The opposition’s success in extracting concessions to create more of a level playing field in the Voice debate represents a triumph over cancel culture. By Nick Cater.
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An otherwise clear-headed government stumbled badly on energy policy. By Nick Cater.
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The Victorian government has conceded the state doesn’t have enough land to build wind turbines at the scale required to meet its carbon neutral goals using only renewables. Rather than exploring other low-carbon power sources, the government is doubling down on its renewables obsession by considering offshore wind turbines. By Nick Cater.
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Having brought Labor over the line on nuclear subs, the next logical step for Anthony Albanese is lifting the ban on a civil nuclear industry. By Nick Cater.
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The biggest threat to the Liberal brand should the NSW Coalition form minority government is the horse trading required to appease a radical leftist crossbench. By Amanda Stoker.
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Statement from Paul Espie, Chairman of the Board of the Menzies Research Centre.
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Rather than picking the low hanging fruit of NDIS fraud, Bill Shorten should focus on meaningful reform of the scheme that he helped create. By Nick Cater.
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Matt Hancock and Daniel Andrews both embody the kind of politician that Robert Menzies called out decades earlier during the height of World War Two – those who cultivate a fear-based narrative out of fear of losing their grip on power. By Nick Cater.
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The elitist rhetoric from Yes campaigners is not dissimilar to the narrative developed by the left to explain away the phenomena of Donald Trump or the Brexit referendum. By Nick Cater.
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There’s a gap between Labor’s rhetoric on merit-based appointments and its score settling actions against members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. By Amanda Stoker.
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Recent developments in the US offer clues as to the direction Jim Chalmers may take super in his brave new world of socially aligned capitalism. By Nick Cater.
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The government’s top down approach, evasion of detail and lack of respect for proper process is hurting the voice. By Julian Leeser.
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Small communities bear the brunt of Labor’s renewable targets. Yet local objections to industrial scale wind farms are rarely heard. By Nick Cater.
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The Sussexes’ claims of serial victimhood are symptomatic of a modern cultural malaise where there is no need to pass a means test to be classified as oppressed. By Nick Cater.
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The government is set to legislate an objective for superannuation that will disempower Australians from controlling their own savings. By Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski.
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Superannuation is Australians’ money. It is not a piggy bank to be spent or taxed to fill budget holes. By Angus Taylor.
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Proposals designed to help achieve justice for victims of sexual crimes are made with good intentions. But these reforms could permanently undermine our justice system in a way that harms everyone. By Amanda Stoker.
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Labor’s renewable energy zeal has blinded it to the uncomfortable truth about solar panels made in China. By Nick Cater.
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