The Liberal Party has discovered a new theory of renewal: if the roof caves in on Wednesday, replace the beams on Thursday and pray no one...
The National Disability Insurance Scheme began as an act of decency. It was meant to fix the quiet cruelties of the old system: the waiting lists,...
There’s no doubt that most any conversation centred around the state of journalism will draw significant criticism or negativity at what is perceived as a general...
Yesterday I was toying with Nietzsche’s idea that God is dead, and we have killed him, but in a Menzian sense. Nietzsche didn’t think that the...
There is something remarkably juvenile about prime ministers, presidents, and media establishments gloating that the G20 Leaders’ Summit has ‘defied Trump’ with a climate declaration. Anthony...
Australia is a country of remarkable prosperity and democracy, with a relatively peaceful history, inherited liberties, golden beaches, and a relaxed lifestyle. We have now had...
What does the growing support and recognition of International Men’s Day mean? Last week in Adelaide I hosted my third International Men’s Day dinner – on...
The failure to conclude Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is Donald Trump’s first really big boo-boo. The failure fuse was lit even before November 2024, when Trump...
On Friday, I spent an afternoon at the H R Nicholls Society annual conference, as a guest of the Society. It was a gathering of sound...
In 1974, after being arrested for the crime of telling the truth, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn released his famous essay Live Not By Lies. He warned that governments...