Australia can’t afford to baulk migration debate
Countries have a right and even a duty to keep their character. Having a non-discriminatory immigration policy doesn’t mean accepting everyone from anywhere all the time.
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Why the Trump win is best for Australia: Abbott
The PM must work as closely as possible with the US president of the day regardless of personal preference.
Let’s restore faith, confidence in this nation’s successes
How can a country that’s the least racist and most colourblind on Earth really be a product of invasion, oppression and exploitation? My sense is that Australians are waking up to the travesty foisted upon us.
PM’s Woodside snub says a lot about modern Labor
The engineering Luddites and political breeze-testers currently in charge couldn’t even be bothered politely to acknowledge a 70-year-old Australian success story for fear of transgressing against the climate cult.
Ukraine’s war with evil tyrant Putin is our war as well
It’s not just Moscow that’s geared up for war. Beijing burns to overcome its ‘century of humiliation’ and resume its Middle Kingdom destiny.
West is weak, divided and lacking in self-worth
One of the reasons Russia is now slowly grinding down gallant Ukraine is because the West has helped it enough to avoid defeat, but not to win.
‘Progressive’ push within is splintering centre-right unity
The internal struggle on the right is not between conservatives and liberals, but between conviction and opportunism.
What’s lacking from today’s schooling
The Western world has never been more materially rich, or so spiritually bereft. Here is the antidote.
Astute political guide to making a mark on public life
There have been few to match Ron Boswell as an honourable adornment to Australia’s public life. Among much else, his book is a reminder of how tougher times could produce better men.
Why the future rests on our moral and martial fortitude
We shy from the thought that Mariupol or Gaza could be us. But that’s what beckons if deterrence fails. We are still sleepwalking through lotus land.
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