Will we survive coronavirus financial fever?
It is truly staggering how quickly fortunes can change. At the beginning of this year, the economy was ticking along…
We can live just fine without ABC Life
Unlike many of you reading this, I find myself supportive of the concept of a public broadcaster. To my mind,…
ScoMo might be stumbling, but Albo’s caught between two stools
It’s no secret that the Australian Labor Party is having elect-ile dysfunction problems. Since Paul Keating’s victory in 1993, the party has…
The minimum wage is madness
In March this year, ACTU boss Sally McManus made headlines with her call for a six per cent increase in…
The Libs farewell free markets on electricity
I’m starting to wonder what the point of the Liberal Party actually is. I was until recently under the misapprehension…
How the Greens power plan would leave you in the red
One of the under-reported stories to come out of last week was Greens leader Richard Di Natale’s address at the…
Should Australia engage more with China?
We live in an age of unprecedented geopolitical upheaval in the Asia Pacific. The American and Western hegemony in the…
The great immigration deceit
Shortly after Angela Merkel’s nation-shaping decision to allow over a million migrants to enter Germany in 2015, her ministerial team…
Conservatives as conservationists
There appears to be a general consensus among self-described conservatives that environmental protection should be placed way down any list…
The “offended” are merely being challenged
When discussing matters of free speech and offence, it is first necessary to draw a distinction between what is hate…
Who’s working for the working class? Not the left
In May 2017, British Labour leader and self-confessed socialist Jeremy Corbyn refused to commit to reducing immigration if he won…
The house of review needs review
Since federation in 1901, Australians have always known bicameral governance. With the nation’s constitution largely based on the American founding…
