Nick Cater

Nick Cater is senior fellow of the Menzies Research Centre and a columnist with The Australian. He is a former editor of The Weekend Australian and a former deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph. He is author of The Lucky Culture published by Harper Collins.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire photos NOVEMBER 25, 2023: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition and Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party speaks during the Liberal State Convention at the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Dutton can’t baulk at chance to hit ALP where it hurts most

There has seldom been a better moment to restore trust in our immigration system and rebuild the consensus that is essential to every immigrant nation.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 15, 2023: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Albanese’s ‘promise’ of unity has only divided us

We must abandon the chicken-livered language of diversity and remind ourselves of our greater loyalty to Australia and its people.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 10: A general view of the front of BBC Broadcasting House on July 10, 2023 in London, England. Last week, the Sun newspaper published allegations that a BBC presenter had paid tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for explicit photos. The broadcaster has said that a male presenter has been suspended while it conducts an investigation. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

No voice of reason in BBC’s hit job on referendum

If the BBC really wanted to understand last month’s voice referendum result, it would’ve been a good idea to talk to Australians who voted No.

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FILE - In this Jan 23, 2008 file photo, a computer user is silhouetted with a row of computer monitors at an Internet cafe in Shenyang, in northern China's Liaoning province. Word leaked out slowly, spread by tech-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn is now openly available in China. Is the new access to online pornography a policy change or a trap? It throws into sharp relief what many see as the main mission of China's aggressive Internet censorship: blocking content that might challenge the political authority of the communist government. (AP Photo/File) **CHINA OUT **

PM’s voice ‘vibe’ tactics must be defeated again on censorship bill

The PM must learn the lessons of the referendum and avoid assuming the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill will sail through on the vibe.

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Wind turbines generate electricity at Burno Bank Off Shore Wind Farm on December 07, 2022 in Liverpool, England. UK Prime minister Rishi Sunak has reversed his position on new onshore wind farms as the government said it will consult on proposals to allow further developments. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Labor’s renewable ‘investments’ are just blowing in the wind

The tragedy of our renewables fiasco is that Australia was gifted the chance to learn from the mistakes of others. Chris Bowen’s obstinacy comes at a price.

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Opposition leader Anthony Albanese (back) and Labour candidate for Higgins Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah arrive at a Polling station during election day in Carnegie, Melbourne, Australia on May 21, 2022. - Polls opened in Australia's federal election May 21, 2022 , with Prime Minister Scott Morrison fighting for another three-year term that would extend a decade of conservative rule. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro / AFP)

Labor should heed voices of the marginalised

Labor would be making a big mistake if it were to dismiss the referendum result as misinformed. It would deprive the party of a window on to parts of the country it barely understands.

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Make no mistake, the No win was an act of insurrection

Australians outside the Tesla zone have told the elite they’ve had enough of the national guilt trip. They’re sick of the self-flagellating speeches, apologies, welcome and all the other performances.

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10-10-2023 - Prime minister Anthony Albanese at Uluru. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

PM’s social justice venture found to be sorely lacking

Anthony Albanese’s 11th-hour attempt to water down the significance of the voice sits awkwardly with his expansive rhetoric at the Garma Festival 14 months ago.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 7, 2023: Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek and her parliamentary colleagues celebrate Threatened Species Day by meeting a range of threatened and native species including Tasmanian devil joeys, children's python and south-eastern glossy black cockatoo at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor falls for koala hypocrisy in renewables crusade

The blatant double standards in the application of land clearance rules between agriculture and mining on the one hand and renewable energy on the other is fuelling community anger.

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Daniel Andrews resigned as Victorian premier last week, leaving a legacy far beyond lockdowns.

Voluntary death and a trans Trojan horse: Andrews’ other wins

If the boffins in the Wuhan lab engineered Covid-19 to suit a particular kind of leader, Daniel Andrews would have been the one they had in mind.

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