by DANIEL Y TENG – CHINA has issued a new list of “demands” for the Australian government to follow if it hopes to reset bilateral ties. It comes as part of Beijing’s new charm offensive to win over the Labor government while…
NEWLY elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese risks becoming a one-term wonder if he continues his blinkered push to net-zero. At the same time major industrialised nations are reversing their renewables agenda – reverting to more reliable power sources – the Prime Minister…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE 2022 federal election turned out to be a real Seinfeld election, a show about nothing. The biggest policy-making issues facing Australia were simply parked to one side. Like the great COVID bungle (or crime, depending on where…
by ALFRED BUI – PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has said his government would not be able to find a quick solution for the energy crisis plaguing the country’s east coast. The PM held his first national cabinet meeting on June 17 to…
by PAUL COLLITS – MOST Australians probably haven’t heard that the World Health Organisation is about to visit on their nation a new, binding global health treaty. Courtesy of our democratically elected governments. WHO wishes to lock in for all future generations…
by DAVID FLINT – ANTHONY Albanese claims he won’t push “the” republic in his first term. Why then has he so disgracefully delivered a slap in the face to our monarch at the very time of the celebration of her 70 years…
by GABRIEL MOENS – LABOR PM Anthony Albanese has unveiled a ministry consisting of forty-two ministers who were sworn in on June 1 by Governor-General David Hurley. One notable choice is the appointment of Matt Thistlethwaite as Assistant Minister for the Republic. …
by DAVID FLINT – WHILE celebrating the Queen’s extraordinary service in her seventy years on the throne and preparing to swear allegiance, too many politicians are wasting time plotting to do what their predecessors have always failed to do: to persuade Australians…
by PAUL COLLITS – AND so, the election analyses continue. Many valid points have been made about why the ALP won, why the Coalition lost, why the Greens did so well, why the so-called “teals” emerged, why the Liberal moderates were shown…
by ERIC LOUW – THE 2022 election saw both Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese play the same game – cling to the political centre and attack each other’s personalities rather than their policies. This meant there was little differentiation between the Parties…
