$1 million per month: more secret costs of vaccine failure
The Innovation Australia website has another cracking story. What’s the reward for the government’s vaccine rollout failure? A million dollars…
Western deterrence now looks hollow
The efforts of a 20 year war took only a few weeks to overturn: the Taliban has completed its takeover…
A new world order will emerge from America’s humiliation
When America decided to save Afghanistan from the tyranny of the Taliban, it acted on two major beliefs. The first…
WHO throws vapers under the bus… again
With the constant deluge of pandemic-related coverage, it’s easy to forget that tobacco smoking continues to kill over 8 million…
Is a Dan Andrews senior shinybum in contempt for trying to stop state parliament sitting?
Yesterday, Dr Ramona Muttacumaru, the Acting Executive Director, COVID-19 Strategy and Policy, COVID 19 Response Division of the Victorian Department,…
ABC Four Corners does longevity well, accuracy badly
It’s no secret our national broadcaster is fond of self-congratulation. This week, the carefully choreographed ‘back-slapping‘ reached dizzying new…
Biden gave the right speech at the wrong time
This evening, President Joe Biden finally addressed the American people from the White House on Monday after Afghanistan fell into…
Biden risks undermining America’s moral authority
Joe Biden is facing what will likely be the defining event of his presidency. The gains made in Afghanistan are…
Biden embraces his inner realist
It’s starting to look as though President Joe Biden really does want to leave Afghanistan. In his speech today, Biden…
There’s ‘literally a war’ – but in Kabul, not Sydney
At her daily press briefing on Saturday, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said: ‘This is literally a war, and…
Biden snoozed while Kabul fell
The United States is in the midst of a foreign policy disaster, and the President has not been seen publicly…
Why are Labour politicians siding with Ken Loach?
Richard Leonard, former leader of the Scottish Labour party, has posted a photograph of himself standing beside Ken Loach on…
Cameron snubs Osborne
The papers have been full of speculation this month about rumours of a rift between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson.…
Local Magnitsky laws a good move – handled wisely
In a move to bring Australia into the Global Magnitsky Movement, Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching has introduced the International Human…
Boris faces a backlash from Tory MPs over Afghanistan
After the Taliban took over Kabul and announced victory in Afghanistan, a scramble is underway by diplomats and many Afghans…
The real reason Biden was prepared to let Kabul fall
The speed of the Taliban’s advance, culminating in Sunday’s capture of Kabul, has been widely put forward as proof that…
You want to talk about female oppression? Talk about Afghanistan
You don’t need to be a foreign policy expert to take one look at the heartbreaking developments in Afghanistan and…
Who have we left behind, Dutton?
Just over four weeks ago, Defence Minister Peter Dutton told Sky News Australia of the importance of “getting the balance…
A tragedy for Afghanistan, a tragedy for the United States – and a tragedy for Australia
It’s not true that failure is an orphan. Afghanistan today is like Freddy Krueger, “the son of a hundred homicidal…
The Taleban enters Kabul
Rather than the six to twelve months predicted by the US intelligence services, the Taleban ended up needing just a few…
Wrong then, wrong now – Joe Biden’s maddeningly inconsistent foreign policy
‘After al-Qaeda and the Taliban fall… when we “drain the swamp”, as the President says, the medium-term goal is to…
Autopsy of a failed war
The following essay is in Spectator World’s September edition, a special issue marking 20 years of the War on Terror.…
Fair Work Australia won’t protect workers from unfair vaccination rules
None of us should be surprised that the union movement has sunk back into its favourite communist swamp. The abolition…
The Lord of the Dings
Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This.…
Iran’s ‘Ghost Armada’ and its secret alliance with China
When a British security guard was killed in an Iranian drone attack last month, the response from the government was robust. Boris…
