Majority Of Australians Support Australia Day On 26 January
70% of Australians do not want the date of Australia Day changed, according to a new poll released today by the Institute of Public Affairs. “It is abundantly clear that…
The Marriage Row That The Liberal Church Can Never Get Over
How broad is “broad” is the question confronting the federal Liberal Party. It’s the question the party has been avoiding for the decade since the departure from parliament of...
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
A Decade Of Bad Government Since The Rudd Government Was Elected
Friday marks 10 years since the Rudd government was elected. It’s 10 years to the day since Australia last had good government. On 24 November 2007, after portraying himself as…
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Some Are More Innocent Than Others
A few days ago, Attorney-General George Brandis got a bit confused. He said that the debate about the citizenship status of politicians was becoming a “witch hunt” and “this is...
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Victorian Donation Law Changes A Threat To Free Speech
The Andrews government’s proposed changes to Victorian donations law are undemocratic and a threat to freedom of speech, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs...
Malcolm Turnbull’s Thoroughly Liberal Blasphemies
What’s been obvious to anyone outside the Canberra bubble for the last six months might finally have dawned upon Malcolm Turnbull and his ministers. The Coalition can win the next…
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Why Politicians Are Going Nowhere
The refusal to celebrate Australia Day by a handful out of the more than 500 local councils around the country represents more than just another example of “political...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
The Republican Suicide Squad
When Bill Shorten gave the keynote address the Australian Republican Movement annual dinner last month, Peter Fitzsimons gushed at how impressive was; blissfully unaware he had just killed any...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Equity Debate We Have To Have
A debate about inequality in Australia is long overdue. But we shouldn’t be talking about it the way the left and the Labor Party want to. A discussion only about economic…
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Australia Is Not An Unequal Society – And The Politics Of Envy Hurt It
Sigh. Yet another round of debate on “inequality”. Yesterday Richard Denniss was warning us that even those “lefties” at the IMF thought inequality could be a drag on...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
The Old Alliance Of Liberals And Business Has Turned Uneasy
On Wednesday, this newspaper’s chief political correspondent Phillip Coorey reported that at a private dinner in Sydney on Monday evening Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged the leaders of...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Ideological Evasion
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech to London think tank Policy Exchange on 11 July provided an insight into his government’s ideology, and there was little to like for conservatives. In a speech…
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia