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Australia’s founders understood MAGA better than today’s centre-right
The Australia Day debating season has now finally, mercifully, come to an end for another year. It is clear the…
Australia: a land divided into tribes
One knows that an election is looming when the Prime Minister criss-crosses the country and promises to dole out money…
Living in an age of digital sedation
Indoctrination is simply hypnosis stripped of its mystique. In our society, we experience a form of ‘mass hypnosis’ that does…
Ten ‘wins’ in ten days since Trump took office
Even before the inauguration of Donald Trump occurred, it was evident that the zeitgeist of the Western world had shifted.…
The WHO is finished: step away, Mr Dutton!
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a horse that’s been flogged to death. Then it’s been turned over and flogged…
Pronouns out, professionalism in
‘Pronouns in the bio’ are one of those fashion statements destined for the cringe of history, like Gothic piercings, leotards…
Albo’s ridiculously insulting gender law
Ten years ago, I attempted to hire a male secretary and accounts department aid. It is rarely talked about in…
The era of GeoEconomics is upon us
The think tank Chatham House describes ‘GeoEconomics’ as ‘the interplay of international economics, geopolitics and strategy’. The central question in…
Is peace possible?
As Israeli hostages are being released, many are hoping for an end to the conflict. Such hope is naïve because…
Finally, a president that does more than sit on a beach in Delaware!
America finally has a President capable of doing more than lying on a beach in Delaware. Donald Trump has done…
Why do they fear RFK?
The forces of darkness, also known as rusted-on Democrats, are doing everything in their power to stop Robert F Kennedy…
Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on society. One of the latest…
Freedom of speech vs freedom of flags
One unintended consequence of the distant conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has been a sharper examination in Australia of the…
Trump’s Australian revolution
The new US President, Donald J. Trump, has begun his term with a bang not a whimper, issuing a record…
Yes, Elon Musk deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Celebrity nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize usually sit somewhere between embarrassing and insulting, but this year’s nomination of billionaire…
Muddying the waters on interest rates
‘Muddying the waters’ is a common strategy in politics. It entails finding a key fact or piece of information that…
Today’s pain is Israel’s, tomorrow it belongs to us
As Israel begins to receive hostages in the fragile Israel-Hamas truce, there is both relief and agony. The October 7…
Abandon net zero, rescue the economy
‘To rescue our economy,’ Trump signed day-one orders ‘to end all Biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric…
Curtains for UNRWA, and they deserve it
Israel has had enough of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, otherwise known as UNRWA. Israel…
Remember when parties believed in first principles?
George Orwell’s exploration of language manipulation and newspeak finds a disturbing parallel in Australian politics. Orwell wrote extensively about the…
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Our nation stands at a crucial juncture as we approach the coming election. Later this year we will vote to…
Enough is enough: Australian history must be protected
If a piece of Indigenous artwork or a sacred place is vandalised by an individual motivated by race, no one…
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