Flat White
The tragedy of Gaza
Peace begins with the release of hostages
Australia’s nuclear blind spot
The GenCost 2024-25 report, published annually by CSIRO in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), has become a…
Child protection isn’t political
Last Tuesday, July 29, was a poignant opportunity for Members of Parliament to strengthen Victoria’s broken Working With Children Check…
The forgotten terms of good and evil
Today, that moral clarity has been replaced with moral relativism
Free speech has nothing to do with pro-Palestinians blocking traffic
The First Amendment to the US Constitution enshrines free speech, including the ‘the right of the people peaceably to assemble,…
Australia is losing itself to activism
The decision, delivered on Saturday morning, came just 24 hours before the demonstration – expected to draw thousands – is…
Is it time we elected judges in Australia?
Despite the best efforts of legislators and police, ordinary Australians are being held to ransom by activist groups that, in…
Trump’s tariff wins? It’s FAFO, stupid
If you fear what Trump might do, that’s the whole point
New York has become the epicentre of useful idiots
From the DMZ, Korean Peninsula: July 27 marked the 72nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. In response, a series…
Farewell to the Australian Dream
Without homes, why should Gen Z care about Australia’s future?
Do you care, or just want to blame Israel?
We all say we care about hunger – especially when children suffer. And we should. But beyond the headlines about…
Everyone’s shouting, no one’s listening?
The Jeffrey Epstein football is still being kicked around the political playground, with passes to and fro, but no goal.…
The crippling cost of workplace mental health claims
Leading businessman Ryan Stokes was recently reported in the press as raising concerns about the rapid rise in mental health…
Benchmarked into oblivion
NAPLAN is not so much a mirror as a house of mirrors
Whitewash at QUT
The Middleton Inquiry, commissioned by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), is a convenient whitewash of accusations of antisemitism made…
‘It’s time!’ to cease ‘Welcome to Country’ performances
What a farce it was in Canberra for the opening of Parliament… At least five different ‘Welcome to Country’ performances,…
Simon Stiell: the one-man climate disaster lectures Australia
Welcome to the UN’s fruity dystopia
Education nation
The great equaliser becomes the great disappointment
Democracy demands civic competence, not just teenager passion
For many decades after Federation, the voting age for Australians was 21 – even when soldiers under the age of…
Decline in history education is creating a national identity crisis
History as a subject taught in Australian schools and universities is facing an existential crisis. Fewer students are choosing to…
Institutionalised childcare is failing children; it’s time parents had more choice
The charges of alleged child abuse against Melbourne childcare educator Joshua Dale Brown have sent shockwaves around the country, searing…
Let’s abandon the cult of Net Zero
Climate alarmism increasingly resembles an apocalyptic religious movement. It relies on special revelation mediated by the elites, threatens the end…
Free speech vs. surveillance in the digital age
Australia is quietly abandoning one of its most sacred inheritances: the right to speak freely. In its place, we are…
Albo’s TikTok dilemma
Chinese social media giant TikTok is set to launch a constitutional challenge to Australia’s controversial social media ban for under…
Israel is not the problem, Mr Albanese
Why, when Mr Albanese observed that Gaza is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe, did he immediately blame the…
