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How not to waste Gonski school funding

Oped by TRISHA JHA in the Australian Financial Review

Blame bigger government for falling living standards

Oped by NICHOLAS MOORE and TOM SWITZER in AFR

Amid all the hype about DOGE, we should be watching closely

Oped by SIMON COWAN in The Canberra Times

This is pure snake oil. And a diversion from policies that made our lives better

Oped by ROBERT CARLING and SIMON COWAN in The Canberra Times

Time to say bye-bye to the wokerati’s bullying tactics

Oped by SIMON HEFFER in The Australian

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Trump’s goal to end Ukraine war makes moral sense

Tom Switzer · 04 March 2025

Fractured Loyalties. Australian citizenship and the crisis of civic virtue

Peter Kurti · 06 March 2025

What Really Works in Indigenous Policy? | Senator Kerrynne Liddle

Senator Kerrynne Liddle · 06 March 2025

Why the Next Wave of Feminism is Conservative

Louise Perry · 11 March 2025

Matters of the Heart: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Matters of the Heart: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on Strength and Survival

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · 14 March 2025

The Darkest Path

The Darkest Path: The Puzzling Resilience of Antisemitism

Rabbi Ben Elton · 19 March 2025