4 December 2025 Location Published E&OE —— It’s good that we’re meeting here in Washington, where the main conservative party is not just in office but in power. And what’s not to like about building the wall, two genders only, making government more efficient, and drill baby drill? Yet elsewhere in the Anglosphere, it’s not…
Speech notes from Anne Henderson’s Paul Hasluck Monograph Launch 11 November 2025 E&OE —— This slim but immensely readable and sharply drawn life of Sir Paul Hasluck is Anne Henderson’s latest luminous contribution to our understanding of Australia’s public life, following earlier works such as her biographies of Dame Enid and Joe Lyons (perhaps our…
24 September 2025 Published on Substack E&OE —— It’s wonderful to be here in Brisbane! It’s wonderful to be with so many people who love our country and want it to be better. Like me, I am sure that you believe that this is the best country in the world. Our job is to keep…
