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Christopher Pyne was the federal Liberal MP for Sturt from 1993 to 2019, and served as a minister in the Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments. He now runs consultancy and lobbying firms GC Advisory and Pyne & Partners and writes a weekly column for The Advertiser.

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Shot of a programmer working on a computer code at night

Reopen the borders! This ‘Fortress Australia’ mindset can’t last

If Australia doesn’t start allowing skilled migrants back into our country quickly, we’ll all be worse off and stuck in a stagnant backwater, says Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

Why Speakergate won’t affect the SA state election

Last week’s political chaos and changing alliances means trouble for Steven Marshall’s re-election … doesn’t it? Maybe not, says Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

Why the US should take on Facebook

Freedom of speech is not the freedom to harm others – it’s time social media giants tackled anonymous bullying, writes Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

Beware the power of the unelected ICAC

ICACs have enormous power – just ask Gladys Berejiklian. Get it wrong, and there are earth-shattering consequences, writes Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

‘This is seismic’: What AUKUS really means for us

Building nuclear submarines in SA is one thing. But the seismic impact of the AUKUS pact for all of Australia cannot be underestimated, Christopher Pyne says.

Opinion

Collins Class Submarine, HMAS Sheean, in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. *** Local Caption *** Officers and sailors at work on Collins Class Submarine, HMAS Sheean, whilst transiting Cockburn Sound in Western Australia. HMAS Sheean is the fifth Collins Class Submarine built by ship building company, ASC Pty Ltd, in Adelaide, Australia.

Massive story overshadowed by submarine deal hype

The nuclear-powered subs deal was momentous news story – but it largely hid several other ones, writes Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

Pyne: Why we dumped Naval Group subs and went nuclear

As Defence Minister, Christopher Pyne was the architect of the old $90bn Future Submarines deal. There’s a clear reason why it’s not going ahead, he says.

Opinion

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Sebastian Smith, US-attacks-911-anniversary-conspiracy (FILES): Rescue workers survey damage to the World Trade Center in this September 11, 2001 file photo in New York. Perhaps the attack was just too huge to comprehend, or the Twin Towers' collapse looked too much like a Hollywood epic, but even 10 years later, many people believe 9/11 was an elaborate conspiracy involving anyone from Israeli agents to the US government itself. AFP PHOTO/Doug KANTER/FILES

If Bin Laden wanted to change our way of life, he succeeded

Twenty years ago, the terror attacks of September 11 brought down the World Trade Centre in New York. The changes are still being felt, writes Christopher Pyne.

Opinion

Go-slow states can’t use vaccine supply as an excuse now

The consensus is the SA and Federal governments have done well but maybe Australia’s goal-shifting premiers can work on jabs instead of throwing brickbats, writes Christopher Pyne.

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Move the scoreboard, flatten the hill and build a northern stand

Christopher Pyne reckons Adelaide Oval will never host the AFL grand final … unless we plug its “gaping hole” with a new northern grandstand. He even has a name in mind.

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