Matthew Lesh

Universities want to have their cake – and censor it

18 December 2018 8:20 am

Universities have entered a bargain with the devil. Universities accept significant state direction in exchange for privileges and funding. Universities…

Australia needs to lower its company tax rate

15 November 2017 7:22 am

President Donald Trump is planning to lower company tax to 20 per cent, the British Conservatives will be lowering their…

How the cult of the expert weakens democracy

26 October 2017 7:10 am

A new survey from Pew Research Center, which asked 42,000 people in 38 nations about their attitudes towards democracy, has…

Diary

8 October 2016 9:00 am

I arrive at Melbourne airport for my midnight flight with an unfortunately timed cold. My lack of sleep after Canberra’s…

Diary

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

I arrive at Melbourne airport for my midnight flight with an unfortunately timed cold. My lack of sleep after Canberra’s…

WARNING: This article contains ideas that offend

20 August 2016 9:00 am

Disgracefully, an Australian university is introducing ‘trigger warnings’

The age of unreason

18 June 2016 9:00 am

California legislators are considering a bill that would make debate on climate change illegal. The Orwellian-sounding Climate Science Truth and…