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Piers Akerman is an opinion columnist with The Sunday Telegraph. He has extensive media experience, including in the US and UK, and has edited a number of major Australian newspapers.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess speak during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, August 5, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

How PM is taking advantage of our caring national character

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s sole interest is in clinging to power, not what’s best for national security, writes Piers Akerman.

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Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to face sex charges, arrives at court in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, arrived Wednesday for an appearance in the Melbourne court where he will eventually stand trial on sexual abuse charges spanning decades. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

Why partisan party politics causes dangerous division

Australians are being divided by the federal government as it places partisan party politics before the good of all the people, writes Piers Akerman.

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AUGUST 23, 2000 : Masked Palestinian militants loyal to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, display their weapons during rally in Rafah City, 23/08/00 during march to commemorate 31st anniversary of arson attack on sacred al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.Israel / Palestine / Demonstration

Why it’d be all fun and Games in government without Labor

Far from medalling in any governmental Olympics, the federal government is cruelly and destructively meddling, writes Piers Akerman.

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19/07/2024: Prominent Hizb ut-Tahrir member Wassim Doureihi also speaks on Friday, in Lakemba, where he said voting and democracy was

Labor ignores dangers of radical Islam to our values

If any of the people urging the destruction of our political system made a pledge of loyalty to Australia, they must have their citizenship revoked and be expelled, writes Piers Akerman.

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 18: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Australia needs a true leader to pull the plug on unions

Australia’s lacklustre representatives could learn from the manifesto of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance – the best hopes the West has for a restoration of leadership, writes Piers Akerman.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces Labor candidate for Brisbane Madonna Jarrett, Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Why weak Albo has left nation so vulnerable

The short-sightedness of the Albanese government makes Mr Magoo look like an eagle-eyed visionary, writes Piers Akerman.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos. JULY 4TH, 2024. Pro-Palestine protesters have taken to the roof of Parliament House to unfurl a banner. Picture: NewsWire/ Martin Ollman

How a medley of madness flies high in Canberra

Anthony Albanese’s weak leadership undoubtedly encourages adolescent lunatics across the nation to indulge their look-at-me fantasies, writes Piers Akerman.

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Palestinians celebrate their return after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Barrages of rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip at dawn as militants from the blockaded Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, with at least one person killed, the army and medics said. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Labor’s pathetic response to heinous Hamas terrorist attack

Every pro-Palestinian statement made by the Australian government, and even by student protesters, is applauded by Hamas and its supporters, writes Piers Akerman.

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(FILES) A poster portrait of hostage Nadav Popplewell is seen as relatives and supporters of Israeli captives held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants, gather before the start of a four-day march to Jerusalem calling for their release, on February 28, 2024, near the site of the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. An Israeli community confirmed on June 3, 2024, the death of Israeli-British hostage Nadav Popplewell in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas militants said last month he had died of wounds.

Akerman: Palestinians could return to greater glory if they wished

The Nazis were defeated in Europe, Japan’s attempt to conquer Asia was smashed and both nations were restored to greater glories. The Palestinians could be, if they wished, given the same chance, write Piers Akerman.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Departing Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews leaves Victorian Parliament house followin the Labor caucus meeting on September 27, 2023 in at Victorian Parliament House Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced his resignation following a nine year stint as Premier. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Why giving Andrews gong smacks of Captain Albanese’s pick

After 49 years of being fairly apolitical, the Order of Australia smacks of picks by Captain Albanese – particularly awarding our highest honour to disgraced former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, writes Piers Akerman.

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