21 September 2023E&OE Amidst all the Ukraine discussion: whether the war against Russian aggression is winnable, and how much military assistance should the democracies give; what’s rather been taken for granted is the resolve of the Ukrainian people, from their president down, to work together, in lock-step, to preserve their national freedom. Of all the…
TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT AC REMARKS TO THIRD DANUBE GEOPOLITICAL SUMMIT BUDAPEST E&OE Put yourself in the shoes of Vladimir Putin in mid-February last year. He’s thinking: Ukraine is a rebel province that should once more be part of greater Russia; the Ukrainians are divided and Zelensky is a flake; the West is…
Doltone House, Sydney E&OE I hesitated a little, when Dan Tehan first suggested that there should be a dinner to mark the tenth anniversary, of the election of the Abbott government, mostly because it should have lasted longer and ended better. Before deciding that it was only-too-right, to celebrate coming back to government in record…
Originally published in The Australian In a calculated pitch to The Australian’s readership and in a sharp change of tactics, the main Yes campaigner, Noel Pearson, now says it’s important to answer people’s questions about the voice. If only he could. No one can say how the voice will be chosen, what powers it will…