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Mr Albanese, where’s your commitment to our sickest children?
Poo might not grab headlines, but for some children it’s a daily medical struggle requiring support, surgery, and lifelong care.…
Our cultural fragility is not Donald Trump’s responsibility
Kevin Rudd was left barking up the wrong tree this week when he collared a tax to Bluey’s neck. ‘I…
Liberating schools means liberating teachers
There is very little wrong with schooling, or even universities, that could not be solved by gutting bureaucracies. Despite the…
The centre is in trouble
Paul Kelly thinks that the Albanese victory on May 3, 2025, is the beginning of a long and stable Labor…
Factions killed Liberal broad church
Formalised factions are commonly associated with socialist political parties. Marx viewed religion as the opiate of the masses. No wonder…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: I will not put any limitations on myself
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s talent for leadership has been the topic of conversation since she was credited with defeating the…
Dutton is like Biden, not Trump
The media, and all their highly decorated journalists parading from one channel to the next, are wrong about the Liberal…
Culturally, structurally, and ideologically rigged
Let me be clear, the federal election was rigged. Not with ballot stuffing or hacked machines but with something far…
Net Zero by 2050: nothing but a marketing slogan
A screen grab on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders during the election campaign showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying words to…
Time to say ‘goodbye’ to Welcome to Country
A furore erupted recently over people jeering and booing during a Welcome to Country ceremony on Anzac Day in Melbourne.…
Greens leader Adam Bandt is gone!
While I don’t like the Labor Party, the gracious exchanges between Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese gave me some hope…
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, I salute you!
One of the conservatives who understands Australia better than most politicians has been returned to the Senate for the Northern…
Understanding Pope Francis
Memories and perceptions of Pope Francis are many and varied. To give a few examples, some will remember him for…
Liberals for Liberalism
In the midst of a shock election night, Sky News Australia panellists Murray Watt and Andrew Clennell both agreed heartily…
What did the election result say about Australia?
There was one small incident during the Voice Referendum that I never understood, and it has stayed with me. Standing…
Trump was not a significant factor, and that matters
Post-election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or ‘faction’ – fiction based…
Dear LNP, think of Haidt!
The number of different post-mortems for the failure of the federal LNP may well soon outnumber the sands on Nine…
Zoe Daniel is done and dusted
It’s been an annoying weekend for conservatives, but the weather is always warm if you wait long enough: Zoe Daniel…
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