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 |  | Don't be Hastie, the joke's on you Some people can't take a joke, but it's not unusual for whole groups of people to miss a joke entirely. By Graham Young - 2/10/2026 | 25 | 2 days ago |
| | Australia needs to reduce oil imports What's cheap in the short term can be very expensive in the long term, and unreliable. By Tim Butler - 7/10/2026 | 24 | 45 mins ago |
| | GST carve-up leaves Qld, WA short-changed In the carving up of GST share, one state’s costly mistakes can become everybody else’s fiscal problem. By Graham Young - 17/9/2026 | 5 | 21 days ago |
| | Armageddon and artificial intelligence Fears that AI is primed to wipe out humanity exist in the realm of fantasy, meanwhile in real life there are limits. By John Mikkelsen - 21/9/2026 | 5 | 18 days ago |
| | The volcanic escalation on Java is a threat of potential regional chaos 150 million people live on Java, the most heavily populated island in the world. A the consequences of a volcanic disaster for them wouldn't be confined to Indonesia. By Murray Hunter - 11/9/2026 | 4 | 27 days ago |
| | The stockpile is over: why Australian businesses are rethinking the role of inventory Australian manufacturers have slashed the stock on their shelves. Is this newfound efficiency - or the quiet removal of their last buffer against disruption? By Jarrod Adam - 16/9/2026 | 4 | 25 days ago |
| | Alarmist ‘Newspeak’ is poisoning the climate debate George Orwell's insight was that while the reality behind words doesn't change, the words we use may limit how we can think about it. By Tom Harris - 5/10/2026 | 4 | 6 days ago |
| | Has ANZUS turned Australia into a target From a Chinese strategic perspective, as one analyst put it, Australia is less a host of US bases than a US base in its own right, a significant piece of real estate in America’s Pacific warfighting architecture. By Murray Hunter - 14/9/2026 | 3 | 27 days ago |
| | Governments ignored scientists warning that climate scare was based on implausible scenarios It's a failure of economics more than it is a failing of climate science. By Tom Harris - 23/9/2026 | 3 | 15 days ago |
| | When everything becomes a mental illness Mental health may indeed be one of medicine’s great remaining frontiers. But acknowledging uncertainty is part of understanding the problem. By David Leyonhjelm - 25/9/2026 | 3 | 16 days ago |
| | Reconstituting the United Nations for collective security – we need a popular campaign! A UN which carried a big stick. Now that would change international relations. By Barry York - 23/9/2026 | 3 | 16 days ago |
| | Treasury’s massive ‘intergenerational’ immigration crushes democracy Imagine a calmer and safer post-Bondi Australia. Immigration is low, and less divisive. Government need not lie about it all the time, nor continually attack citizen-voters. By Stephen Saunders - 29/9/2026 | 2 | 12 days ago |
| | The rate is normal; the debt isn't If the rate is ordinary and the pain is extraordinary, the rate is the trigger, not the cause. By Anish Puri - 30/9/2026 | 2 | 11 days ago |
| | Gangsterism runs unchecked, while our governments largely refuse to act Union corruption inflates building costs while tobacco taxes feed a violent black market. Australia’s gangster problem demands a change of policy - and perhaps a change of government. By Brendan O'Reilly - 1/10/2026 | 2 | 10 days ago |
| | Counterfeit righteousness: Anthropic, AI and the pacing fallacy The architects of artificial superintelligence now warn that it could escape control, cripple the internet and even extinguish humanity. So why did they develop it? By Binoy Kampmark - 22/9/2026 | 2 | 19 days ago |
| | Weaponised domestic violence orders - state sanctioned parental alienation A civil penalty can morph into a crime at the same time denying a parent access to their children on the basis of no evidence. By Bettina Arndt - 6/10/2026 | 1 | 4 days ago |
| | When did obesity become a drug deficiency? I treating the symptoms better than treating the cause? Can the cause be treated? By Joseph Varon - 8/10/2026 | 1 | 2 days ago |
| | Economics says Australia should have negative migration Elected members imagine themselves trapped between an economy needing immigrants and a public wanting fewer. It’s time they questioned their assumptions. By Cathal Leslie - 24/9/2026 | 1 | 17 days ago |
| | AI: the regulators want a kill switch, the investors want to restrict competition Artificial intelligence has been under development for 70 years. Why, just as it becomes commercially valuable, are we suddenly being told it could extinguish humanity? By Murray Hunter - 28/9/2026 | 1 | 13 days ago |
| | The demographics of war Does war serve a purpose to nature that makes it inevitable rather than senseless? By Peter Curson - 28/9/2026 | 1 | 13 days ago |
| | Blue Waterways: reconnecting Europe through its rivers Europe's rivers have provided connection over centuries, but the modern world requires more than just water. By Marija Cekmariova - 29/9/2026 | 1 | 12 days ago |
| | Four Corners and the decline of an icon of Australian media A television program that once forged Australian media culture has now surrendered autonomy and found a worked-out doctrine. By David Hutchens - 30/9/2026 | 1 | 11 days ago |
| | Intelligence agencies, AI, and the new battlefield for public opinion What begins as a neutral tool quickly becomes attuned to the data it encounters. This adaptability is now being exploited in a systematic manner. By Murray Hunter - 30/9/2026 | 1 | 11 days ago |
| | Throwing the first stone When does your past stop being your present and future? By John Mikkelsen - 22/9/2026 | 1 | 19 days ago |
| | Australia can’t outbid a blockade Rich countries are insulated from the worst of commodity markets, but there are some things money can't buy. By Tim Butler - 21/9/2026 | 1 | 20 days ago |
| | A topical task of multilateral diplomacy The UN wants to revive the dream of a new international economic order. Can it turn half-century-old promises into action? By Ioan Voicu - 16/9/2026 | 1 | 25 days ago |