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Bird Flu, fear, and perverse incentives
A 59-year-old man unfortunately died in Mexico in late April. Having been bed-bound for weeks and suffering from type-2 diabetes…
We would’ve won with Boris
There is one thing that all Conservative activists and candidates are thinking when we go out knocking on doors and…
US must stay the course on Aukus
There’s more in common between Australia and the United States than you may think. Apart from a love of big…
Embracing Nuclear energy: my journey from sceptic to advocate
Eighteen months ago, I embarked on a journey to the United States and Canada with the Shadow Minister for Energy…
Nothing pretty about a post-pandemic Budget
The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from the larger states and the…
The nuclear gamble
Finally, the Opposition has announced it is going to develop a nuclear power future for Australia. The government, along with…
NSW’s smoke and mirror budget
The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique,…
Advance Australia Bare
Albo the great apologist has recently informed the nation that the incoming Governor General was appointed for a ‘modern Australia’.…
Straight from the Dastyari playbook
Australia’s own Peter Perfect Premier Mr Malinauskas has faltered, revealing a true agenda to stifle political opposition in South Australia.…
Has Julie Inman Grant undermined the Office of the eSafety Commission?
There are credible arguments for the existence of the Office of the eSafety Commission, provided it acts as intended. In…
New Zealand’s carbon sequestration problem
Ongoing concern about climate change has fuelled debate about the part carbon sequestration might play in reducing New Zealand’s net…
Recognising ignorance
In March this year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked the Productivity Commission (PC) to assess competition-enhancing reform options to reinvigorate the…
The Global Peace Summit hurt Ukraine
Neighbours from all over gathered after a violent house invasion and wrung their hands. There were 90 of them. They…
Dutton opens debate on the Paris Climate Agreement
According to certain sections of the media and the federal government, Peter Dutton’s commitment to scrapping Australia’s unachievable 2030 emissions…
Bannon behind bars
Former Trump administration aid, Steve Bannon, will serve a four-month prison sentence beginning in July. Bannon was charged as follows…
An interest rate cut for the Bank of England pre-election?
With inflation having fallen fairly fast in Europe and the ECB having been the first to cut interest rates, surely…
Taiwan and Australia: She’ll be right, mate?
From Taipei: One of the first things that struck me about Taiwan is that I felt like I was in…
Who needs a country anyway?
Whenever a commentator – especially a politician – begins to wax lyrical about cutting immigration for economic reasons, I become…
I’m a huge fan of Nigel Farage, but not as Clacton’s MP
For a long time I have been a massive fan of Nigel Farage. I have had the pleasure of being…
Rebadging the Liberals
Alexandra Marshall recently noted Peter Dutton’s support of the e-Safety Commissioner where he said, ‘Julie Inman Grant is one of…
We should keep an eye on Bird Flu
800,000 chickens have been culled or severely affected by Bird Flu, following an outbreak of the pathogen amongst the farming…
The polar bears are fine: PEA Club v The People
The trigger for this article was a news report that I read over breakfast. It was a hit of déjà…
Queensland’s shock and awe Budget
The Queensland Budget released this Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2024 state election campaign. The nine-year-old QLD Labor government…
Farage factor anchors Reform’s fight to save Britain
The Farage factor is inbound and on board for the July 4 UK General Election in what is fast becoming…
Results are in: don’t date Woke
It was an odd choice of venue, but I accepted it, perhaps the invitation was meant ironically, a joke, something…
