Climate change science is "settled," we are told by activists, politicians, media and official science bodies. It is our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) that is supposedly causing a climate crisis ...

Since 2014, the Chinese and Russian central banks have tried to move out of US Treasury holdings, preferring the magic of gold. In 2022, the latter went so far as to link its currency, the ruble, to ...

Post election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or “faction” – fiction based on fact – giving psychological support to the narrator, or ...

I was privileged to attend the inaugural Jewish News Syndicate International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on 27/28 April (JNS Conference) – but shocked to find that none of the well- credentialled ...

The other issue is the sense in which people use the word Trump. Not everyone is negative towards Trump, nor do they necessarily tie Dutton, or the Coalition to Trump. So one moving against the LNP ...

I began writing about HKOPS within days of its publication – even making contact with Shihabi – who co-operated with me in publishing an article detailing the features of HKOPS. For reasons unstated ...

When Labor unaccountably lost Election 2019, inhouse reviewers Craig Emerson and Jay Weatherill summarised problems in 500 words. Key message: Labor should position itself as a party of economic ...

There’s a great line from the comedy show Kath & Kim, where the very suburban Kim expresses her desire to be like affluent city people. “I want to be effluent Mum," she says. "You ARE effluent, Kim," ...