“I am ready to challenge”
The time has come where we must speak bluntly. Australia is beset with a series of systemic and chronic public…
Trial by media sets dangerous precedents
Australia must avoid delivering justice through ‘trial by media’. Across the western world, a sweeping phenomenon is now underway to…
It’s ok to say ‘no’ – and that won’t stop tomorrow
No matter the outcome of tomorrow’s same-sex marriage postal vote, conservatives should not accept the outcome. In the parlance of…
Turnbull approaches his political death
The political end is nearing for our Prime Minister. After 22 Newspolls, an eight per cent two-party-preferred deficit, a sustained…
Hanson and Bernardi face a looming Senate showdown
With speculation rampant that the Coalition will take Australians to an early federal election in September 2018 to avoid a…
Australia: trapped by cheap credit
The Reserve Bank of Australia has all but conceded that Australia is trapped in a debt and asset price bubble…
Bernardi fails national economic test
Senator Cory Bernardi, as the leader of Australian Conservatives, has failed his first critical national economic test. A fortnight ago, Bernardi issued his weekly ‘common sense’…
It’s over
The Prime Minister must accept full responsibility for the political predicament facing the government and his leadership. Writing for the…
The real story of the Q Society dinner
Jacqueline Maley’s report of Thursday night’s Sydney Q Society dinner published on the Sydney Morning Herald’s website on Friday has…
Julian Assange, Australian of the Year
Without question, the most internationally famous, influential and impactful Australian in 2016 is Julian Assange. Through Wikileaks, Assange had a…