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October 11, 2023
The ABC unilaterally renaming our major cities and all the other in-your-face Aboriginal themes that now dominate our national life were imposed without any input whatsoever from the Australian people. I imagine we would need a plebiscite to change the Australian Flag but not, apparently, to diminish it
September 27, 2023
It is perfectly clear a law not submitted to voters cannot be approved by them and, therefore, cannot be presented to amend the Constitution. Here behold the Voice referendum question's sleight of hand: the short question Australians are being asked to endorse or reject is not -- repeat is not -- what would be added to the Constitution. Should 'Yes' succeed, it will prevail only until the High Court inevitably rules against it
September 24, 2023
Western Australia tried to become its own country more than once.
December 22, 2022
Bitter politics on The Spectator Australia | I have two mottoes. This first is ‘never look back’ and the second, and more important one in these troubled…
December 1, 2022
'We have a lot of work to do if there is to be any prospect of a successful referendum on the Voice to Parliament, which Indigenous people have put to us as the mode by which they want to be recognised in the Constitution. They have said they want a Voice. Now, we can debate whether it be a Voice to Parliament or a Voice to Parliament and government, or a Voice just about particular laws.' By Frank Brennan
September 19, 2022
It’s a bit of a buzz term - when we say “Australia is a secular country”, are we talking about a freedom *from* religion or a freedom *for* religion?
September 14, 2022
The purpose of the Crown is the embodiment of a nation, its people, history, heritage, type of government, culture, civilisation and religion.
June 3, 2022
Commentary The 31st Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has unveiled his ministry. It consists of a total ...
September 30, 2021
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the willingness of national, state and territory forestry ministers to work together on
January 20, 2021
Suggestions that Western Australia could survive if it seceded from the rest of the nation have been mocked as comic nonsense by a legal expert. Premier Mark McGowans coronavirus border closures have reignited debate over whether the should become independent from the rest of the country. Proponents argue huge iron ore and gold deposits make it not only self-sufficient, but regularly subsidising other parts of Australia. But constitutional lawyer Professor Greg Craven argued the WA economy ...