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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…
New Zealand’s Associate Energy Minister, Shane Jones, is awesome
In today’s tiresome world of prefabricated media grabs and rehearsed campaign slogans uttered by cardboard cut-out ministers, it is not…
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…
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 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…
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.…
On Free Speech: Minns’ anti-Americanism will hurt New South Wales
Chris Minns employs an effective, if underutilised tactic in messaging contentious political issues: Brazenness. Minns first piqued the interest of…
Housing propaganda from your state-owned media
The ABC has no place in a modern, democratic Australia
Pandas, eagles, secrets, and a ruddy big mess
The Prime Minister is both coy and acting flippant about a so-called ‘secret’ meeting between Ambassador Kevin Rudd and US…
The Smart Energy Council’s love letter to Chris Bowen
From the National Press Club: Picture this. A room full of journalists, some scribbling notes, others stifling yawns, as John…
Conservatives know exactly what they want
In the spirit of the Liberal Party’s ‘listening’ exercise to find out what Australians are looking for from the (modern?)…
Swindle. Con. Cult. Barnaby Joyce calls the Net Zero industry out!
You couldn’t dream this rubbish up … you pay the billionaires twice
Jim Chalmers’ brazen attempt to grab power … and your money
If the Treasurer was serious about achieving a fairer superannuation system, the last thing he would do is demand the…
The ‘F’ in school education
Parents are concerned, teachers are stressed, and the kids are anxious. These issues are regularly discussed within schools and throughout…
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