4 March 2025 Published in the National Post —— There is no point adding to the chorus of dismay currently being directed at U.S. president Donald Trump because it won’t do any good and will almost certainly make a bad situation worse. Instead America’s erstwhile allies just need to accept that there is now no…
28 February 2025 Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi E&OE —— Events like this, that bring thinkers and leaders together from different perspectives, are vital because the world is more fraught than in many years. The Ukraine war might soon end with Russian aggression rewarded. The Gaza war could soon peter out with Hamas intact. And China…
24 February 2025 Based on remarks originally delivered to the Danube Institute in London Published in the Australian —— There’s been a lot to cheer in Donald Trump’s first month in office. He’s sacked diversity hires, declared that there are only two genders, swept away politically correct censorship, and pulled out of Paris saying that…
18 February 2025 Published in the Daily Telegraph —— “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” said John F Kennedy in 1961. For too long, decent people have been too passive as utopian ideas about the end of history have led to military weakness, climate catastrophism…
3 January 2025 Published in the National Post —— The current turmoil inside the Trudeau government makes a future Conservative win even more likely. Naturally enough, shrewd politician that he is, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be taking nothing for granted and will be trying to win every possible vote. Still, after almost a decade…
23 December 2024 St Patrick’s Cathedral, MelbourneE&OE —— It’s an honour to be giving this address, on behalf of the Andrews family; because for all his achievements on the national stage, it’s the family that Kevin and Margaret have built, inside their home – with five wonderful children and their spouses, and seven adored grandchildren…
11 December 2024 Published in The Wall Street Journal —— JD Vance is tired of Washington lawmakers who believe they can “remake the entire world in America’s image.” So he said in an October podcast with Joe Rogan, adding that the Iraq war was America’s “biggest world-historical catastrophe.” This came after insights into issues as…
11 December 2024 Published in The Australian. Based on remarks given to Danube Institute-Heritage Foundation Forum in Washington DC —— John Howard was right when he famously declared, in the run-up to the 2001 Australian election: “we shall decide who comes to this country and the circumstances under which they come”. Immigration has such ramification…
7 December 2024 Published in The Daily Telegraph —— Just because a horror is hard to eradicate, or has been around a long time, doesn’t make it any less vile. Nor should any prime minister use that as an excuse to be feeble in the face of it. Ever since the October 7 atrocity, the…
7 November 2024 Published in The Australian. —— Rightly or wrongly, for better or for worse, the president of the US is the leader of the free world and therefore our president too. That’s why it’s the job of the Australian prime minister to work as closely as possible with the president of the day…
