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The Bondi terror attack was a moment of national horror. Fifteen people were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration, targeted because they were Jewish. It was an act of antisemitic terror, and it deserved the strongest moral condemnation and action the country could muster. What it did not require was a new regime of speech laws. […]

The Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack was the worst terrorist atrocity, committed against Australians, on Australian soil ever. And it has exposed a familiar and deeply troubling pattern: the Prime Minister’s instinct to deflect from ideological violence by gaslighting law abiding Australians. In this case – licensed gun owners. This was not a random attack by

While pensioners shiver through winter because they can’t afford heating, while families ration groceries to make rent, and while young Australians abandon the dream of homeownership, some of our elected representatives appear to glide above these pressures—comfortably insulated by taxpayer-funded perks. Recent revelations involving Communications Minister Anika Wells, who enjoyed taxpayer-funded lunches and extensive flights

Centre-right parties in the UK and Australia face growing challenges as populist leaders like Nigel Farage and Pauline Hanson reshape politics with distinct styles and visions.

Background and History: Shortly after Federation in 1901, the two major non-Labor parties, the Protectionist Party and the Free Trade Party, merged in 1909 to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party.  Alfred Deakin and Joseph Cook led this first formal conservative-liberal alliance in opposition to Labor’s socialist policies. World War I saw a new merger of

Many have sought to provide post-mortem analyses of the Opposition following the Federal Election.  The so-called Trump factor, bad policies, factional infighting, too far to the right or the left, uncosted nuclear power, lack of tax reforms, big spending, small-target strategy… and so on. Here’s my summary in just two words: zero leadership! The current

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be my disciple (Luke 14:26)

Last night, Rob and I celebrated something truly special—our 47th wedding anniversary. Forty-seven years! It feels like a lifetime, yet at the same time, I can still remember the day we stood together in Mount Gambier, South Australia, both just 18 years old, promising forever. Back then, we had no idea what lay ahead, no

In this post I am going to unpack the sin of envy. If we open the door, envy will embed itself in our soul and strangle our joy. Envy is the poison of the soul. It is a sin that silently but surely corrodes relationships, destroys contentment, and fuels resentment. Unlike other sins, which may be

Claims by those speaking for the trans-lobby that puberty blockers are both safe and fully reversible are dangerously false. I am no medical expert, but the independent review commissioned by NHS England in 2020, led by Dr Hilary Cass, raises serious concerns about both the safety and reversibility of these puberty suppressing treatments. The Cass