How threatening to some academics is the idea of a program in Western civilisation being taught on their campuses? Enough that it’s worth going to court over. That’s right: the National Tertiary...
On the occasion of the passing of Sir Arvi Parbo AC (10 February 1926 – 1 May 2019), giant of the Australian business community and in particular its mining sector, we pay tribute to Sir Arvi ...
Last weekend Labor announced a $4 billion funding increase to childcare subsidies. More worryingly, Labor would also intervene to raise the wages of early childhood educators by 20 per cent over...
Australia has reached zero inflation – has this killed off modern monetary theory? (1:17-19:52) What can we make of Bill Shorten and Elizabeth Warren’s policy on childcare, and what should policy...
The election is going to be close so Pete and James decide to take it seriously. We have our first wave of MPs behaving badly, a UN report says 50 million species are under threat of extinction...
Earlier this week news broke of a controversial workshop entitled “How privilege manifests in tutorials” run at the University of Melbourne by the Student Union’s Environment Collective. Those...
‘Vindicated. The score is 17-nil, the judge’s findings were damning. It could not have gone better,’ Professor Peter Ridd explains shortly after the historic judgement in Ridd v. James Cook...
This is the third in a series reporting on the reef adventure – Part I (Denying the Littoral Zone at the Great Barrier Reef) here and Part II (The Eerie Ancient Coral Reef at Bowen, with a...
Dr Peter Ridd has won his legal battle with James Cook Univeristy, what does this mean for academic freedom in Australia? (1:34-19:15) The Mueller report has been released – will there be...
Former chief justice Robert French’s review into university freedom of speech is a powerful vindication of those who have raised concerns about free speech protection on Australia’s campuses...
The Australian Business Growth Fund is a short-sighted proposal which ignores red tape and industrial relations as the major constraints on small business growth in Australia. The fund, announced...
Dr Peter Ridd wins the biggest victory for freedom of speech in a generation, the Brexit Party forms in Britain, David Attenborough gets in trouble for faking walrus footage, Ukraine elects a...
