The Palaszczuk legacy: terrible for Queenslanders, appalling for women
The Inala by-election, which will decide on a replacement for Annastacia Palaszczuk in Queensland’s Parliament, is scheduled for March 16,…
Understanding national conservatism
The Economist, the British magazine well-known for its particular metropolitan liberal worldview, had a pearl-clutching cover piece last week where…
‘We can no longer tolerate what ails us, nor its remedy’
Earlier in my career, in a very different world, I lived in China. It was possible, then, to stand on…
Where are today’s ‘cool heads in a time of crisis’?
We should learn from those who have stared down other potential doomsday threats
Forget the Wuhan flu, the Chi Comm virus is a bigger threat to our way of life
Over the last six months, we have witnessed an unprecedented global outbreak of politicians and journalists declaring how much they…
The madness of Saint Jeannette
The Sunshine State could learn a lot from the Swedes
On trade, Trump is the new Menzies
Our federal election is over but the US-China trade war rolls on. Overnight Donald Trump offered some free advice to…
Educating China
Imagine you are responsible for educating the children of China’s current leaders, many of whom may well go on to…
Time to drain the China lobby swamp
“Where have all the grown-ups gone when it comes to China policy?” exclaimed Geoff Raby last year, in a newspaper…
