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Is the Coalition up for the Net Zero fight?
In November 2009, the Liberal Party, led by Malcolm Turnbull, resolved to support the then-Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme, that…
One Nation accuses Labor of being ‘hypocrites on the world stage’
Why is coal suddenly Net Zero when burned in China?
Donald Trump says he will sue BBC for ‘$1-5 billion’
An audio file taken from Air Force One appears to feature President Donald Trump confirming his intention to sue the…
The Australian Right needs a touch of Disraelian style and glamour
Some of my clever political friends have recently started to refer to me, wryly, as the secret and powerful Disraeli…
Now they are policing facial expressions
Rolling your eyes at progressive politics could land you in trouble
Coal: What should the Liberals do?
In 1897, in response to a newspaper report that he had died, American writer Mark Twain said, ‘The report of…
The Dismissal, 50 years on
As the years roll by, the question: ‘Where were you on the day of The Dismissal?’ becomes less frequent every…
We have forgotten the terror of mob rule
In Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, Robert Neville is the last man alive. A mysterious plague has transformed humanity into…
Racial discrimination and its reflections in today’s world
Racial discrimination is one of the oldest and most enduring wounds in human history. This phenomenon, rooted in fear, ignorance,…
Dropping targets is not the same as scrapping Net Zero
The Liberal Party has not dropped Net Zero. They have merely ditched the official Net Zero 2030 and 2050 targets…
Concerns raised over new Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws
On Sunday, November 3, 2025, around 50 people gathered on the lawns outside the ACT Legislative Assembly for a rally…
Crime, state debt, mental health – all out of control in Victoria
The once proud State of Victoria is facing an existential crisis without parallel in its 174-year history. Taxpayers are rightly fretting over…
The COP hypocrisy will cost us a fortune
One billion dollars. That’s how much the Albanese Labor government expects to be paying for hosting a United Nations climate…
What economy is RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser talking about?
Deputy RBA Governor Andrew Hauser used a cute horse-racing analogy to explain the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy at the UBS Australasia…
Gough Whitlam’s statue crowns the man and ignores the mess
The Dismissal was no coup. It was our democratic process operating exactly as it was designed to. In fact, it…
This will not end with Indigenous treaties
I am always concerned when elites give away money or assets that are not theirs. For example, it is one…
Australia is ready for the Net Zero debate
Coalition cannot rely on others to oppose the Albanese government agenda
Scamper off to the backbench, Andrew Bragg
Andrew Bragg came out all hot and heavy the other day, threatening to quit the frontbench if the Liberal Party…
The ghost of Gough Whitlam is dead
Last week I was fortunate to be invited as a panel guest for the 2025 Australians for Constitutional Monarchy National…
Is this the final fight for Net Zero within the Coalition?
With the OECD recognising a significant global slowdown in the appetite of nations to adopt CO2-reducing policies, on Wednesday, the…
John Laws, Richo, and the end of an era
The weekend brought news that marked not just the loss of two towering figures in Australian public life, but the…
Australia’s empty seat at the World Nuclear Exhibition
Last week, I joined the world’s largest gathering of the nuclear sector, the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) in Paris. Over…
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