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Demography Manifest

17 October 2025 7:15 am

Australians of European descent are projected to become a minority

Confessions of a ‘Pack Rat’

17 October 2025 6:33 am

My daughter calls me ‘Pack Rat’ because I find it difficult to throw anything away. My parents lived through the…

Israel’s Golden Age or the beginning of uncertainty?

16 October 2025 3:37 pm

History is replete with examples of strong and successful leaders who made celebratory statements following a protracted period of uncertainty…

Tony Abbott’s ‘Australia: A History’

16 October 2025 11:17 am

Australia’s best days are ahead of us

Australians all let us regret, for we were weak and blind

15 October 2025 8:45 pm

James Paterson’s speech is a good start, but the Liberals need contemporary solutions, not old habits.

Remembering the Iron Lady

14 October 2025 11:22 pm

This week (on 13 October) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Thatcher. Arguably, no Prime Minister since…

Two years since Victorians rejected the Voice – now we have a treaty

14 October 2025 9:20 pm

The end of equality for Victorians

Public health or political decisions?

14 October 2025 9:10 pm

Brett Sutton’s recent comments that some measures implemented during the pandemic were ‘probably never necessary’ is the kind of nuance…

Trump triumphs as hostages freed while peace-haters howl

13 October 2025 8:20 pm

In a stunning diplomatic coup, the remaining living Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have finally been released, marking…

ISIS Brides and the ghosts of Raqqa

13 October 2025 3:34 pm

Safety demands vigilance

Chris Bowen is in denial about renewable energy

13 October 2025 1:57 pm

Australia will lose critical industries as coal-fired plants shut down

Why are they still protesting for Gaza?

13 October 2025 10:19 am

Trump brought peace, and the activists are furious

Think before you post

12 October 2025 11:26 pm

Keir Starmer’s digital state of silence

Time for a rethink of car manufacturing in Australia

11 October 2025 2:51 pm

Andrew Hastie is right, we should build things again

The Labor Party are genius campaigners

11 October 2025 1:01 pm

And the Liberal Party must learn from them

The net zero myth

11 October 2025 12:46 pm

The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker are all talking about Net Zero. This condition exists when all the…

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Australia solved civilisation’s problems

11 October 2025 12:45 am

Balanced parliamentary debate was the vision of the first elected head of government in Australia, James Hurtle Fisher, Mayor of…

Is Palestine a legal state?

10 October 2025 8:42 pm

Reflections on the dilemmas of statehood in the 21st Century

Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk

10 October 2025 8:07 pm

‘Charlie’ is what you call a friend named Charles when you know him well. Before September 10, 2025, hardly anyone…

Charlie Kirk and the rise of the new Jacobins

10 October 2025 7:41 pm

Back to the guillotine, the mob, and the terror

How Australia’s green rush lost its way

10 October 2025 3:49 pm

When conservationist Steven Nowakowski quietly began mapping Australia’s renewable energy developments four years ago, few imagined the scale of what he…

Bananas, bureaucrats, and Albanese’s social media ban

9 October 2025 10:11 pm

To determine how bad Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s social media ban is, look at who is applauding it… At the…

AI and the future of the Australian legal system

9 October 2025 9:51 pm

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been ‘the buzzword’ since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022. Amongst concerns raised with the…

After two millennia of exile, Jews are done asking permission

9 October 2025 9:03 pm

Israel and its Jews will not be bullied into silence

The terrifying theft of knowledge

9 October 2025 8:54 pm

Reading and critical thinking: vanishing skills?