The contortionists among American ruling political class are at it again. This week, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens—a (formerly) prominent Never Trumper and one of the […]
Category: Opinion
Opinion
Celebrating ten years of the Bradfield Oration
Two years ago, I had the honour of being asked to deliver the Bradfield Oration. It’s a great initiative by The Daily Telegraph, one that’s […]
Dutton’s anti-immigration stance is a symptom of a deep failure in Australian public policy
It wasn’t long after it lost the 2022 election that we started to hear how the Coalition would be focusing its attacks on immigration. Anti-immigration […]
Closing Loopholes Protections, Including Right to Disconnect, Come Into Effect 26 August
New labour rights coming into effect on 26 August, including the ‘Right to Disconnect’. On Monday, 26 August, several legal and regulatory changes included in […]
A Liberal Senator believes childcare is destroying the family unit. Is it any wonder women are leaving the party behind?
One of my favourite parts of the working day is picking up my three-year-old son, Gilbert, from childcare. He is so eager to tell me […]
New NAPLAN targets a postive step for individual schools
In March this year almost half a million New South Wales (NSW) primary and secondary students took the 2024 National Assessment Program – Literacy and […]
BRENDAN O’NEILL: How an off-colour joke about women applying blusher exposed the hypocrisy of cancel culture
On Saturday evening（27 July 2024）, as Australia’s triumphant 4x100m Freestyle Relay women’s team were making their way out of the Paris Aquatics Centre, a sports […]
Australian astronomer hopes to see Australia-China scientific links deepen via face-to-face collaborations
Australian astronomer Lister Staveley-Smith told Xinhua in an interview that he hoped to see links between Australian and Chinese scholars deepen through face-to-face collaborations, which […]
Should Australia ban fossil fuel advertising?
A tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising would be a decisive win for Australia – and the climate. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for […]