We all know habeas corpus goes, but did we tell you about the ethnic angles of Daniel Andrews’ Omnibus Bill?
When future generations ask when did Australians gave up on democracy and freedom, the answer will be 18 September 2020;…
The WHO has let the cat out of the bag: COVID-19 is now more about politics than public health
The World Health Organisation’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last Friday that “we will not – we cannot – go back…
Australian notes
Vision of justice ‘Justice is the end [goal] of government. It is the end of civil society,’ argued James Madison,…
Déjà vu in Dan Andrewstan
“For those of us who are old enough to remember it is starting to feel like 1990 has come again,”…
Listen to the experts and elites, but remember they’ve got form
The Prime Minister’s call for Australians to heed the advice of his government’s experts may fall on deaf ears because the experts and…
Selling out the voters
The famous American author Mark Twain is rumoured to have once said ‘If voting made a difference, they wouldn’t let…
Eighty-nine billion new reasons to quit the Paris Agreement
Momentum continues to build for Australia to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. New economic modelling prepared by Managing Director of…
Does the Morrison government have the strength to slash red tape?
The future of freedom in Australia was dealt a blow at the start of the year with Senator David Leyonhjelm’s…
Loans are a wrong and risky way to help small business, Mr Treasurer
The Federal Government’s proposed $2 billion small business loan scheme is the wrong response to a real problem. The decline…
Goodbye old blue-ribbons, hello new heartland
The Liberal Party’s dramatic loss in the Wentworth by-election last month reveals an irreconcilable philosophical divide within the Party. Self-styled…
Regulators, the royal commission and crony capitalism
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Finances Services Industry has uncovered some inexcusable behaviour. Charging client’s…
ScoMo, scrap Snowy 2.0
Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in…
What we can learn from tax cuts and Trump
The Trump administration’s liberalisation of the United States economy has seen growth accelerate to four per cent for the second…
Tax cuts? What tax cuts?
The government has pulled a switfy. They’ve got everyone thinking they are going to cut taxes. They aren’t. Taxes are…
It’s not just tax and spend but tax and lie
If Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull were corporate CEOs, they’d be done for misleading and deceptive conduct. They claim that…
A good idea from the Turnbull government
Another day, another idea from the Turnbull government. But at least this time it’s a good one. In an address…
Failure atop failure: Turnbull’s NEG
The government’s National Energy Guarantee is not the knockout blow in Australia’s energy wars. Rather, it marks a continuation of…
WA Labor’s uranium ban sells the state short
According to WA Labor’s Plan for Jobs, ‘a McGowan Labor Government will free business from the burden of poor regulations’.…