by DAVID FLINT – AUSTRALIA has a government that is literally making people homeless, according to economist Leith Van Onselen. The somewhat unconventional economist, who is often on ADH TV and other media, is correct. Governments of the Left are determined to…
by DAVID FLINT – THE news that the Paris-based OECD has confirmed that Australia has suffered the biggest drop in living standards in two decades would be unknown to most Australians, including the voters in the recent Dunkley by-election. Nor would they…
by ROGER CROOK – THE basic tenets of democracy died in Australia in 2007 – and they are yet to be revived. We elect governments to govern; to take care of our needs today and plan for all our tomorrows. If they…
by ERIC ABETZ – AS LABOR parliamentarians gathered in Canberra last week to brainstorm the cost of living crisis, most constituents were bemused as to why it has taken so long. As publicity stunts and PR operations go, having a special caucus…
by KEVIN ANDREWS – THE revelation that 35 per cent of recent applicants failed the Australian Citizenship Test is of concern. According to the Department of Home Affairs, data reveals more than 100,000 failed citizenship tests over 14 months between June 2022…
by DAVID FLINT – I AM often tempted to make predictions, usually about elections and referendums, especially those against the grain. So what predictions can be made about Australia’s economic future? Having escaped the disaster which would have followed had the elites…
by DAVID FLINT – WE WILL decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances in which they come, declared John Howard in the 2001 election, one which the pundits had declared he was doomed to lose. He won in a landslide,…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – THE danger with multiculturalism is that it leads to a “nation of tribes” where those emigrating owe allegiance to their country of origin instead of Australia. This is according to eminent Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey. ALP governments push…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE odds against Anthony Albanese making it back to the Lodge for a second term must be lengthening by the day. Ditto the odds of him even being there for the ALP’s next election launch. Some time back…
by MONICA O’SHEA – PARTS of western Sydney will fly the Palestinian flag until an Israeli ceasefire is declared in Hamas-run Gaza. Labor Party controlled Canterbury-Bankstown moved a motion this week to reject an Israeli response to the blood-thirsty terror attacks it…
