The Queensland election: a contest in a mediocre democracy
The much-anticipated Queensland election will be held on Saturday, October 26. The Queensland Opposition, under the leadership of David Crisafulli,…
The demise of the traditional lecture
The new Adelaide University – an amalgamation of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia – will…
The assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador
There is no doubt that the Ecuadorian assault on the Mexican Embassy in the capital Quito appears to be an…
The Tasmanian state election and the curious story of the ‘liberty tax’
The early state election in Tasmania is scheduled for March 23, 2024. The election was triggered when two members of…
Christianity in decline
It is platitudinal to claim that Christian religions in Australia are in decline. Indeed, for several years, Christianity has been…
A memoir: ruminating on multiculturalism
Although I do not harbour a principled objection to the writing (and reading) of memoirs – in fact, I enjoy…
A Pyrrhic victory: the unfinished business of closing the ‘Gap’
The Voice has been defeated, but the victory of the ‘No’ case could be described as a ‘Pyrrhic’ victory because…
Our ‘culture of conformity’ makes it difficult to defeat the Voice
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, Australians will vote in a historic referendum on the proposal to entrench ‘The Voice’ in…
The worst policy failure of the decade?
Writing about Australia’s management of the Covid pandemic, Garrick Professor of Law, James Allan, commented that: ‘…in a decade or…
Gender fluidity laws: signposting the decline of Western Civilisation
Lindsy Danzinger recently published a sobering, yet disturbing, commentary in The Epoch Times about an encounter of her mother with a naked…
