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Chris Bowen vs the laws of physics

15 May 2025 11:55 am

The Net Zero Titanic is headed for an iceberg

Nietzsche, American Pie, and Pauline

15 May 2025 10:39 am

I was inspired this morning to write something about the election, which, until then, I had been reluctant to do,…

Education must be freed from ‘social engineering’

15 May 2025 8:11 am

‘I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I…

How Albanese’s Super Plan could lead to capital flight

13 May 2025 4:27 pm

Anthony Albanese’s decision to resurrect Division 296 – the levy that taxes super balances above $3 million on their unrealised…

The Great Liberal Split of 2025

13 May 2025 12:10 pm

The wets have won. Now their empire stretches over the remains of Menzies’ Child. Echoing the Great Labor Split of…

Democracy: a vanishing ideal

13 May 2025 9:17 am

It is never a good idea to seek to save ‘democracy’ by destroying it. Nevertheless, this is now happening in…

Reform Oz? One Nation or bust

13 May 2025 8:55 am

The success of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is dominating conservative thinking in Australia. Some see Gerard Rennick as the…

Farage: the Reform Australia needs

12 May 2025 4:41 pm

The surge in popularity of the UK Reform Party should provide some thought for the future of the declining Australian…

Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest

12 May 2025 4:28 pm

The National Party had a chance to give conservatives a sense of dignity by electing Matt Canavan as their new…

Happy Unpaid Domestic Worker Day

12 May 2025 10:39 am

Or as the rest of the world calls it, Mother’s Day

Politicians shouldn’t be friends

12 May 2025 8:48 am

Should political foes be friends? We who live in Western Democracies are quick to answer with a resounding ‘yes’. This…

What the leadership needs is unapologetic historical Liberalism

11 May 2025 10:15 pm

As the Liberal party licks its wounds after last weekend’s defeat, it must reckon with how far its political judgment…

Stop denying our Earth is warming

11 May 2025 10:02 pm

It’s a natural process, not a carbon crisis

The end is nigh

11 May 2025 2:37 pm

Just not in the way climate change activists imagine

Mr Albanese, where’s your commitment to our sickest children?

10 May 2025 5:08 pm

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

10 May 2025 4:40 pm

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

10 May 2025 3:19 pm

There is very little wrong with schooling, or even universities, that could not be solved by gutting bureaucracies. Despite the…

An Open Letter to Chris Minns

10 May 2025 2:32 pm

I urge you to protect the lives of unborn children

The centre is in trouble

10 May 2025 1:31 pm

Paul Kelly thinks that the Albanese victory on May 3, 2025, is the beginning of a long and stable Labor…

The Great Reset

9 May 2025 7:21 pm

Liberals’ and Nationals’ leadership implodes after Jacinta Price’s defection

Factions killed Liberal broad church

9 May 2025 3:39 pm

Formalised factions are commonly associated with socialist political parties. Marx viewed religion as the opiate of the masses. No wonder…

Is Australia cactus?

8 May 2025 7:47 pm

Divided by land, language, and law

Culturally, structurally, and ideologically rigged

8 May 2025 4:02 pm

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

8 May 2025 3:36 pm

A screen grab on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders during the election campaign showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying words to…

Larrikins or lapdogs?

8 May 2025 1:37 pm

How we became the most compliant of nations