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Artificial Intelligence: the Ozempic of the mind
AI is just the latest technology in a sequence of inventions that have made humanity dumber. GPS destroyed our spatial…
Let’s say the quiet part out loud
It’s time to stop apologising for Australia
Nobody said it was easy, but Coldplaygate is dumb
The internet, known for its calm, rational takes on everything from geopolitics to cat videos, has finally lost its collective…
The Greens are engrossed in their own irrelevance
Queensland Greens give co-founder Drew Hutton the boot
Australia, what are you now, and where are you going?
Hello World, I have known you for 80 years. I have adored your beauty, been overwhelmed with awe by your…
From Tricastin, with hope
What France’s nuclear backbone can teach the world
Western Left silent as hundreds of Druze murdered
When I was in Israel in May this year, I was fortunate to experience a traditional dinner in the home…
Democracy can rise from dictatorship without bloodshed
A fundamental transformation in the structure of power – especially in a country like Iran with a turbulent political history – requires…
‘Hey Dad, it’s John Stone on the phone’ – Vale John Owen Stone 1929-2025
It is with great sadness and affection that we report on the death of John Stone, a long-time contributor to…
The perils of Trump’s tariff gamble
During an Oval Office meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte, President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a tariff of…
One Nation under truth, life, and sovereignty
In an age when political decisions are often dictated by focus groups, moral relativism, and international bureaucracies, One Nation stands…
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.…
