Exceptional Views
Australian exceptionalism is torn apart by the free market right in this stimulating collection of essays, writes Richard Allsop. One might think that there are four basic camps on…
Smothered by Nostalgia
Politicians yearning for a nostalgic return to glory days are failing modern America, according to a book reviewed by Daniel Wild. Modern politics in America has a nostalgia problem….
From The Desk Of President-Elect Donald Trump
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Librarians Against Terror
What would you do if one of al-Qaeda’s most feared, fanatical, and unpredictable leaders stops you in the street and accuses you of stealing? He has just seen you leave…
A Surfeit of Cash
An influential economist wants to phase out paper money, writes John Hajek. Suggesting that governments phase out cash is bound to rub some people up the wrong way—and not…
Uber Markets
Uber and Airbnb are part of a wider market revolution changing the way the world does business, writes Evan Mulholland. The last few decades have delivered us a monumental…
Freedom of Religion is More Than Just Freedom of Worship
Religious freedom is under threat from all sides, writes Aaron Lane. ‘Regardless of whether Labor or Liberal wins the election, we still end up with a Catholic Prime Minister.’…
The Big Cure
New technology can fix Australia’s ailing health system, but only if To fix health care and human services – two government programs as egregiously expensive as they are important…
Crime & Punishments
Australia’s wasteful criminal justice system needs a major overhaul, but we shouldn’t leave it to the bureaucrats, writes Andrew Bushnell Australia’s criminal justice system is ineffective and...
Workplace Relations: The Urgent Need For Change
Australia has a 21st century workforce labouring under a 19th century industrial relations system, writes Brett Hogan. Better health, housing, communications, education and transport options...
Bleak Future
The extraordinary complaints—now, after furious media attention, withdrawn—against Bill Leak for drawing a satirical political cartoon demonstrates why Australia’s most prominent anti-free speech...
Trump’s Tax Revolution
The meaning of this US presidential election will be picked over for decades. But time is a luxury in politics. Australia’s political class is right now trying to draw some…