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Alan Jones AO is one of Australia’s most prominent and influential broadcasters. He is a former successful radio figure and coach of the Australian National Rugby Union team, the Wallabies. He has also been a Rugby League coach and administrator, with senior roles in the Australian Sports Commission, the Institute of Sport and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust. Alan Jones is a former Senior Advisor and Speechwriter to the former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser.

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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 09: Ben Donaldson of Australia celebrates with Carter Gordon of Australia after scoring his team's fourth try during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between Australia and Georgia at Stade de France on September 09, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Alan Jones: Crucial change that can turn Wallabies into contenders

Australia’s opening win against Georgia showed the Wallabies aren’t likely to trouble the Rugby World Cup heavyweights. A key selection call could change that, writes ALAN JONES.

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PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 09: Eddie Jones, Head Coach of Australia, during the warm up prior to the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between Australia and Georgia at Stade de France on September 09, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

Alan Jones: Why Wallabies coach must be Aussie, just not Eddie

A foreigner like Dave Rennie must never coach the Wallabies again, writes ALAN JONES, but of all the Aussies they could have chosen going back to Eddie Jones is hubris.

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Alan Jones: Why we can’t believe the premier

Overlooking facts and failing to have proper conversations about issues like Covid is causing consternation, writes Alan Jones.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 13: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at Kirribilli House on July 13, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian have announced a financial assistance package to support NSW households and businesses affected by the current COVID-19 lockdown. The combined federal and state support package will see the COVID-19 disaster payment increased to $600 from week four of lockdown, if a person has lost 20 or more hours of work a week, or $375 if a person has lost between eight and 20 hours of work a week. A new business support payment will also be available to entities with an annual turnover between $75,000 and $50 million who can demonstrate a 30 percent decline in turnover. COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are currently in place across Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong as NSW continues to record new community COVID-19 cases. All residents are subject to stay-at-home orders and are only permitted to leave their homes for essential reasons, including purchasing essential goods, accessing or providing care or healthcare, work, education and exercise. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Numbers don’t add up for Liberals leadership

The government’s handling of the latest Covid outbreak has been reflected in the latest Newspoll, with key demographics turning their backs on the Prime Minister, writes Alan Jones.

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

Fear and loathing in a nation behind a mask

Locking people away from one another has led to an abandonment of basic freedoms and what seems like a breakdown in democracy in this state, writes Alan Jones.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JUNE 30, 2021.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk watches Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young during a Covid update press conference. Queensland has gone into a 3-day lockdown due to a Covid outbreak.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Alan Jones: Why lockdowns are not the answer

The Australian public has voiced its disdain at continual lockdowns, but it is being ignored, writes Alan Jones.

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TOPSHOT - An elderly pedestrian wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past graffiti depicting the subjects within famous artworks, but wearing masks, in Glasgow on September 2, 2020 after the Scottish government imposed fresh restrictions on the city after an rise in cases of the novel coronavirus. - Scotland imposed fresh restrictions on the city of Glasgow on September 2 after a rise in coronavirus cases, as similar local-lockdown measures elsewhere in Britain came under criticism. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said people living in Glasgow and two surrounding areas should not visit other people's houses, after 66 new cases were recorded in the area on Tuesday. The measures will last two weeks. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Alan Jones: Sydney swept up in fear and mask mania

Evidence suggests mandatory mask-wearing and lockdowns are of no benefit in curtailing coronavirus.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the garden of 10 Downing Street, after agreeing the broad terms of a free trade deal between the UK and Australia, on June 15, 2021 in London, England. The leaders met as the two countries announced one of Britain's first post-Brexit trade deals. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Morrison needs to decide where he stands

Is Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the side of the economy and jobs or climate nonsense peddled by those with agendas, asks Alan Jones.

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Nation has a moral duty to evacuate Afghans who helped us

We have a moral, ethical and legal duty of care to evacuate those civilians from Afghanistan who supported us in battle, writes Alan Jones.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 2, 2021: Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

PM must call out lockdown fiasco

Prime Minister Scott Morrison needs to hold Victoria accountable for unnecessary lockdowns, writes Alan Jones.

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