The infrastructure and construction sector has been one of the worst affected by persistent worker shortages, with a December report…

Several chapters into a new science fiction novel, it became apparent I’d picked up another communist allegory disguised as entertainment.…

What decision-making role will the Australian Parliament have in relation to the proposed International Health Regulations amendments? There’s a debate raging…

The AEC has dealt the Liberal Party an embarrassing blow, rejecting its objection to the registration of our political movement…

I am not optimistic about seeing moral clarity from many (or most?) of our current federal government leaders. Their apparent…

In some tribal societies, the village witch-doctor claims to have remedies to protect others against maladies and witchcraft. Neither such…

This summer’s hit movie Wonka inspires a generation to do something exceptional: start their own business. More importantly, it teaches them how…

For months – not days – capital cities across Australia were wrapped in glitter and rainbows to service the feelings…

The British Locomotive Act of 1865 stated: …while any locomotive is in motion, [a person] shall proceed … on foot…

The unveiling of the 2003 Howard Government Cabinet records last week is more than just a revelation of political decisions…

Reports of the death of test cricket have, for some time, been greatly exaggerated, but last week saw the kind…

The initial stages of cleantech in Australia were filled with enthusiasm and good intentions, steered by visionary entrepreneurs and venture…

When the Senate Select Committee on Covid handed down its final report in April 2022, several failures in Australia’s pandemic response…

The Australian Defence Force is a disaster at present… It is somewhat of a paper tiger with a proud and…

Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘You can fool all people some of the time and some people all the time, but…

The American-based Navajo Nation has raised an objection to the latest ‘space funeral’, calling for the mission to be delayed…

My feet had become so white and feminine that I committed myself to walk around barefoot as much as I…

For many, it was to be a respite. An escape. A place to unwind and be among nature, music, dance,…

To better understand how the internet came into our lives, I recommend reading Michael Hiltzik’s Dealers of Lightning and Weaving the Web by…

The film, One Life, tells the relatively unknown, but powerful story of Nicholas Winton. Nicky is played by the brilliant Academy…

I was intrigued to discover a recent piece loosely comparing Ayn Rand with His Majesty The King, and was disappointed when…

After a lot of ‘will they, won’t they’ speculation, the notorious ‘Jeffrey Epstein’ documents have entered the public domain and…

Perhaps the only positive to come from the Israel-Hamas war and its upheavals is that it has opened up space for an…

Every day, people across the world wake up to news about climate change affecting their lives. With the seeming randomness…

Rewiring the nation won’t happen by rewriting history. Markets work best through light regulation and promoting competition. Government has a…