(2026) No Sense in Sovereign Power
Published in slightly edited form in The Australian Financial Review under the heading ‘If nationalised electricity is the Tomago solution, what is the question?’ on
Published in slightly edited form in The Australian Financial Review under the heading ‘If nationalised electricity is the Tomago solution, what is the question?’ on
The Spanish Civil War has troubled me since I was 19. I read George Orwell then, appreciated his critique of the war, his 1937 essay
Who is he, the only man involved in the 2026 Adelaide Writers Week (AWW) imbroglio not turned to custard?
Article published on-line in the Australian Financial Review on 15 December and inprint on 17 December 2025, p. 31, https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/what-australia-must-do-now-to-confront-antisemitism-20251215-p5nnpb Australians are proud of our social cohesion, respect
Welcome to Afternoon Light, the podcast of the Robert Menzies Institute by Georgina Downer.
Very little has appeared concerning the cultured Scots suffragist and socialist activist Elizabeth or Eliza, as she liked to be called, Anderson (1863-1942).
No one looks great, fifty years after the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.
The purpose of this chapter is to sketch what happened in foreign policy in the first term of the Albanese-led Labor government, and to provide context and analysis of the bigger picture. The word ‘drift’ conveys direction of policy and action, rather than uncertain navigation.
It was not long ago that Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was the hope of the Trump-admiring, MAGA-lite faction of the Liberal Party. Her campaign against the Voice referendum, her earthy wisdom and admirable life story, enthused the “after dark” crowd.
How did we get to here? This weird, startling, savage, ‘new normal’ of anti-Jew hatred?
A lot is being asked of Israelis, the Jewish diaspora, and friends right now.