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Iran: When is war the lesser evil?

6 March 2026 12:31 am

For forty-five years, the West has tried to weaken Iran’s regime without toppling it, and the people of Iran have…

Another ‘world first’ from the Allan government

5 March 2026 11:57 pm

The Victorian Labor government has continued with its ‘world first’ legislation with its recently announced work from home laws joining…

Will the West survive the Marxist-Islamist alliance?

5 March 2026 6:20 pm

Is the West losing the new Cold War?

Who gives a toss about Kyle and Jackie O?

5 March 2026 12:16 pm

This week the news cycle has been dominated by the spectacular implosion of Australia’s highest-paid radio duo, Kyle Sandilands and…

Iranian warship sunk off Sri Lanka raises more questions than answers

5 March 2026 11:51 am

The alleged sinking of an Iranian warship off the south Sri Lankan coast raises more questions than answers at present.…

This is not Winston Churchill

5 March 2026 10:55 am

The real war is being fought everywhere but Iran

When civilisations hesitate

4 March 2026 2:27 pm

Roosevelt, 1979, and the Iranian reckoning

The case for American-Israeli intervention in Iran

4 March 2026 2:10 pm

Only a few days ago, on February 24, I argued that because of Iran’s: …egregious violations of basic human rights,…

Grief over Khamenei reveals a serious problem in Australia

4 March 2026 1:21 pm

I have always been very critical of Tony Abbott for his inability to recognise his enemies when they were standing…

Angus needs time, but conservatives want a revolution

4 March 2026 1:15 pm

We are witnessing the greatest social change since the sexual revolution of the 1960s

We are in the final days of the liberal epoch

3 March 2026 9:43 pm

It is rare thing in the corporate wokeonomy that an important figure has the guts to speak out about important…

How do we teach ‘tolerance’ in schools?

3 March 2026 9:13 pm

Once again, we have some leaders inferring that the best way for children and young people to learn tolerance is…

ASPIRE’s defence of the culture wars

3 March 2026 6:55 pm

This week I represented the Institute of Public Affairs at John Anderson’s Aspire conference. Anderson believes Australia and the West…

Voters will keep voting Labor, even when dissatisfied

3 March 2026 4:11 pm

The right remains unstable, with conservatives favouring One Nation

The hour of your freedom is at hand

2 March 2026 9:12 pm

Words and action from one of the greatest American presidents

Did the First Fleet commit genocide through Smallpox?

2 March 2026 2:39 pm

Leading up to Australia Day a number of media outlets produced content claiming the First Fleet committed genocide by unleashing…

The Ayatollah is no A-more-ah!

2 March 2026 2:01 pm

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally found his spine and backed Donald Trump. In the process, he whispered to his dog:…

Iran’s Mullahs are nullahs

1 March 2026 9:19 pm

I’m elated, I’m smiling, I’m happy ... says the average Iranian

When the progressive Marxist left cries…

1 March 2026 1:09 am

It’s usually because power just asserted itself

Beyond the campaign

1 March 2026 12:56 am

The Constitutional questions behind South Australia’s 2026 election

Is global warming real?

28 February 2026 11:07 pm

How sure can we be that global warming is an existential threat? During her 2019 address to the United Nations,…

The silent war in Africa

28 February 2026 10:27 pm

In 1885, General Charles Gordon stood in Khartoum facing an army led by a man who claimed divine authority. The…

Donald Trump tells Iran: Lay down your arms … or face certain death

28 February 2026 7:58 pm

To the Iranian people Trump says, your freedom is at hand...

Echoes of collapse: Iran’s path to failed statehood

28 February 2026 3:12 pm

More than a month after massive demonstrations against the regime in Iran and tens of thousands of deaths, the negotiations…

The new architecture of power

28 February 2026 2:54 pm

Netanyahu’s visit to India is not a routine diplomatic trip