In the hit series Boss, Chicago mayor Tom Kane, played by Kelsey Grammer, reflects on a foundational mayor of that great city, Anton Cermak, who brought together the warring tribes, …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has brought forward the date for the closure of Greece’s last coal fired power stations to 2025. Whilst this is admirable in terms of addressing …

The editor of the Herald Sun, Sam Weir, while introducing the paper’s Mission Zero special reports, noted that: “The climate change debate in Australia has often been used as a …

Matthew Guy 2.0 and the ongoing IBAC debacle have improved the Liberals’ chances, but not enough to win. Mr Guy has learnt the value of quietly putting a message of …

The violence we have recently seen from a minority of anti-vax protesters is unacceptable and police should arrest and fine especially violent participants. It’s their job. The fact that some …

In September 2019, I wrote about our defence deal with France which would deliver inferior, outdated submarines and that we must consider the nuclear submarine option. Paying the break fee …

A friend of mine recently asked: “Is Dan a dictator, as some in the media and many in the streets claim?” The question was borne of frustration and tears for …

The ancient Greeks endlessly debated the role of democracy, a developed language, education and the role of practical and theoretical knowledge in the construction of what they referred to as …

I sometimes wonder whether our Chief Health Officers (CHOs) around the country even bother to look at what is going on overseas in other Western countries. When will they open …

One good thing about lockdowns is it gives you a chance to do some reading. Recently I rediscovered a book written by humanist philosopher, Herbert Marcuse, more than half a …