The coronavirus crisis we never needed to have
We can’t blame our leaders for being caught off-guard by the coronavirus; we all were. We can, however, hold our…
Never let a serious crisis lead to waste
Rahm Emanuel’s GFC quip about not wasting a crisis is resonating in the pandemic debate. Now as a news commentator,…
Counting the cost of coronavirus
It’s unprecedented for a public health crisis to disrupt the global economy, but China’s coronavirus epidemic is doing just that.…
Finally, some movement on the foreign student standards scandal
Some of Australia’s most prestigious universities are starting to make sensible changes when it comes to international student recruitment. In…
How many international students are too many?
The Centre for Independent Studies report ‘The China Student Boom and the Risks It Poses to Australian Universities’ presented the…
China notes
Australia’s China obsession: get over it The Chinese economy is slowing, and everyone except the Chinese Communist Party knows it.…
Ramsay versus the Kaiser
Politically active people don’t see eye-to-eye on many issues these days, but something they all seem to agree on is…
Western Civ: it’s not just for white people anymore
When the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation generously offered to fund ‘Western Civ’ courses at Australian universities, critics at the…
Liberals, liberals everywhere
It is often said that England and America are divided by a common language, and you might as well throw…
