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Alex Antic: Will he, or won’t he?

Alex Antic: Will he, or won’t he?

Even before the Liberal Party found itself in an existential crisis, whispers were circling South Australian Senator Alex Antic and his future. Will he defect to One Nation? Will he stick it out with the Liberals… Then there was that infamous beer with Cory Bernardi, who has since been elected to the Legislative Council. Statement from Senator Alex ...
The truth about Robert Mueller

The truth about Robert Mueller

In the pantheon of Trump adversaries, Robert Mueller may rank at the very top. Everything about Mueller – his rectitude, his formality, his blueblood ancestry, his lifelong marriage to his high school sweetheart – was anathema to Trump who has sought, as far as possible, to disestablish the Washington establishment. Yesterday, Trump engaged in a round ...
Bowen bends on sulphur, not on nuclear

Bowen bends on sulphur, not on nuclear

Last week the Australian government made an abrupt policy reversal. Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who championed Australia’s ultra-low sulphur petrol standard in late 2025, approved a temporary relaxation from 10 parts per million to around 50 ppm for 60 days. The trigger was localised fuel shortages in regional Australia, driven by Middle East ...
Coalition of three?

Coalition of three?

My friend Ian Plimer, in a recent TV interview, made the bold suggestion of creating the Coalition of Three. While this would raise the eyebrows of some party policy hacks having to deal with ‘yet another group’, I agree totally with Plimer. One Nation, the Nationals, and the Liberal Party should get their act together, and do it now! As Professor ...
A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party

A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party

Immigration has come back to bite the government big time. Shabana Mahmood’s sage campaign to set up Labour as the party of effective immigration control by making it much more difficult to get indefinite leave to remain apparently got official approval and certainly showed signs of electoral promise. But the Home Secretary’s plan seems to have been ...
Britain is experiencing a pilgrimage revival

Britain is experiencing a pilgrimage revival

When Sarah Mullally started her pilgrimage this week, travelling from London to Canterbury, she wasn’t just embracing a tradition in England that once stretched back thousands of years, but speaking to a wider trend: the resurgent popularity of pilgrimage. The Archbishop of Canterbury, due to be enthroned next week, joins an estimated 250,000 Britons ...
Is Australia’s Defence Policy also decided on the steps of the Lakemba Mosque?

Is Australia’s Defence Policy also decided on the steps of the Lakemba Mosque?

In 2012, during a heated Labor caucus meeting, then-Foreign Minister Bob Carr reportedly issued a challenge to his colleagues that has since become a chilling piece of political folklore. Arguing against Julia Gillard’s insistence on maintaining bipartisan policy and not recognising Palestinian delegates at the UN, Carr allegedly demanded to know: ‘How ...
Why we should send a frigate to the Gulf

Why we should send a frigate to the Gulf

We should send a frigate to the Gulf. The government’s advice that it hasn’t been asked to send ships to support shipping through the Straits of Hormuz is pure sophistry. Perhaps no formal request has been made but I doubt whether Trump would have been shy in coming forward with a verbal request when he spoke with Albanese recently. The lack of ...

Alex Antic: Will he, or won’t he?

Alex Antic: Will he, or won’t he?
Even before the Liberal Party found itself in an existential crisis, whispers were circling South Australian Senator Alex Antic and his future. Will he defect to One Nation? Will he stick it out with the Liberals… Then there was that infamous beer with Cory Bernardi, who has since been elected to the Legislative Council. Statement from Senator Alex ...

The truth about Robert Mueller

The truth about Robert Mueller
In the pantheon of Trump adversaries, Robert Mueller may rank at the very top. Everything about Mueller – his rectitude, his formality, his blueblood ancestry, his lifelong marriage to his high school sweetheart – was anathema to Trump who has sought, as far as possible, to disestablish the Washington establishment. Yesterday, Trump engaged in a round ...

Bowen bends on sulphur, not on nuclear

Bowen bends on sulphur, not on nuclear
Last week the Australian government made an abrupt policy reversal. Energy Minister Chris Bowen, who championed Australia’s ultra-low sulphur petrol standard in late 2025, approved a temporary relaxation from 10 parts per million to around 50 ppm for 60 days. The trigger was localised fuel shortages in regional Australia, driven by Middle East ...

Coalition of three?

Coalition of three?
My friend Ian Plimer, in a recent TV interview, made the bold suggestion of creating the Coalition of Three. While this would raise the eyebrows of some party policy hacks having to deal with ‘yet another group’, I agree totally with Plimer. One Nation, the Nationals, and the Liberal Party should get their act together, and do it now! As Professor ...

A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party

A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party
Immigration has come back to bite the government big time. Shabana Mahmood’s sage campaign to set up Labour as the party of effective immigration control by making it much more difficult to get indefinite leave to remain apparently got official approval and certainly showed signs of electoral promise. But the Home Secretary’s plan seems to have been ...

Britain is experiencing a pilgrimage revival

Britain is experiencing a pilgrimage revival
When Sarah Mullally started her pilgrimage this week, travelling from London to Canterbury, she wasn’t just embracing a tradition in England that once stretched back thousands of years, but speaking to a wider trend: the resurgent popularity of pilgrimage. The Archbishop of Canterbury, due to be enthroned next week, joins an estimated 250,000 Britons ...

Is Australia’s Defence Policy also decided on the steps of the Lakemba Mosque?

Is Australia’s Defence Policy also decided on the steps of the Lakemba Mosque?
In 2012, during a heated Labor caucus meeting, then-Foreign Minister Bob Carr reportedly issued a challenge to his colleagues that has since become a chilling piece of political folklore. Arguing against Julia Gillard’s insistence on maintaining bipartisan policy and not recognising Palestinian delegates at the UN, Carr allegedly demanded to know: ‘How ...

Why we should send a frigate to the Gulf

Why we should send a frigate to the Gulf
We should send a frigate to the Gulf. The government’s advice that it hasn’t been asked to send ships to support shipping through the Straits of Hormuz is pure sophistry. Perhaps no formal request has been made but I doubt whether Trump would have been shy in coming forward with a verbal request when he spoke with Albanese recently. The lack of ...