A so-called Australian immigration crisis is a central election issue, but it’s based on misconceptions easily debunked by any examination of the evidence. Immigration has been a pawn for political ...

I recently attended a demonstration outside both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Israeli Embassy in Wellington. The day before, the Israelis had blown apart 174 children in Gaza in a ...

Environmentalists have failed to transform the underlying social values that drive environmental destruction. Fifteen companies produce 30% of Australia’s greenhouse gases. Mountains provide 60% of ...

The recent victory of the Labor party in Western Australia was remarkable in a number of ways. First, it was more of a rout than a landslide. The Liberal Party had a disastrous election in 2017; 2025 ...

John Menadue recently argued convincingly that the “AUKUS chickens were coming home to roost already”. Shortly thereafter, the Guardian helpfully reported that a “Trump pick for the Pentagon says ...

Peter Dutton’s budget reply Speech is full of distortions and many of the key polices are flawed or we cannot be sure they will work as intended. The Labor Party might be criticised as too cautious, ...

After weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the 2025 federal election for 3 May. A House and ...

I recently joined a small delegation of Pakistani Australian businessmen on a trade and investment investigation mission. During this visit, I witnessed a Pakistan eager to move out of its stagnant ...