Recent UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term Parliaments
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia was out of step with…
We are all socialists now, but weren’t we always?
Before the 2007 federal election I posited that ‘Australians are all conservatives now’ (The Australian, 20 April). It argued that thanks…
Whatever you do, don’t mention ‘Court’ to Morrison
On 21 January 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along with then Sports Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie, announced a grant of…
A royal commission into coronavirus? Be careful what you wish for
Some former politicians and commentators are suggesting there be an ‘independent’ review in the form of a royal commission to…
A public holiday for a cancelled event? You can’t get much more corona-crazy
Those south of the Queensland border may have heard of the Brisbane Exhibition — or the Ekka as it colloquially…
What would Menzies make of the modern Liberal Party?
Labor’s 20 per cent result in last weekend’s Hunter by-election is a warning to both the state and federal party,…
Is a royal commission the best way to tackle veterans’ suicides?
The announcement by the Morrison Government to appoint a royal commission into the suicides of Australian war veterans will come…
Queensland poll post mortems are missing the bigger picture
The ALP in Queensland has just won its third election in a row under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, stunning almost all…
Revealed: the Victorian government’s hotel quarantine judicial inquiry debacle
Premier Andrews of Victoria announced last week a “judicial inquiry” into the hotel quarantine program which has apparently caused the…
The new National Cabinet: great for big government, not so good for liberty
Last week Prime Minister announced “a completely new system” of intergovernmental relations institutions, processes and agendas that will replace the…
Round, round get around, don’t get around
Travel restrictions in Queensland have been recently relaxed. We are allowed to drive 50 kilometres from our homes, and there’s…
