01 April 2026 Published on Substack Speech notes from an address to the Danube Institute’s Family Formation and Future Conference E&OE —— Perhaps because it’s a small country, that can’t just think about itself, Hungary excels in hosting big picture discussion; and what could be bigger than population policy, and whether replacing-with-migrants, the babies the-West-won’t-have,…
30 March 2026 Published on Substack —— The impact of Iran war is just the latest sign of the trouble we’re in. Australia might still be the world’s best place to live but we’re letting ourselves down big time and the escalating fuel crisis is yet another symptom of our decline. No one should have…
13 March 2026 Published on Substack —— There’s been a Raisina Dialogue in Delhi every March since 2016. It’s the brainchild of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Narendra Modi’s long-serving foreign minister. Like other global gatherings, it brings together political leaders, senior military commanders, prominent business people, leading journalists, and think tank chiefs to discuss key issues; but…
13 March 2026 Published in the Australian and Substack —— Australian forces have long been fastidious about “rules of engagement”, but sending personnel to their bunks while their US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate takes this combat caution to new levels. What kind of an ally puts its sailors on warships as tourists, should action…
06 March 2026 Originally Published in The Australian —— From an Australian perspective, the most significant thing about the US attack on Iran is that it does not involve us. Even though Australia is the one country that’s been with the United States in every major conflict, ever since American troops first went into action…
14 February 2026 Originally published in The Australian —— Angus Taylor’s accession to the leadership of the Liberal Party and alternative prime minister of Australia is good news for everyone who thinks our country is drifting backwards and needs change. His declaration that he will restore Australians’ standard of living and preserve our way of…
23 Feb 2026 Published on Substack Speech notes from the address to the Advance Australia Conference E&OE —— In my recent book, I declare that Australia is best described as one indissoluble federal Commonwealth under the Crown, with an indigenous heritage, a British foundation, and an immigrant character – and that’s because modern Australia was…
21 February 2026 Originally published in the Spectator Australia —— Now that Angus Taylor is leader, conservative voters should give the Liberal Party a chance to redeem itself: first, because his personal instincts are conservative; and second, because his early statements indicate a determination to lead a party in the best traditions of Robert Menzies…
05 February 2026 Published on Substack E&OE —— As the world’s 14th largest economy, Australia can hardly be America’s most powerful or most important ally, but we have been its most reliable one. Ever since US troops went into action for the first time on the Western Front, on 4 July 1918, at the battle…
26 January 2026 Originally published in the Australian —— If New Year’s Day is a time for personal resolutions, Australia Day should be the time for national ones. If it wasn’t obvious before the Bondi massacre, it certainly should be now. As a nation, we have let ourselves down. That two people, resident here for…
