Today’s Newspoll is dire for the Prime Minister. The two-party preferred split of 53:47 is bad enough but can be overcome with still nine months to...
At the 1897 Adelaide Federation Convention, Alfred Deakin implored delegates to see themselves as ‘trustees for posterity, for the unborn millions… whose aspirations we may help...
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is, “said Alice, “whether...
It used to be an intergenerational compact, an unwritten commandment, that we will give to our children better than we received. That we will bequeath to...
Interesting skirmish a few weeks ago over a police union submission to the federal inquiry into family law. In their submission, the Queensland Police Union pointed...
The fact that people vastly overestimate the number of deaths from Covid as recent polls have shown, is a signal of the failure of our politicians...
Lockdowns and regulations are plaguing Australians and putting a damper on our moods. Many are bearing the brunt of unemployment—or praying they don’t soon. A mass...
Despite accusations of anti-Semitism directed at St Julian of Burnside and his blessed bride Kate Durham, the Greens still seem very keen on the former Kooyong...
Australia has had a national age pension since 1909. Introduced by the government of prime minister Andrew Fisher, it mostly replaced the private charity of benevolent...
You’ve got to give it to Shania Twain. When she belted out her 1997 hit, Man! I feel like a woman! she was well ahead of the pack. ...