Month: February 2026

By Denis Hay   Description Economics education reform is spreading globally. This article explains why it is resisted, who resists it, and how Australia can teach economics that reflects reality. Introduction Economics education reform has […]

By James Moore “No one leaves home, unless home is the mouth of a shark” (Warsan Shire, author). Only a week had passed since we had moved into an adobe duplex about ten minutes north […]

New Liberal leader Angus Taylor has announced a bold new plan to restore “Australian values,” reduce cost-of-living pressures, and reintroduce a door policy at the national border. “It is clear that numbers have been too […]

The Farrer by-election offers a real opportunity for Australian Progressive Politics. This by-election is a potential change-maker. Conservative representatives have an enormous swathe of regional federal electorates across Australia. In Queensland, these conservative electorates extend […]

For generations, Australians were taught that Britain “settled” an unoccupied land. Many First Nations people reject that description entirely, calling 1788 an invasion. The dispute is not merely semantic. It turns on a legal question […]

The placards rise in neat, Instagrammable formation outside the buttery yellow sandstone of Sydney Town Hall in summer sun. A sea of cardboard rectangles held aloft, their edges crisp and unbent. Some are neon-bright; electric […]

By Walt Zlowtow President Trump recapped his sixth meeting this year with his real boss, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, by stating it will be “very traumatic” for Iran if a nuclear deal isn’t reached […]

The eulogies are starting to wear thin. The lamented passing of the rules and law-based order only makes sense to those who believed that such rules and laws existed in the first place. How easy […]

A story about domestic violence The conference buzzed around me, the scent of coffee a constant background presence. But all I could see were the bruises – a stark testament to the story being told. […]

Publisher’s Note: The following document was discovered among the ruins of the Library of Elara, buried beneath volcanic ash for approximately 10,000 years. Linguists believe it to be a transcript of conversations between the Creator […]

By Denis Hay   Description An evidence-based analysis of Australia’s economics of war, opportunity costs, and how public money choices shape national security and social stability. Introduction Australia’s defence spending is rising at a time […]