Gerard Henderson

Gerard Henderson is an Australian author, columnist and political commentator. He is the Executive Director of the Sydney Institute, a privately funded Australian current affairs forum. His Media Watch Dog column is republished in The Australian each Friday.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 01, 2018 (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual F8 summit at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. - Facebook on January 21, 2021 said it is asking its independent experts to rule on whether former president Donald Trump's suspension for "fomenting insurrection" should stand. The leading social network is referring the decision to its independent oversight board -- known informally as the Facebook "supreme court" -- with the authority to make binding rulings even chief executive Mark Zuckerberg must abide by. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

Libertarian Zuckerberg finds common cause with Trump

He supported Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden against Donald Trump, but the tech titan seems to have shifted his support, welcoming an end to the woke censorship of different viewpoints.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - DECEMBER 11 2024; Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales, Karen Webb, NSW Police Commissioner, David Ossip, President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and Rabbi Mendel Kastel OAM, CEO of Jewish House, address the media in a press conference at Bondi to comment on the antisemitic vandalism of property that occurred overnight in Woollahra. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Time for the hate enablers to hang up their skates

Why do Australian governments give in to the tactics of intimidation by anti-Israel extremists rather than push back and insist they cease with their discriminatory demands?

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Don’t bet the rent on minority ALP government

The fact no first-term federal government has been defeated since 1931 is no guarantee the Albanese government will be returned with the support of the Greens. In politics, precedent means nothing.

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ABC journalist Laura Tingle speaking at the Melbourne Writers Festival on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Hypocrisy, bad taste and other follies of 2024

On New Year’s Day 2024, morale was relatively high since the Year of the Dragon was expected to usher in a time of rational thinking. Not quite how it worked out.

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. In a news conference that went over an hour, Trump announced that SoftBank will invest over $100 billion in projects in the United States including 100,000 artificial intelligence related jobs and then took questions on Syria, Israel, Ukraine, the economy, cabinet picks, and many other topics. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump’s no lame duck – he’s already getting things done

News from the US suggests that president-elect Donald J. Trump is perceived by many to be the US commander-in-chief while President Joe Biden fades into political nothingness.

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The slogan "Zionism is Fascism" is sprayed on the electoral office of Australian federal Labor Party member of parliament Josh Burns in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda after police said at least five people smashed windows and painted slogans on the walls on June 19, 2024. It is the latest in a string of acts of vandalism targeting the offices of state and federal MPs in the wake of the conflict in Gaza. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

If Jewish Aussies are being targeted it’s anti-Semitic

Jews have been in Australia since European settlement in 1788 – and so has anti-Semitism. But there has been nothing like the events of the past 14 months.

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Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton (right) with the Liberal candidate for Warringah, Jaimee Rogers and Liberal candidate for Mackellar, James Brown, after a meet the voters roundtable held at the Stella Blu Italian restaurant in Dee Why on Wednesday, November 4, 2024.

Teals win friends on the left but offer little by way of influence

This week marked the beginning of the Liberal Party’s fight to win back the blue ribbon seats it lost at the 2022 election.

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ABC chair Kim Williams, and US podcaster Joe Rogan (inset).

Chairman Kim’s blind spot on the ABC’s central weakness

It’s rare for a speech in Canberra to make news in North America. But it happened when Kim Williams raised the ire of US podcaster Joe Rogan … as well as Elon Musk.

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Red-faced pundits change their tune on Trump

On November 5, Trump was another Hitler, but within less than two weeks he was a democratically elected president-elect with whom there should be communication.

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Albo has a call with Trump as Rudd deletes tweets

Rudd has to do a Vance and soothe things with Trump

If Kevin Rudd is to perform to the greatest effect, he will need to do a JD Vance and have a change of heart. It’s the diplomatic way.

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