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The painful legacy of anti-nuclear campaigns on clean energy progress
On May 7, 1966, Martin Litton, a member of the Sierra Club’s board of directors, cast a fateful vote against…
What happened to Labor’s two big election promises?
The two most notable Labor promises before the May 2022 election involved ‘getting wages moving again’ and the promise to…
Open letter to the Minister for Immigration
1 in 36 people in Australia today arrived last year. This is the largest migration intake in Australian history
Jordan Peterson: ‘You have won the battle, minions of the deep state – but not the war’
Jordan Peterson upsets academia. Their determination to ‘shut him up’ has little to do with arguments about free speech and…
Alarm bells ringing on the waterfront (again)
In the throes of a four-month waterfront dispute featuring the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and Emirati global logistics…
Iran is at the centre of Middle East crisis
2024 commences with the worrying spectre of Iran-backed groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and…
A nation divided
As the nation ushers in a new year following the decisive defeat of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament at the…
Dare not speak its name
According to recent polling around the consequential caucuses just held, some 80 per cent of Iowa Republicans believe Joe Biden’s…
Woolworths doubles down
Corporations these days do much to engender the absence of any respect of their customers. And they do not care.…
Mediocranny – the legacy of DEI
There are so many lessons to be learned from the case of ex-Harvard President Claudine Gay. Perhaps the crux of…
Political cowardice is putting our country at risk
On the eve of Australia Day, and when Australians are doing it tough, the Prime Minister has betrayed our nation
Foreign policy gaffes
I might have been wrong… This was the thought that rushed through my mind while listening to Prof. John Mearsheimer. He…
The war on drugs is a shambles
The introduction of new legislation in the ACT means those found in possession of minor amounts of illegal drugs will…
The question of identity
One of the key reasons Australia voted 60/40 against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is because it was divisive. Instead…
Loophole Bill makes Pocock and Lambie the most powerful players in Parliament
‘Blindsided’ is the best word for it. On December 7 last year in the Senate, two independents – Senator David…
Labor are the masters of their own demise
Labor’s energy policy has recast Labor from the ‘catch-all’ party of Keating to the ‘upset-all’ party of Albanese
Renewables: an expensive nightmare to nowhere
Plans for the elimination of coal require increasing regulatory measures and ever-escalating levels of government spending. Federally, the ALP has…
How agriculture doomed the proposed EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement
As reported widely, Australia has walked away from concluding a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).…
‘Weather’ you like it or not
The standard preamble to all marine weather bulletins is: ‘Welcome to the marine weather report. Please be aware that wind…
‘Farage factor’ boosts UK Reform’s election chances
Polling suggests Nigel Farage could win the seat of Clacton in Essex, should he decide to run. Fuelling speculation about the potential…
Three books to end the silence
Think of this. In the time since the Covid crisis has passed, no aspect of any federal power that was…
Crocodile rock map of Australia speaks volumes
There’s an image that appears in my mind’s eye whenever people start talking about Australia Day. It’s a big sandstone…
How to protect yourself against risk
A formative incident for me happened when I was 25 while travelling through Turkey with a backpack. The British owner…
Your future home has been sacrificed in a political sweetheart deal
The infrastructure and construction sector has been one of the worst affected by persistent worker shortages, with a December report…
Existential
Several chapters into a new science fiction novel, it became apparent I’d picked up another communist allegory disguised as entertainment.…
