Ukraine and Australia share some things in common, despite being on opposite sides of the world. We are middle-sized nations, not big but not small,…
Ukraine and Australia share some things in common, despite being on opposite sides of the world. We are middle-sized nations, not big but not small,…
This post first appeared in the Australian Sensible Centre newsletter. Australia’s system of post-school education is a mess. There is no national consensus as to…
Australia is headed towards becoming Asia’s poor cousin. The major parties have given up on economic reform, productivity and innovation. Their approaches on these issues…
This post firs appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The contract signed by the Australian government to purchase 12 Attack-class submarines from…
Here is our Blueprint for Government. 1. No more enquiries. We don’t need any more Royal Commissions, reviews or enquiries. We have all the information we…
This post first appeared in the newsletter of the Sensible Centre. Covid lockdowns have had many predictable impacts. But they have also had one surprising…
The big irony for many parents who have found ourselves schooling our kids at home in the last year is that education departments and teacher…
This is our 10-Point Plan for exiting the covid stalemate. 1. Australian governments should stop trying to eradicate community transmission of the virus. It cannot be eradicated….
Many of us have joined a political party at some point in the past, but found it to be a disappointing experience. We found we…
This post first appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The disconnect between the day-to-day business of our political institutions and the long…
This post was first published in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. For 30 years now, our major parties have promised to respond seriously…
The ‘culture wars’ are a creation of Left and Right, imposed on us by activists, journalists and government agencies as their disconnect from civil society…