October
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
White demographics did not drive the Voice vote
It wasn’t old, white voters who made the Voice referendum fail. The Yes campaign aimed at elites, and took the rest of Australia for granted.
January
- Opinion
- Australia Day
Change the date but celebrate the day
Elites were deaf on the Voice, and now they are deaf on Australia Day, too. This country deserves to be honoured, not hated.
August 2023
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Coal power stations could have new lives with gas
Converting Australia’s coal-fired electricity plants to gas would make more sense than trying to keep them going, and could help Australia’s faltering energy transition.
June 2023
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Traditional landowners won’t tolerate wind and solar ‘carpeting’
Alan Finkel’s unrealistic energy transition vision should jolt the country into common-sense solutions such as gas and nuclear power.
February 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Media shouldn’t be asked to gaslight Voice opponents
Voice campaigners should not be trying to bully journalists into denying a platform to the No case and silencing dissenting views.
January 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
The Voice is not going to fix Alice Springs
Any policy that does not increase economic participation and independence is a waste of time and money.
October 2022
- Opinion
- Energy
There’s a simple way to reduce gas prices: drill more gas
Now that energy reality is biting, the government should make a U-turn on its plans for a European-style transition.
September 2022
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Can woke corporates tell us what the Voice will achieve?
My plea to the Australian business community is to stop seeing this campaign as easy ESG points and sit down with Indigenous people who oppose it and try to understand why.
June 2022
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
The real energy joke is dismissing nuclear out of hand
If nuclear does not stack up in Australia, then on-one will build it. But its folly to not even consider an emissions-free source of power.
November 2021
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
The road to net zero passes through nuclear power
Opposition to nuclear power is on par with unscientific anti-vax conspiracy theories, and just encourages reliance on coal.
July 2021
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Why a leading environmentalist changed her mind on nuclear power
Enlightened climate change activists have grasped that the solution is not living with less energy but embracing better technology, which must include nuclear power.
April 2021
- Opinion
- Employment
Bleeding hearts won’t staunch dole dependency
So long as training programs aren’t linked to job retention, and while ever bureaucrats make excuses for why the unemployed shouldn’t have to work, people will continue to languish on welfare in a nation desperate for workers.
September 2020
- Opinion
- Indigenous
Government gives up on Indigenous economic freedom
This Coalition government has trashed the focus on school, business and the economy, and reverted to failed policies.
June 2020
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Only capital can create Australian jobs, let it get to work
Post-virus Australia is about to learn what Indigenous communities already know: welfare does not beat a sustainable job.