Matthew Bach

The Left’s aversion to teacher quality is harming our kids

7 March 2023 4:00 am

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

14 February 2023 4:00 am

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

29 October 2022 8:29 am

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

5 October 2022 12:12 pm

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?

27 August 2022 4:00 am

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

6 June 2022 4:00 am

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

9 May 2022 2:00 pm

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

14 March 2022 4:00 am

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

24 February 2022 4:00 am

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

10 February 2022 4:00 am

Following leaked text messages showing the way politicians can talk behind closed doors, Grace Tame’s rudeness towards the Prime Minister,…