The compelling case for replacing stamp duty
Grey-haired Australians can sit on their porches and yell at lawn-trespassers to their heart’s content. But they need to stop…
Lessons from the Anzacs as we navigate crisis
National crises challenge liberal democracy more than anything else. Citizens surrender civil liberties they couldn’t imagine living without in ordinary…
Quaranteens: will the ‘Boomer Remover’ instead melt the snowflakes of Generation Z
Gen Z has come face to face with our first crisis, and it isn’t the climate emergency. Coronavirus is sweeping…
No point holding on to Holden
Another one bites the dust in Australian manufacturing. This time it’s Holden. Across Australia, people are lamenting the end of…
Energy prices? Stop throwing money into the wind and deregulate
Through an open and competitive energy market, Australian can achieve the holy energy trinity: cheap, clean, and reliable. In 2020,…
Sacha, free speech trumps censorship in fighting lies, you clown
Late last month actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen made waves when he spoke at the Anti-Defamation League summit. In his speech…
Let’s aim to be radically civil
In a period of political polarisation and rabid tribalism, we have lost the art of disagreeing well. Next month’s federal…
