Pretend you are the European Union. Russia is on your doorstep, side-eyeing its next annexation. Islam is creeping across the map thanks to an open invitation...
Growing concerns at the impact of unregulated free speech around the world, and especially in the English-speaking West, are understandable. Mis/disinformation, ‘hate speech’, and online harm...
The Trump Administration’s survey requesting information about US-funded research at Australian universities was full of questions our own politicians should have asked long ago. For years...
America’s political leadership is sensitive to criticism. We know this. High-ranking individuals within the Administration have told us. This has been the default state of political...
It is worth remembering that trade between countries is more than goods and services; it is also about pride and nationalism as well as economic development....
‘The Family Court system is in enormous trouble.’ That is a momentous statement given that the speaker, Adelaide barrister Stuart Lindsay, is a former Family Court...
Brains are indeed fascinating. They are also still mysterious. And they can also be confusing. I was reminded of this during another event from our (horribly...
An apocryphal quote from Uncle Joe Stalin was that artists in the Soviet Union should be the ‘engineers of human souls’. Hence the ubiquitous unreality of...
On the eve of the previous Federal Election, I authored an opinion piece in this publication entitled, We need passion in our politics. I wrote: ‘I...
In his address to the 61st Munich Security Conference, American Vice President, JD Vance, said of the magic of democracy: ‘To believe in democracy is to...