Australian notes
The conflict in Gaza has, paradoxically, caused the greatest problems in Australian public debate for the politically correct class who…
Time to give ‘hate speech’ the flick
Free speech must be protected
Perils of surrendering sovereignty
International organisations are exemplars of political correctness
Israel and the ten per cent
Those who oppose Israel oppose our very essence
New HRC madness
In Canberra a parliamentary committee is considering whether to recommend a huge transfer of power from the elected executive government…
Euro notes
There are currently 27 members of the European Union and there are applications to join from eight additional countries –…
Brexit, the sequel
Tensions and animosities abound
Australian notes
The current consideration by the Australian Human Rights Commission of a complaint by Green Senator Mehreen Faruqi against fellow Senator…
The strange death of Liberal Australia
It’s a long road back for conservatives who lost the culture wars
UK notes
Would the United Kingdom be better off without Scotland and Northern Ireland? This question arises in the light of the…
Australian notes
Sorry to say this – but apologies by political figures seem to have become completely meaningless. In a visit to…
Australian notes
Zut alors! The French have not forgiven the English for Brexit. As Clément Beaune, France’s Minister for European Affairs, said…
Aussie Life
The political career of Christian Porter has been destroyed by the ABC. This is someone who was the Commonwealth Attorney-General…
Australian notes
Whitlam’s revenge It is often said that the Whitlam government was in office but not in power. Can the same…
Australian notes
Big government bounces back Despite its spending spree in the Budget, the federal government would do well to remember that…
Woke never sleeps
Amongst the – perhaps rather courageous – group of friends and acquaintances who do not subscribe to political correctness quite…
Australian notes
The ten per cent One of the chief complaints of the – now almost forgotten – Occupy Wall Street movement…
Australian notes
Takin’ it to the streets Although public protests have exploded in the last few months in some Western countries, there…
US notes
Can Joe Biden prove more popular than Hillary? In the current climate of massive disruption in all countries, political predictions…
Australian notes
Enemies of free speech hide behind a bill of rights An intriguing feature of the debate about freedom of the…
Brexit notes
A victory for the voters Who remembers the Sydney Morning Herald’s editorial on the eve of Britain’s Brexit referendum in…
A bill of rights? Kel horreur!
Kel Richards’ proposal in these pages for a bill of rights (‘Conservative Notes’, 2 November 2019) as a solution to…
Democratic Notes
Let’s start with the usual disclaimers. Neither Donald Trump nor Boris Johnson are ideal leaders or paragons of virtue. And…
Worse than 18C
The federal government’s draft religious discrimination bill highlights – no doubt unconsciously – some of the limitations on freedom of…
American notes
Impeach Trump! (yawn) I suppose it is necessary to say – again – that it is not necessary to like…
