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Albanese and Biden’s opportunism on aid deaths is contemptible

The confected outrage over the deaths of Australian Zomi Frankcom and her fellow Gaza aid workers goes way beyond the reaction to earlier wartime...

07.04.2024 10

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A British friend with important lessons for Australia

The UK is a good strategic partner for us. It is also a public policy laboratory for what works – and what does not.

24.03.2024 20

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Wong rebalances China ties while boosting Western collaboration

The foreign minister made the most of China’s realisation that “wolf warrior” bullying has been counterproductive.

24.03.2024 7

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Australia’s under-investment in ASEAN is about them, not us

South-East Asian nations need to become attractive to foreign investors through deregulation and establishing independent and incorruptible legal...

10.03.2024 10

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Keating’s quaint defence of Australia doesn’t grasp regional power politics

Labor has put aside two absurd features of the Keating era: a defence policy designed to deal with direct invasion and the diminution of our US...

25.02.2024 10

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One Nation pales in comparison with vicious and evil Greens

Never has a political party so racist, confrontational and divisive been elected to the Australian parliament.

11.02.2024 20

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Voters want visionary leaders, not managers with a plan

Populists are thriving in the huge gulf between what the masses want for their countries, and what elites think they should have.

28.01.2024 50

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Taiwan’s vote is a crack in the new axis of autocracy

Jiang Zemin told me that liberal democracy is not for China’s people. Taiwan has once again shown this to be nonsense.

14.01.2024 10

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The unknown unknowns of a global year of elections

The electoral choices that Indonesia makes this year should be at least as important to Australians as the primary vote in Iowa.

01.01.2024 10

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Israel-Hamas tangled up in Ivy League identity politics row

The war in Gaza has exposed the splits within Western societies between those who believe in critical theory and those who still believe in the...

17.12.2023 7

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What Kissinger’s foreign policy advice would have been on Israel-Hamas

The Australian government has been trying to balance domestic opinion, rather than articulate clear and simple objectives.

03.12.2023 20

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Activists should know they are marching to destroy Israel

No Palestinian leader would survive conceding to a two-state solution. Most Palestinians want Israel eliminated.

19.11.2023 30

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Economic irrationalism would have Bert Kelly turning in his grave

As our productivity declines and living standards stagnate, we need to find a path back to the formula that helped to transform our economic debate.

05.11.2023 30

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Is the planet staggering towards global conflict?

The best way to stop war spreading is to make it clear to our adversaries the incalculable price they would pay for their bellicose behaviour.

22.10.2023 7

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Yes or No won’t affect Australia’s standing on the world stage

But like Brexit, after the Voice referendum it will take many years for the country to come back together again regardless of the outcome, writes...

08.10.2023 9

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Blowtorch of reality is conservatives’ greatest ally

The Liberal Party should study UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rather than tacking like a yacht to accommodate trends, fashions and fads.

24.09.2023 10

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Australian establishment should learn a lesson from Qantas

If corporate elites want to prosper, they need to get back to their core business of providing quality goods and services to the punters and get out...

10.09.2023 30

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