Garth Hamilton

Palaszczuk’s punt: baristas or the bush

26 October 2020 5:00 am

Once again, conservative Queensland voices stand alone and well apart from the madding crowd. While almost every other political body…

An extraordinary shutdown demands an extraordinary reopening

24 September 2020 5:00 am

An extraordinary shutdown needs an extraordinary reopening. Australia’s only hope for economic and social recovery from the devastating effects of…

China is a threat to our values, not just security

29 July 2020 3:05 pm

It took some time for Australia to work out for itself what it was. Once freed from the yoke of…

The woke: disregarding goodness in the absence of perfection

9 July 2020 7:23 pm

There was a time when our celebrities didn’t feel like they had to join the madding crowds and rush to…

Queensland Labor: left and lefter

29 June 2020 7:22 pm

Queensland’s great political double act looks set to continue right up until the state election in October of this year.…

The left’s now all about past war, not class war

10 June 2020 4:53 pm

The political divide remains as strong as ever but the points of difference between left and right have changed. Where…

Where is the left on the Drew Pavlou outrage?

4 June 2020 6:17 pm

The West was built on doubt. When it fails us, when we slip into the blinkered certainty of ideology and…

This is not America, so don’t play at riots here

3 June 2020 11:00 am

Australian eyes are turned across the Pacific, gazing in dismay as the United States once again engages in destructive domestic…

Once again, it’s time for Western Civilisation to take the lead

26 March 2020 5:00 am

A scared new world awaits. On the other side of a few precarious weeks sits a reality we would appear…

Egg Boi, Greta gone? Don’t say the grown ups are back in charge?

22 March 2020 12:34 pm

What happened to Egg Boi? The school kids who marched against Morrison, have you seen them? And of Greta, what…

The panic is ending, the fear has just begun

20 March 2020 5:00 am

The world sits in anticipation of how the next few crucial days play out. Together we will find out if…

Thank ScoMo and Peter Dutton for our strong border regime

18 March 2020 6:01 pm

At a time when the world is shutting down everything from international borders to the local under six rugby games,…

Queensland Labor’s chequebook gerrymander

13 March 2020 7:45 pm

The LNP are entering this year’s Queensland’s state election with more than one hand tied behind their back. Labor’s chequebook…

Coming soon: sub-zero carbon commitments?

21 February 2020 3:02 pm

At the risk of becoming a conservative Cassandra, the announcement by Labor Leader, Anthony Albanese, of a zero carbon emissions…

Trad is much more than a four letter word as the Queensland poll looms

20 February 2020 7:12 pm

To the eternal shame of conservative politicians in Queensland, the most memorable and most damaging barb fired at scandal-prone Treasurer…