The unintended riot near the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra on Australia Day serves as a reminder that Labor has an obsession with Tony Abbott. Yet an empirical examination of … Read More

It is always a good time to remove racially discriminatory provisions from the constitution. Except when such a sensible act might be defeated at a referendum for failing to obtain … Read More

To most of us, June 2009 seems quite a while ago. But not, apparently, to the public servants employed by Fair Work Australia. FWA is a creation of the Gillard … Read More

As the saying goes: ”Can you bear it?” In much of the Western world, the established media is under threat from social media. It is at this time that some … Read More

When minding grandchildren at the beach in shallow water, there is not much to do except listen to the radio. And so it came to pass that on Christmas Day, … Read More

Without question, 2011 was a year replete with hyperbole and false prophecy, which, come to think of it, is typical of our time. JANUARY The new year has barely begun … Read More

Some naive, albeit well meaning, types never learn. Interviewed on ABC metropolitan radio yesterday, the Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young defended onshore processing of asylum seekers in Australia. This despite the … Read More

In July, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to his Australian counterpart, Julia Gillard, supporting Labor’s legislation to introduce a carbon tax leading to an emissions trading scheme on … Read More

Despite what eco-catastrophists believe, forecasting the medium to long-term weather is an uncertain science. However, the current signs indicate that what many hoped would be the Arab Spring might turn … Read More

I am currently in Jerusalem, wondering whether I will be able to make it to London later this week. There is a public-sector strike scheduled for Britain tomorrow, which is … Read More

Like many successful entities, the Australian-American alliance has numerous parents. Interviewed on The Bolt Report this month, the ALP operative John Della Bosca declared: ”The Labor Party created the US alliance.” … Read More

Talk about a serious case of “the vibe”. Australians returning from a period overseas who turned on Insiders last Sunday might have got the impression that Labor and Julia Gillard were … Read More

On Thursday I received an email from the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation. The organisation’s secretariat advised that Ray Finkelstein, QC, and Matthew Ricketson had asked about my … Read More

In all the commentary on the Qantas dispute, perhaps the most salient point was raised by journalist Claire Harvey. She was on the Meet the Press panel on Channel Ten, where … Read More

Visiting the Occupy Sydney demonstration outside the Reserve Bank in Martin Place on Friday was something of a surreal experience. Despite the placard quoting Marxist Che Guevara (“a true revolutionary … Read More