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Carnival season
On freedom, duty, and the car I said I'd never own.
We Liked the Rules-Based Order When It Asked Nothing of Us
On the visit of the Canadian Prime Minister to the Australian parliament.
ASPI’s Cohesion Problem
The report on social trust recommends the instrument that destroys it.
Building nothing: why Australia’s housing crisis never gets solved
Australia has more than ten housing problems. Every government picks one, fixes nothing, and calls it a plan.
The Wheatbelt’s medicare subsidy
WA's smallest councils are spending millions to deliver a healthcare promise the
Commonwealth won't fund
A nation that says ‘urgent’ but spends eventually maybe
One year after a 36-point blueprint declared defence Australia's "no higher priority," implementation suggests a different hierarchy of urgency.
This article was first published in Defence Connect on 9th February 2026.
High Noon in Western Sydney
John Wayne thought High Noon was a story about weakness. The Liberal Party thinks it's a strategy.
Who is the law for?
A pregnant woman was assaulted by her neighbour. He was released and returned next door. The system expected her to manage the risk.
The cost of harmony
Institutions that rely on other people's money fail when accountability is treated as a relationship problem.