also know what it is trying not to lose...
Victoria’s ‘Labor experiment’ fails spectacularly
Australians feel worse off under Labor – because they are worse off
Frankfurt says ‘non’
France is testing whether Europe’s lender of last resort will actually lend. Australia should not assume that distance will protect it
TURN THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE DOWN… WHO TURNED IT UP?! – Labor’s outrageous hypocrisy | S3 Ep 25
In this episode: Macron’s ‘soft touch’ on far-left riot agitators. Italy’s Giorgia Meloni vows swift justice against looters. Labor’s inter-generational…
We should be a nation of citizens, not residents
Recently, I participated in the Robert Menzies Institute’s 2026 Policy Dialogue in my dual capacity as its General Manager and…
Labor ignores the criminals and bans the tools
The alleged attack on Dr Helen Haines MP and the revelations of an alleged ‘dirt file’ on her held by…
Higher or lower migration: at what cost?
Young Australians need more information to decide the future they want
Australia’s fair go was never exclusively libertarian
We should be careful romanticising the freedoms enjoyed by earlier generations
My quest to climb Ayers Rock
Growing up in Australia in the 1950s, I was inspired by the idea of climbing Ayers Rock, the largest sandstone…
Please explain the great Australian prolapse debate
There are moments in the life of a nation when a man must step forward and offer whatever expertise he…
Under socialism, tomorrow never comes
The Albanese government failed to warn Australians about the severe consequences of their migration program
Temperature too high?
Albanese wants to turn down the temperature. Perhaps he should start with himself...
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