Flat White
Albanese’s anaemic neutrality risks Aukus
In doggedly resisting US prompts to boost defence spending by evoking a ‘neutralist’ foreign policy in his recent John Curtin…
A (very) dirty story
Back in May of this year, I attended a skin cancer clinic for the excision of a lesion suspected to…
Is Net Zero environmentally friendly?
Dr Ken Henry addresses the National Press Club
No one can stop the tide of boats
The immigration industry vs international law
How much more can Ukrainians endure?
With Russian drone and missile attacks assaulting Ukrainian cities, and Ukrainian civilian casualties at their highest levels since the beginning…
We’ve been here before
This time it’s serious
The distraction of gender quotas
In some parts of the media and, indeed, of the Liberal Party, the issue of quotas for women continues to…
A rising political danger to democracy and the world
Mamdani’s progression needs to stop here
A new strain of Western anti-Israel activists has emerged
On February 16, 2005, Arik Sharon, Israel’s then Prime Minister, secured the approval of the Knesset, (Israel’s Parliament), for a…
The exiled Crown
Reza Pahlavi, the West, and the battle for Iran’s future
A Roman emperor’s Triumph: Australia 2025
Australia in 2025 is a temporary one-party state, and not yet a Roman emperor’s triumph with gold, elephants, flute girls,…
Bad policy begets worse policy
What is the difference between levying tax on the unrealised gains on an asset with a market value, and levying…
The crisis of international law: sovereignty and compliance
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 had attempted to resolve a previous era of religious wars and there began the…
The benefit of my ‘fake’ Bachelor of Music
I remember vividly the day I received my offer to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It was 2006.…
Sleepwalking into scarcity
Energy shortages, load-shedding, and blackouts
Albanese’s China pilgrimage: trade, triumph, or strategic folly?
Trump will be watching closely
On Free Speech: Minns’ anti-Americanism will hurt New South Wales
Chris Minns employs an effective, if underutilised tactic in messaging contentious political issues: Brazenness. Minns first piqued the interest of…
Housing propaganda from your state-owned media
The ABC has no place in a modern, democratic Australia
The Smart Energy Council’s love letter to Chris Bowen
From the National Press Club: Picture this. A room full of journalists, some scribbling notes, others stifling yawns, as John…
Jim Chalmers’ brazen attempt to grab power … and your money
If the Treasurer was serious about achieving a fairer superannuation system, the last thing he would do is demand the…
The ‘F’ in school education
Parents are concerned, teachers are stressed, and the kids are anxious. These issues are regularly discussed within schools and throughout…
Thanks Albo! Australia is one of the worst-performing nations in the developed world
One thing is certain about the government’s August productivity summit – there will be no policies adopted, and even fewer…
Does Iran face a peaceful transfer of power or a bloody revolution?
To understand if the national movement in Iran will end up like the French Revolution or the 1979 Iranian Revolution,…
Conservative teachers demand an end to gender ideology in schools
Conservative teachers have taken a definitive stance on the transgender issue: they’re demanding an end to what they believe to…
The Battle of Britain: a boy’s dreams and a family’s legacy
July 10 marks the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. While it was far away from Australia, as a…
