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John RoskamFinancial Review |
After being so bad for so long on freedom of expression, the Liberals are beginning to take seriously the erosion of the most basic of all human...
One of the unknowns about the next state election is One Nation. Until recently, Labor and the Liberals thought: “Hanson can’t happen here”. But...
In their rush to get a political fix to antisemitism, both sides of politics chose to ignore the very real risks of such legislation.
The Australian Election Study found that the party’s traditional advantage has evaporated, making it nearly impossible for it to win a federal...
Sussan Ley’s best chance of keeping her job is to talk about policies for the country, not gender quotas for her party.
There is no campaign playbook that the Libs can use against net zero because, in truth, they have not really fought for anything for years.
There’s no mystery to why the former prime minister’s book is already a bestseller. Perhaps the only thing worse than making history boring is...
The idea that the Liberal Party must veer to ‘the centre’ to attract young people is challenged by the youth of today making friends with their...
The Chinese Communist Party wanted the former Victorian premier at the parade because until a few years ago, he was the most senior Labor politician...
Conservatives once defended property rights, neighbourhood amenity and backyards. Now, those who speak of such things are criticised as “selfish...
A community of migrants such as ours can’t live in relative peace if centuries-old ethnic and religious enmities are allowed to fester.
Correlation is not causation – but sometimes it is. In recent years, as the size of government has grown, Australia’s economic productivity has...
The best way to start to overcome antisemitism is to encourage young people to have a bit more empathy and lot less hatred for those they disagree...
If the limit of Sussan Ley’s hope is merely for Liberals to “reflect modern Australia”, the country’s direction will not change with her as...
Many journalists at the public broadcaster think their job is to be a taxpayer-funded counterweight to Rupert Murdoch.
For the Liberals to meet the majority of young people “where they are” would require the party to veer dramatically to the left.
The two contenders give the impression the country is hanging on for dear life, and their job is simply to get Australia through whatever the latest...
The Coalition has been in power for about nine of the last dozen years. If Australia is not on track, then perhaps some of the responsibility rests...
The party is reduced to emphasising minor policy differences while leaving unchallenged the central premise of Labor’s campaign.
There’s a reason politicians don’t like direct democracy and why there will never be a referendum on big national debates.
The only difference between Donald Trump and his Republican and Democrat predecessors is that he is nakedly honest about America’s interests.
When politicians reach for the first ‘populist’ policy they can find to address voter concerns about rising prices, they’re doing a disservice...
Economists desperately want to convince themselves the world is as simple as C I G (X - M). That’s what generations of students have been...
A local Trump would do some truth-telling, including that it’s incomprehensible a place as big as Australia has close to the world’s most...
Whether Mark Zuckerberg made his decision to placate Trump or from a commitment to free speech, it’s a victory for freedom of expression.