Wokeness is the most insufferable form of politics
In the age of modern outrage we’ve become far less interested in the facts, and far more obsessive about trying to throw the first stone, writes James Morrow.
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Sir Henry Parkes, the father of our federation
To say the man who would become Sir Henry Parkes had a tough childhood is an understatement. Yet poverty and a lack of formal education would not hold back the man who, arguably, was the most significant Australian political figure of the 19th century.
How Lachlan Macquarie shaped our state
The next time you jingle coins in your pocket, insist someone deserves a fair go, or talk about Australia’s skilled migration program, spare a thought for Lachlan Macquarie. These features of everyday life we take for granted were first imagined by NSW’s fifth governor.
Six-year-old voters? You’ve got to be kidding me
Democracy should be for the masses, but including children who can’t yet be trusted with an iPad unsupervised? Give me a break, writes James Morrow.
Political indoctrination in schools is a generation or more in
Victoria’s election results prove there has been a generation or more of political indoctrination in the classroom. Abraham Lincoln may very well have predicted it when he wrote during the Civil War “the philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
Saturday election gives sneak preview of PM’s fortunes
There are uncanny parallels between today’s election contest in Victoria and the battle taking place federally.
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