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I know the antidote, Douglas
I had just finished watching the Netflix series, Lioness, the other day when I read your lament, Douglas Murray, in…
The political war on tomorrow’s children
Elon Musk, ever the provocateur, has made perhaps his most contentious appeal: the world needs more babies. His pro-natalist views…
How the ‘Normiecons’ still don’t get the New Right
Every morning, I wake up and scan hopefully the opinion pages of The Australian for any sign of a sympathetic…
The growing advocacy of a fraudulent two state solution
In response to Israel adopting defensive measures in the wake of an unprovoked massacre undertaken by Hamas, a notion is…
Conservatives applaud Queensland’s pause on puberty blockers
The Queensland government has suspended puberty blockers for those under 18 due to concerns raised about state-wide paediatric gender therapies.…
Beer and spirits are too expensive, Mr Dutton!
It’s no secret that Labor and the Greens want you to ‘eat ze bugs’. The way our economy is going,…
Our disordered world
Australians are a vastly successful people, but what will our children inherit from us? There are a lot of things…
Australia’s founders understood MAGA better than today’s centre-right
The Australia Day debating season has now finally, mercifully, come to an end for another year. It is clear the…
Australia: a land divided into tribes
One knows that an election is looming when the Prime Minister criss-crosses the country and promises to dole out money…
Living in an age of digital sedation
Indoctrination is simply hypnosis stripped of its mystique. In our society, we experience a form of ‘mass hypnosis’ that does…
Ten ‘wins’ in ten days since Trump took office
Even before the inauguration of Donald Trump occurred, it was evident that the zeitgeist of the Western world had shifted.…
The WHO is finished: step away, Mr Dutton!
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a horse that’s been flogged to death. Then it’s been turned over and flogged…
The era of GeoEconomics is upon us
The think tank Chatham House describes ‘GeoEconomics’ as ‘the interplay of international economics, geopolitics and strategy’. The central question in…
Is peace possible?
As Israeli hostages are being released, many are hoping for an end to the conflict. Such hope is naïve because…
Finally, a president that does more than sit on a beach in Delaware!
America finally has a President capable of doing more than lying on a beach in Delaware. Donald Trump has done…
Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on society. One of the latest…
Freedom of speech vs freedom of flags
One unintended consequence of the distant conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has been a sharper examination in Australia of the…
Trump’s Australian revolution
The new US President, Donald J. Trump, has begun his term with a bang not a whimper, issuing a record…
Muddying the waters on interest rates
‘Muddying the waters’ is a common strategy in politics. It entails finding a key fact or piece of information that…
Today’s pain is Israel’s, tomorrow it belongs to us
As Israel begins to receive hostages in the fragile Israel-Hamas truce, there is both relief and agony. The October 7…
Abandon net zero, rescue the economy
‘To rescue our economy,’ Trump signed day-one orders ‘to end all Biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric…
From pastures to politics
The vitality of Australia’s livestock industries
Remember when parties believed in first principles?
George Orwell’s exploration of language manipulation and newspeak finds a disturbing parallel in Australian politics. Orwell wrote extensively about the…
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Our nation stands at a crucial juncture as we approach the coming election. Later this year we will vote to…
Not so Tame
It beggars belief and demonstrates an appalling lack of judgment that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is happy to entertain Grace…
