Who would you rather be, Israel or Ukraine?
Once, an alliance with the US meant a country could not be attacked with impunity. Now, it’s more likely to mean an American ally will have its self-defence interfered with – seriously.
Once, an alliance with the US meant a country could not be attacked with impunity. Now, it’s more likely to mean an American ally will have its self-defence interfered with – seriously.
As Peter Dutton has shown, even in Victoria the Liberals can be competitive. If only John Pesutto had shown as much fight against Labor as he has against Moira Deeming.
Labor-lite Liberals generally end up alienating traditional Lib voters without winning over ALP ones. Voters normally prefer the genuine article to pretenders.
In the same way John Howard realised One Nation would totally discredit mainstream conservatism modern Labor needs to go to war with the Greens.
As long as our mental landscape is dominated by manifestations of Indigenous separatism the voice will simply be a battle won in the lost war for a united Australia.
If last week’s Federal Court decision goes unchallenged, then officially sex is no longer anchored in biology, at least for the purposes of the Sex Discrimination Act.
Do we accept immigrants because we’re a decent country that welcomes people seeking a better life? Or must we accept immigrants because we’re a rich country with a duty to atone for our racist past?
Whatever their mistakes, Hawke and Keating, unlike this generation of Labor leaders, understood that private business was the engine of wealth creation and the best way to help workers was for employers to succeed.
Are we rich, selfish countries tainted by racism, for which mass immigration is an act of atonement and reparation? Everywhere, the faultlines are opening.
Instead of joining Team Australia where everyone accepts that Australia is home and strives to be part of a cohesive community, this new report thinks that we should live in Hotel Australia.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/peta-credlin/page/3