As reported widely, Australia has walked away from concluding a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).…

The standard preamble to all marine weather bulletins is: ‘Welcome to the marine weather report. Please be aware that wind…

Polling suggests Nigel Farage could win the seat of Clacton in Essex, should he decide to run. Fuelling speculation about the potential…

Think of this. In the time since the Covid crisis has passed, no aspect of any federal power that was…

There’s an image that appears in my mind’s eye whenever people start talking about Australia Day. It’s a big sandstone…

A formative incident for me happened when I was 25 while travelling through Turkey with a backpack. The British owner…

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…

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…

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…