Paul Keating was Prime Minister of Australia from 20 December 1991 to 11 March 1996. In that time his political party, the Labor Party considered the...
Many ordinary Australians would scoff at the suggestion that our legal system is ‘good’ or ‘very good’. The view through the prism of wrongful convictions is...
Past performance is the best predictor of future performance, so the business chiefs heading to Anthony Albanese’s Productivity Summit should know they are about to be...
In 2021, the Aukus security pact was hailed as a bold reconfiguration of 21st Century deterrence strategy – a trilateral alignment between Australia, the United Kingdom,...
The irony of hosting a talkfest to improve national productivity hasn’t escaped commentary. If there’s more doing and less talking perhaps our productivity might increase. Having...
According to Our World in Data (accessed on 1 June 2025), New Zealand achieved 75 per cent coverage of the initial Covid vaccination protocol on December...
Flashback to 2001. The Liberal Party has introduced Australia’s Mandatory Renewable Energy Target within the Renewable Energy (electricity) Act 2000. It is an idea that will...
Australia’s defence strategy is America. Let’s get that out of the way at the beginning. No America. No national security guarantee. You can hate this, love it,...
There are few things more upsetting than over-paid politicians (who claim a special empathy with the poor), giving themselves a substantial pay rise in the middle...
The percentage of teaching-only academics in the United Kingdom (UK) grew from 10 per cent of the academic workforce in 2002 to 26 per cent in...