The Left’s aversion to teacher quality is harming our kids
The Productivity Commission has recently thrown down the gauntlet on teacher quality, and its importance to the nation’s economic health.…
Victoria’s Indigenous shame
If you believed the A-Grade spin emanating from the Victorian government’s massive media team, you would be forgiven for thinking…
Victoria’s infrastructure con job
Some things in life are just too good to be true: often we spot them, but sometimes we don’t. If…
Vulnerable children should be the priority
As we’ve learnt over the past few years, there are many, many things that government can do. The list is…
Victoria’s choice: rail lines or the health system?
Victoria’s health system is in crisis and must be fixed. And because we are heading for record debt of $170bn,…
Does integrity matter to the Teals? Let’s see
Before it was taken down last week, the out-sized Josh Frydenberg placard on the side of my home in Surrey…
Dan’s abysmal fictional Budget
As a former high-school English teacher it’s always struck me as odd that many of the most influential works of…
The era of unprecedented ignorance
What else could go wrong? First, we had a global pandemic. Then we had to deal with the devastating impacts…
Throwing kids in prison doesn’t work
In 1993 the British Home Secretary, Michael Howard, famously said ‘prison works’. He was right, but only in the most…
Civility? It’s empathy we need
Following leaked text messages showing the way politicians can talk behind closed doors, Grace Tame’s rudeness towards the Prime Minister,…
