At a time where the prevailing cultural narrative is one of decline, it is important that we develop a positive story and hopeful vision for the future rooted in human flourishing and prosperity. By Freya Leach.
Read MoreOur national narrative once inspired generations of Australians and gave them hope for the future. But that has changed, with young people today increasingly pessimistic despite growing up in the most technologically advanced and prosperous society in human history. By Alexander Downer.
Read MoreThe Liberal Party must pitch its tent across both the cities and suburbs or risk political oblivion. By Andrew Bragg.
Read MoreA complacent Australia is displaying a worrying lack of attunement to the dangers that threaten our peace and stability. By John Anderson.
Read MoreThe Prime Minister deserves credit for his refusal to buckle to demands to dis-endorse Katherine Deves as the Liberal candidate for Warringah. By Nick Cater.
Read MoreMember for Willoughby Tim James gives voice to the enduring principles of Australian Liberalism as he delivers his maiden speech to the NSW Parliament.
Read MoreMargaret Cameron-Ash challenges the prevailing orthodoxy behind Australia’s foundational narrative. Review by Nick Cater.
Read MoreThe thoughts and words of the common people as revealed in the thousands of letters sent to Robert Menzies during his prime ministership provide an intimate portrait of the Australia he led. By David Furse-Roberts.
Read MoreRobert Menzies’ conviction and values makes him the standard bearer for liberalism and the Party he founded, argues Josh Frydenberg as he officially opens the Robert Menzies Institute.
Read MoreThe Presbyterianism of a young Robert Menzies had a foundational role in shaping his liberal philosophy and anti-sectarian views. By David Furse-Roberts.
Read MoreRobert Menzies’ guiding principles on the freedom to worship have assumed a new urgency in an era of rising religious intolerance. By David Furse-Roberts.
Read MoreRobert Menzies’ strong sense of spirituality informed his political philosophy and attitude to the key policy issues of post war Australia. By David Furse-Roberts.
Read MoreWe have a duty to revive liberalism and wind back the power of the state in post-pandemic Australia. By Nick Cater.
Read MoreMany Western democracies seem to lack conviction in their own foundational beliefs. Our polities are the poorer for it. By John Anderson.
Read MoreSecularism may be a hallmark of contemporary society but the intersectionality of faith, politics and public policy is enduring, argues Tim James in this review of God & Menzies.
Read MoreRobert Menzies was not shy in promulgating the importance of Christianity to a democratic, peaceful and free Australia. By John Anderson.
Read MoreAs a casualty of the culture wars, education is indoctrinating students with PC language and group think, writes Kevin Donnelly in this edited extract from Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March - an anthology about the origins of the culture wars.
Read MoreUnder Woke convention it’s hard to know who can gather together and what can be spoken about without feeling bad about it. By Beverley McArthur.
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