Flat White
Liberals’ last hurrah?
Outside of mortgage repayments, motor vehicle rego charges, and council rates, politics is like an annoying blowfly that interrupts the…
The Minneapolis paradox: when Liberal democracy turns against itself
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, two deaths have crystallised a distinctly American paradox. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse,…
Australia’s renewable energy or monorail policy?
I hate to infringe on the sacred writing territory of Labor Dry, but desperate times call for shameless imitation. There…
Why the merry-go-round can’t save the circus
There’s a special kind of panic that sets in when people confuse motion with progress. Things start spinning. Jobs change…
Banning of political parties and reasonable debate
Two possible consequences of the new hate speech legislation
Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight…
The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. On Monday, January 26, 2026, I removed…
To be Australian
Toward the end of last year (before the Bondi terrorist attack), I was talking with a young woman whose parents…
The response to ‘Javid Shah’ was bullets
The uprising of the Iranian people, carried by the chant of ‘Javid Shah’, was drowned in blood. A chant that…
Shark numbers on the rise
It’s time to breathe new life into our decimated commercial shark fishery
I’m sorry, Prime Minister
On Australia Day, I found myself reflecting on the Prime Minister’s memorial service speech at the Sydney Opera House. And…
Why Western silence will burn Iran (and the world)
The year 2026 has marked a grim milestone in Iranian history. The recent report by The Times, estimating a staggering…
Defending Australia’s eastern flank … from itself
Policy weaknesses in the Southwest Pacific
Flag-burning justifies audits of funding for activist groups
The evidence of disadvantage in Indigenous communities throughout the world is overwhelming. There ought to be funding for programs designed…
Mass migration drives South Australia’s housing crisis
Is this Malinauskas’ Achilles’ heel?
When immigration worked for the nation, not the United Nations
They marched in their tens of thousands, a river of discontent flowing through the heart of Australia’s cities on its…
Are the Nationals an equal Coalition partner?
Give it a couple of weeks, or more precisely, a couple of pay cycles, and the National Party will be…
Sepehr… Baba… Where are you?
The Iranian government is murdering children
One Nation on the rise
Albanese slips into incompetence
Tony Burke cancels Israeli speaker’s visa
What about the radical preachers?
I’m not looking at the door
Ley’s looking at the beautiful landscape
Dealing with Trump
‘So they debated, willing things to be as they had always been, unwilling to know that events are made by…
The rapid death of free speech
There’s no doubt John Stuart Mill regards free speech as an essential characteristic of any liberal, democratic society. Mill argues,…
Why Labor polices speech, not the terror watchlist
Anthony Albanese’s post-Bondi hate speech bill, rammed through Parliament in chaotic January 2026 sessions, epitomises everything wrong with the Western…
The spirit of this great land
Wishing everyone a Happy Australia Day!
Back to 2014: For Syria, a new ISIS genocide is here
For friends and allies of the Kurdish people, their worst fears are being manifested. Kurdish, Christian, and Yazidi communities are…
