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How Hollywood lost the plot
There was a time when one could identify a film’s author within minutes. Not from the credits, but from the…
Australia’s political orphans feed populist rise
When I was a young union official, angry, often obnoxious, and knee-deep in the Robe River dispute at the ripe…
Hard energy lessons from Europe point to our future
In Australia, all the way down at the bottom of the world, it sometimes takes time for certain messages to…
Andrew’s arrest – no silver bullet for republicans
Politicians’ republic? No thanks...
Allegedly distorting an alleged allegation
Have you observed that media outlets frequently use the adjectival term ‘alleged’ when referring to individuals who, although charged with…
The message of Munich
Iran is not just a Middle East issue
Patriotism has returned to young Australians
And now it must be channelled...
What can we learn from Milei’s Argentina?
Recent economic reforms in Argentina have been a smashing success
The art of joy and despair
My nation was depicted on the walls, but I was a foreigner
I’ll have what he’s doing
Angus Taylor needs to steal from Trump
Managerialist legacy parties are dying while the populists rise
Last November I wrote that, despite the electoral system in Australia and a few other significant differences with the UK,…
Give peace a chance
‘Give peace a chance’ was the theme of one of John and Yoko’s bed-ins in 1969. Apparently, they were reacting…
The great Australian shake-down
Daylight robbery with a tax assessment
There goes the neighbourhood!
State government-sponsored development rush creating community tensions
Angus Taylor should propose a Fairness Doctrine for Australia
Now it’s the conservatives turn to invoke a Fairness Doctrine
When was Western culture stolen?
What has happened to Western Civilisation? At what point did its moral and intellectual foundations begin to erode? How did…
Make Zionism a protected attribute
By the rivers of Babylon… There we sat down Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion. Increase of demonisation of…
Leaked immigration policy debacle a boon for Angus Taylor
Every now and then, a complete balls-up can work in one’s favour. Yesterday’s leaked Shadow Cabinet document marked ‘Shadow Cabinet-In-Confidence’…
Don’t let Australia become the Argentina of the Pacific
Follow Menzies and use your first preference votes to discipline Liberal drifters
Why every child should stand and sing the national anthem – weekly
There are few rituals more powerful in the life of a nation than the singing of its national anthem. In…
Barry Humphries’ bronze legacy
Why Adelaide’s statue matters in the Age of Outrage
A man’s gotta know his limitations
In Magnum Force, Clint Eastwood delivers one of greatest lines in cinema history: A man’s gotta know his limitations. It…
Will Angus Taylor lead the Liberal Party to the left, right, or back to its base?
That is to ask last century’s question...
Abbott is right, Taylor might be able do it
There is a palpable, renewed optimism now that Angus Taylor and Jane Hume are at the helm of the Liberal…
The education industry continues to play with radical gender theory
Just when you thought sanity might prevail as more and more overseas doctors, health officials, and politicians are becoming aware…
