John Adams

“I am ready to challenge”

11 April 2018 7:41 am

The time has come where we must speak bluntly. Australia is beset with a series of systemic and chronic public…

Trial by media sets dangerous precedents

4 December 2017 3:12 pm

Australia must avoid delivering justice through ‘trial by media’. Across the western world, a sweeping phenomenon is now underway to…

It’s ok to say ‘no’ – and that won’t stop tomorrow

14 November 2017 7:17 pm

No matter the outcome of tomorrow’s same-sex marriage postal vote, conservatives should not accept the outcome. In the parlance of…

Turnbull approaches his political death

2 November 2017 7:28 am

The political end is nearing for our Prime Minister. After 22 Newspolls, an eight per cent two-party-preferred deficit, a sustained…

Hanson and Bernardi face a looming Senate showdown

25 October 2017 7:24 am

With speculation rampant that the Coalition will take Australians to an early federal election in September 2018 to avoid a…

Australia: trapped by cheap credit

29 August 2017 7:26 am

The Reserve Bank of Australia has all but conceded that Australia is trapped in a debt and asset price bubble…

Bernardi fails national economic test

29 June 2017 7:44 am

Senator Cory Bernardi, as the leader of Australian Conservatives, has failed his first critical national economic test. A fortnight ago, Bernardi issued his weekly ‘common sense’…

It’s over

10 March 2017 12:00 pm

The Prime Minister must accept full responsibility for the political predicament facing the government and his leadership. Writing for the…

The real story of the Q Society dinner

12 February 2017 10:38 am

Jacqueline Maley’s report of Thursday night’s Sydney Q Society dinner published on the Sydney Morning Herald’s website on Friday has…

Julian Assange, Australian of the Year

18 January 2017 7:32 am

Without question, the most internationally famous, influential and impactful Australian in 2016 is Julian Assange.  Through Wikileaks, Assange had a…