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Liberal Party: reform and rebuild

20 May 2025 5:00 am

Families are the forgotten people

The cost-of-living’s dirty secret

19 May 2025 2:00 am

Every Australian voiced an opinion about the cost-of-living crisis during the months leading into the Australian federal election. The election…

The smoking ruins of Mordor

19 May 2025 1:20 am

As we stand amidst the black, smoking ruins of the 2025 election, there are two or three small green shoots.…

Why Australia should watch Istanbul

19 May 2025 1:00 am

Fragile peace talks in Ukraine signal wider stakes

An island of strangers

18 May 2025 3:55 pm

Is this the end of the UK’s open borders experiment?

We can do better than the WHO

18 May 2025 3:05 pm

Countries should be in control of their health

The last thing the Liberals need are gender quotas

17 May 2025 4:22 pm

The Liberal Party is scrambling for solutions to broaden the party’s appeal after a crushing election defeat, with some suggesting…

It’s time to kick up a stink

17 May 2025 12:20 pm

Conservatives should become activists for their cause

Chris Bowen’s socialist, energy-poor future

17 May 2025 1:00 am

Anthony ‘Albo’ Albanese is determined to undermine (poor pun) Australia’s economy in pursuit of a socialist, energy-poor future. The evidence…

Beyond the sliding doors election

16 May 2025 3:44 pm

‘This election…is a sliding doors moment for our nation,’ declared Peter Dutton, and maybe he was right, and in ways…

Even a meme can expose a lack of values

16 May 2025 1:32 pm

Why Young Liberal social media campaign failed

Let’s give Sussan Ley a chance

16 May 2025 12:51 pm

The knives have come out for Sussan Ley. She is being attacked from both the left and the right. But,…

A Trump trade deal might not protect free speech or religious freedom

15 May 2025 2:09 pm

Trump’s tough love tariffs have produced a massive ‘reciprocal’ trade deal with the United Kingdom. Anxious, Prime Minister Kier Starmer…

Chris Bowen vs the laws of physics

15 May 2025 11:55 am

The Net Zero Titanic is headed for an iceberg

Nietzsche, American Pie, and Pauline

15 May 2025 10:39 am

I was inspired this morning to write something about the election, which, until then, I had been reluctant to do,…

Education must be freed from ‘social engineering’

15 May 2025 8:11 am

‘I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I…

How Albanese’s Super Plan could lead to capital flight

13 May 2025 4:27 pm

Anthony Albanese’s decision to resurrect Division 296 – the levy that taxes super balances above $3 million on their unrealised…

The Great Liberal Split of 2025

13 May 2025 12:10 pm

The wets have won. Now their empire stretches over the remains of Menzies’ Child. Echoing the Great Labor Split of…

Democracy: a vanishing ideal

13 May 2025 9:17 am

It is never a good idea to seek to save ‘democracy’ by destroying it. Nevertheless, this is now happening in…

Reform Oz? One Nation or bust

13 May 2025 8:55 am

The success of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is dominating conservative thinking in Australia. Some see Gerard Rennick as the…

Farage: the Reform Australia needs

12 May 2025 4:41 pm

The surge in popularity of the UK Reform Party should provide some thought for the future of the declining Australian…

Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest

12 May 2025 4:28 pm

The National Party had a chance to give conservatives a sense of dignity by electing Matt Canavan as their new…

Happy Unpaid Domestic Worker Day

12 May 2025 10:39 am

Or as the rest of the world calls it, Mother’s Day

Politicians shouldn’t be friends

12 May 2025 8:48 am

Should political foes be friends? We who live in Western Democracies are quick to answer with a resounding ‘yes’. This…

What the leadership needs is unapologetic historical Liberalism

11 May 2025 10:15 pm

As the Liberal party licks its wounds after last weekend’s defeat, it must reckon with how far its political judgment…