by FRED PAWLE – DECADES of fighting bogus threats have made Australians psychologically unready for what might soon lie ahead. The ABC recently published a headline warning that the cost of energy in Australia “could” go up as a result of the…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – AS WE wind down to the dawn of a new year, it’s worth recapping how Labor has delivered “net-zero” on many major energy promises. At the time of writing, there are still a couple of weeks for PM…
by FRED PAWLE – WELCOME to Country and “traditional ownership” of land are both affronts to the democratic systems and values that made Australia the country it is. Every day under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese I get the uneasy feeling that our…
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 NAZIYA ALVI RAHMAN – THE Albanese Government’s adoption of key recommendations from the Varghese Review, including the defunding of a prominent Australian think tank known for its critical stance towards Beijing, has sparked controversy. The Varghese Review is named after Peter…
by REX WIDERSTROM – DONALD Trump’s promise to slap tariffs as high as 60 per cent on Chinese goods, and up to 20 per cent on all other imports, will not be as dire for Australia as predicted. Reserve Bank Governor Michelle…
by JOHN MIKKELSEN – ISRAEL’S recent targeted attacks on Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies have been praised or condemned depending on political perspectives. But one factor seems to have universal acceptance by the Right and the woke Left. …
by ROGER CROOK – GOD help us if communist China becomes more restless. How on earth did Australia, a nation with a proud military history, finish up with a modern version of Dad’s Army? We are being told we are closer to…
by ROGER CROOK – THERE is no doubt we are back in a federal election cycle – it’s all very depressing. The Prime Minister, however, is in his element, he has been in election mode since the day he won government. “Fighting…
by DAVID FLINT – I WAS asked recently to introduce Tony Abbott at a function. Along with national leaders of the standing of John Howard and Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan or Donald Trump, Tony would not have shamed the nation by slapping…
