I have, in awe, seen a husband caring for his young wife—and their four children—in the last months of her…

Trump sure as hell knows how to stir up the left: President Trump has asked the Pentagon to explore holding “a celebration”…

George Brandis’s parting shot in his valedictory speech to the parliament over his concern that ‘attacks upon the institutions of…

Oh Canada! Your Celebrity-in-Chief, Prime Minister Justin Castro, er, Trudeau, continues to deliver. Mostly laughs, though often you don’t know…

Whatever your views are on transgender issues, chances are, you’re not transphobic. Real transphobia involves irrational behaviour and denies trans…

Progressive taxation has been the default position of both major parties in Australia for decades, to the point where the…

A friendly senior doctor from a large hospital, Chris, told me he thought the introduction of euthanasia is inevitable –…

Every time data is released about enrolment numbers in public and private schools, it’s closely followed by a chorus of…

It’s not just that no one talks about government debt anymore – no one thinks about it either: It was another…

The Prime Minister is deeply unpopular with much of the Liberal Party base, pundits keep telling us, yet he is…

In a 1943 wartime broadcast on social security, Robert Menzies told the country that “there are amazing possibilities in every…

When discussing matters of free speech and offence, it is first necessary to draw a distinction between what is hate…

So, Lyle Shelton has decided to become the federal communications director for the Australian Conservatives, and not, as The Sydney…

According to the ABC, these were the three top news stories when your correspondent logged on this morning: It’s amazing…

Canberrans are used to buying ‘ex-govvie’, from houses (not much on the market now) to pre-used chairs, desks, PCs, whiteboards and filing…

The Australian Medical Association is a very curious beastie. It is like a three-year-old child.  It only hears what it…

For some time now, debate over educational funding has revolved around the Australian Labor Party promising schools more money, and…

Cathy Newman’s train wreck of an interview with Jordan Peterson could well be one of the defining moments in how…

The Gap State High School in Brisbane’s west has made news because of its strict adherence to its uniform policy.…

Electric cars are the upmarket smashed avo. The perfect status signaller for inner city eco-lovers in their (fair trade) hemp-cloth…

To counterbalance the competitive pace of the digital age, and the cacophony of self-help gurus—always more voluble at the start…

For the last ten years or so, people have been credulously extolling the virtues of Finland’s education policies. Journalists in many media outlets have amplified…

In old time newspaper jargon, the gutter is the strip between the two pages – the gutter press means something…

Australians of all political persuasions rubbed their eyes and opened their curtains this week with one hell of a hangover.…

Global warming – more like global hotting at times – was a function of earth’s climate long before humans used…