by ROGER CROOK – PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese recently spent six days in China with a plane load of zillionaires from the Australian iron ore industry. Apart from having his metaphorical tummy tickled by his mentor Xi Jinping, Secretary General of the…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE other day, when one of my grandchildren (optimistically) stated that what separates humans from animals is rational decision-making, I reached for the phone and pulled up one of those excellent videos on the brilliant problem-solving skills of…
by ROGER CROOK – AS A nation we have been in economic decline for some time. It started with Rudd, Gillard, Rudd; there were plans for respite and recovery from Abbott, then his “mates” kicked him out and the decline of Australia…
by ALFRED BUI – AN ACADEMIC has urged a floundering Albanese Government to develop a clear vision for managing its relationship with the US under the Trump administration. This comes amid a lack of progress in several key areas of cooperation. Albanese…
by ROGER CROOK – WHY Iran was allowed by America, the UK and other NATO countries to develop the technology and the ability to construct a nuclear warhead will be debated for many years. The mad men running Iran had promised to…
by FRED PAWLE – DONALD Trump’s message to the mullahs in Iran should be heeded by the millions of migrants who are struggling to assimilate in the West. It’s okay to go home now. While the world speculates about what the Middle…
by FRED PAWLE – AUSTRALIA’S political class is deliberately creating the conditions for the current riots in Los Angeles to be replicated here should they ever deem it necessary. This is the modern equivalent of the American “cultural colonialism” that used to…
by FRED PAWLE – THE most ridiculous taxation proposal in recent memory might finally trigger the beginning of the end for compulsory superannuation in Australia. Maybe Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to tax unrealised capital gains on some superannuation accounts isn’t such a…
by ROGER CROOK – THE analysis of last month’s Federal Election result has reached the absurd – and at times has been factually feeble. The prediction that Australia could well suffer another six years or more under Labor – based purely on…
by PAUL COLLITS – WITH the recent passing of the philosopher of moral virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre, thoughts have turned to other thinkers who viewed the world in similar fashion, back in MacIntyre’s day. I didn’t have to look far along the bookshelf…
