The former Vietnam veteran, member of the NSW and Federal Parliaments and Deputy PM was a progressive conservative who helped rebuild the nationals.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison tells a Great Hall full of Public Servants that it is politicians who must make the key political decisions.
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The Victorian Government’s commitment to renewable energy will cost the state dearly in jobs and power bills. But who will pay to keep the state running?
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Wages in the public sector – a third of the Australian workforce – are growing too fast and without critical gains in productivity, says Tim James.
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The last surviving Liberal member of Robert Menzies’ ministry died this week. He was a highly distinguished soldier, politician and servant of Australia
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The opponents of conservatism are now almost indistinguishable from satire. No wonder voters are flocking back to the centre right.
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The superannuation industry is decreasingly interested in achieving the best returns for the people whose money they manage. By NSW Senator Andrew Bragg.
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They are boomers, hear them roar. Labor is mistakenly chasing young voters when in fact it is the over-55s who swing elections
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Given the choice, most workers would prefer to invest in their family home than super. Sadly, that’s not how retirement saving works.
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The findings from the annual longitudinal survey of Australian income and employment trends are not as grim as the usual cynics would have you believe, says Tim James
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The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a radical manifesto by inner-city protesters that will enfeeble Parliament and not solve indigenous disadvantage, says Nick Cater.
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It may be counterintuitive to a free-market liberal, but the Snowy Hydro 2.0 might be the best investment in infrastructure we could make, says Nick Cater.
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The self-esteem movement was created by the Californian Government, and has led to widespread neuroses, infantile adults and a multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry.
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After voting decisively to leave the EU, Britain is now hobbled by second thoughts and ineffective MPs. Meanwhile, world trade shifts away from Europe.
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As the MRC celebrates its first quarter-century, it is timely to remember that Menzies-style liberalism is the true driver of modernism and prosperity in Australia, says Nick Cater.
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Even fundamental libertarians cannot deny the mutual responsibility we have towards each other, including people inclined to make stupid decisions. By Fred Pawle
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The Four Corners investigation into the Murray-Darling scheme typically targeted big business while ignoring the benefits to the river and small operators, says James Mathias.
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Unlike their millennial predecessors, generation z prefer home-making and raising a family to travelling. They are part of the new conservatism. By Wyatt Batt.
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