The ABC’s growing sense of hubris strengthens the case for an independent broadcasting ombudsman. By Nick Cater.
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Victoria’s latest lockdown shows that flattening the curve has somehow morphed into an unspoken and impossible strategy of elimination. By Beverley McArthur.
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Elizabeth Lee draws on her own lived experience to provide a powerful reminder of the universality of Liberal values as she welcomes delegates to Federal Council. Read an edited transcript of her speech.
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Everyone is seeing the Asian opportunity. Fewer are seeing the tropics, and therein lies a tremendous opportunity for Northern Australia. By Andrew Robb.
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The resurgence of the Wuhan lab leak theory has cast doubt on expert certainty. By Nick Cater.
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As a casualty of the culture wars, education is indoctrinating students with PC language and group think, writes Kevin Donnelly in this edited extract from Cancel Culture and the Left’s Long March - an anthology about the origins of the culture wars.
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Robert Menzies believed the moral character of its citizens was essential to the survival of a free and democratic society. By David Furse-Roberts.
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The Prime Minister’s recent speech on identity politics is significant. It is less about what we should be doing in government but why we as Liberals should be doing it. By Nick Cater.
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Under Woke convention it’s hard to know who can gather together and what can be spoken about without feeling bad about it. By Beverley McArthur.
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It’s hard to justify a publicly funded broadcaster that appeals predominantly to old, male lefties. By Nick Cater.
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The road to emissions reduction needs to be responsible and sustainable, argues Angus Taylor as he reinforces the case for a gas fired recovery. The following is an edited transcript of a speech to the Sydney Institute.
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Far from being the tiger in the nation’s economic tank, Victoria is more akin to the goldfish in a bowl - suffering memory loss and going nowhere. By Beverley McArthur.
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The pragmatism of Budget 2021-22 sets Australia on a world beating pathway to economic recovery, argues the Federal Treasurer in a speech to the MRC. The following is an edited transcript.
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Labor’s position on housing shows the party has learned nothing from the errors of the Rudd and Gillard governments. By Nick Cater.
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The draft national curriculum confuses the teaching of history with a quest for social justice and discards factual accuracy in the process. By Henry Ergas.
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The national curriculum, like so much else in the way we run schools, is a Labor project that has failed to deliver what it promised. By Nick Cater.
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Was Menzies a conservative or a progressive? It is a question that only makes sense if we retroject modern meanings of these terms back onto Menzies. By Stephen Chavura.
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Embracing a quota for suburban women is the outcome to victory, argues Kristy McSweeney in her opening remarks at The Gender Agenda event in Melbourne.
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