Flat White
Australia needs a financial warfare command
If we don’t control our mineral advantage, someone else will
Land tax is communism
Labor’s greedy and cruel forever tax on the family home
Albanese must change his approach to Trump
More than any US President in recent history, Donald Trump’s focus is upon the interests of the US itself. Promotion…
Dismantling Net Zero not as simple as it sounds
The Prime Minister’s recent speech at the National Press Club reinforced that his government is all-in on Net Zero, stating…
Activism under the guise of good intentions
Climate change has become an omnipresent thread woven through the entirety of the Australian National Curriculum, stretching across subject areas…
Jim Chalmers: the unsustainable Treasurer
Could he be the next Prime Minister?
The President’s decision: will Trump assist Israel with dismantling Iran’s nuclear program?
As the Israel-Iran war approaches its sixth day, President Donald Trump may hold the key to whether the Islamic Republic’s…
Is Australia derivative?
Donald Horne complained in 1964 that we were ‘derivative’ with ‘second rate’ leaders. The coming of British liberties in 1788…
Penny Wong’s Middle East policy: out of her depth
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s handling of Australia’s Middle East policy has come under fierce scrutiny – and with good reason.…
Trump’s military parade exposes weak Albo and Wong
On June 14, Washington DC roared to life with the thunder of tanks, the wokka of choppers, and the march…
Warwick Stacey: One Nation’s Senate ‘stunner’
One Nation’s newly elected senator, Warwick Stacey, brings to the table skills and experience that most Australian politicians have only…
Surfing the waves of nostalgia with Brian Wilson
The 1970s were a strange time to be a kid. The world was caught between post-hippie naivety and the gritty…
Superannuation… They are coming for it.
Paul Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 20 December 1991 to 11 March 1996. In that time his political…
Australia’s legal system fails to make top 10
Many ordinary Australians would scoff at the suggestion that our legal system is ‘good’ or ‘very good’. The view through…
Productivity? Government is a dead weight on the economy
Past performance is the best predictor of future performance, so the business chiefs heading to Anthony Albanese’s Productivity Summit should…
Aukus at a crossroads: testing the trust in trilateralism
In 2021, the Aukus security pact was hailed as a bold reconfiguration of 21st Century deterrence strategy – a trilateral…
Productivity Summit: Do we really need a talkfest?
The irony of hosting a talkfest to improve national productivity hasn’t escaped commentary. If there’s more doing and less talking…
An Australasian sceptical note on the effectiveness of Covid vaccines
According to Our World in Data (accessed on 1 June 2025), New Zealand achieved 75 per cent coverage of the…
The elusiveness of teaching-only positions in UK universities
The percentage of teaching-only academics in the United Kingdom (UK) grew from 10 per cent of the academic workforce in…
When hatred finds a home in our institutions
I recently watched the documentary October 8 – a searing and distressing film about the aftermath of the October 7…
The conservative instinct
We must say clearly: this is our country
Tassie heads to the polls as the Liberals leave the building
Fight for your principles. Fight for your base. Fight to win...
AHPRA: Unfit for purpose?
‘The Misdeeds of AHPRA’ may sound like a provocative title for a medical conference, but the testimonies shared at this…
When antisemitism is tolerated and hypocrisy becomes policy
Just as in the 1930s, the atrocities of the Holocaust did not emerge in a vacuum – nor did they…
Do refugees and illegal migrants have responsibilities?
Financially dependent refugees and illegal migrants are not easily integrated
