In times of crisis, centre-right MPs leap instinctively to familiar dry economic ideas, but it pays to remind them of the ultimate centre-right policy: freedom. By Nick Cater.
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South Australia is well positioned to repeat its postwar boom once this COVID-19 pandemic has blown over. By Alex Antic.
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No less an authority than the CSIRO has given fracking the green light. We’re going to need it if we want to bounce back from this COVID-19 lockdown. By Nick Cater.
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The Chinese Communist Party’s refusal to accept responsibility for COVID-19 is no surprise to anybody who has watched it suppress freedom in Hong Kong. By Nick Cater.
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Apocalyptic predictions have, not for the first time, proven to be exaggerated. Heeding them would have been costly and counterproductive. By Nick Cater.
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In the fight against COVID-19, computer modelling is the first casualty. By Nick Cater.
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Unlike in Europe, the safest place for the elderly in Australia is in an aged-care facility. This will be news to those who say the industry is in ‘crisis’. By Nick Cater.
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We must start protecting the economy as well as those vulnerable to COVID-19. Failing to do so will cause more unnecessary hardship. By Nick Cater.
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While Jacinda Ardern takes a sledgehammer to the NZ economy, Scott Morrison relies on social responsibility to minimise the damage. By Nick Cater.
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Australia has taken huge steps towards becoming a police state. We forget the principles of a liberal democracy at our peril. By Nick Cater.
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The evidence from locked down nations such as Spain, France and Italy looks worse by the day. A lockdown might not be the best strategy. By Nick Cater.
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Bad policy is usually devised in response to public anxiety and uninformed commentators. Better solutions are the result of thorough research and calm assessment. By Nick Cater.
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As the political wind changes direction in response to COVID-19, the left is looking increasingly lost and meaningless. Will they learn from their mistake, or double down? By Nick Cater.
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Even if this virus could be cured tomorrow, the economic recovery will be slow and arduous. Urgent reforms are needed for us to bounce back stronger. By Nick Cater.
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Australians born since 1945 are now experiencing the biggest disruption ever to their lives. Are they ready for it? By Nick Cater.
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China’s hamfisted attempts to suppress the cause and extent of coronavirus were never going to work in countries that have free speech and media. By Nick Cater.
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Millennials and Gen Y kids are demanding a greater say in their own future by backing fashionable causes and a murderous political system they are too young to remember. By Nick Cater.
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Victoria’s new Gender Equality Commissioner is just the start of workplace totalitarianism. Small businesses will suffer most. By Nick Cater.
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