Why Australia’s Voice vote failed
Since 1999, asking how many referendums Australia has had – then how many have passed – has been a pair…
Australia unites around a new narrative
Australia’s Indigenous people were not ‘rejected’ by the rejection of the Voice referendum, despite what elites in the Teal-Green belt…
Ireland’s troubling response to the Israel attacks
It’s a widely known secret within Israeli diplomatic circles that Ireland is seen as something of a lost cause. While…
Israel’s war with Gaza has exposed China’s impotence
Only last week, China was pushing itself forward to be the regional eminence grise in the Middle East, the powerbroker…
The unstoppable rise of the locum doctor
The career trajectory for doctors used to be relatively simple. After graduating, you would step on the conveyer belt of…
Where did all the boomer bankers go?
There aren’t many Alex types in banking anymore. The popular middle-aged cartoon banker, greyer and greyer since the 1980s, is…
A resounding victory for the ‘No’ campaign
The Voice to Parliament referendum results are in and it is a resounding victory for the ‘No’ campaign which won…
Voice referendum a lesson in standing for fundamental principles instead of vibes
It was John Howard that said, ‘In politics, it is better to be right than popular.’ In other words, people…
Ten million times ‘No’: reflections on the referendum
The barbaric slaughter of many hundreds of Israelis by Palestinian terrorists is a horrifying reminder of the power of hatred…
The crushing defeat of Australia’s divisive Voice referendum
Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, urged his fellow Australians to take ‘the opportunity to make history’ today. And they did,…
New Zealand: out with the old, in with the new
With Christopher Luxon now the next New Zealand Prime Minister and a majority about to be formed in Parliament via…
An Israeli ground assault would be devastating for Gaza
On a patch of scrubland outside the Zikim kibbutz earlier this week, I came across a platoon of Merkava 4…
Congratulations Australia!
Congratulations Australia. You made the right call. Congratulations to all of you ‘No’ volunteers and voters, and all who ran…
Voice result a blow to the Liberal wets
The Voice to Parliament referendum went down in flames. Starting with a staggering 76 per cent approval on binary polling,…
How the National party toppled Labour in New Zealand
Just three years on from Jacinda Ardern’s phenomenal outright victory, New Zealand’s Labour government has collapsed, slumping to half its…
Why did Australia vote No in the Voice referendum?
I’m in Sydney for the Voice referendum result and was ready to settle in and watch the declarations for each…
Humza Yousaf has irreparably damaged the independence project
As the SNP gathers for its conference in Aberdeen this weekend, Humza Yousaf faces a sea of trouble. But worst…
Israel is a country of lions led by donkeys
Israelis were turning against the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu even before Hamas’s invasion. Over the last six months, tens…
Australia’s Voice referendum is tearing the country apart
Almost 250 years after European settlement, many of Australia’s Aborigines still face appalling socio-economic disadvantages compared to fellow Australians: lower…
Sinn Fein’s troubling ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians
Black Mountain, which looms above West Belfast, acts as a blank canvas for Irish republicans to plaster their thoughts across.…
Does the Native American case for reparations add up?
The University of Minnesota is at the centre of a battle for Native American reparations. The university sits on tens…
Is sumo wrestling dying out?
For any young athletes harbouring ambitions of being a sumo wrestler, there was some good news this week. The Japanese…
We saw the darkness coming
Exactly two years and eleven months ago the cover of this magazine warned that the election the week before of…
