Tony Abbott

John Howard famously declared: "we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances under which they come". Twice now, Coalition governments have ended waves of illegal migration by boat, something no other governments have managed to achieve. Since then,

Australia has lost a fine servant with the passing of Neil Andrew, former speaker of the House of Representatives. Neil was one of those long serving MPs for whom representing his constituents was an end in itself, not a stepping stone to something grander. He was an extremely

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To all those worried about the state of conservative politics, Kemi Badenoch’s “Right Way” manifesto will be greatly reassuring. Here is a genuine conservative who believes in freedom, in tradition, and above all, in her country and wants Britain to be its best self. I read this x.com/KemiBadenoch/s…

Is Australia ready for the war over Taiwan that Kevin Rudd has said has a one-in-three chance of happening within three years? The invasion that would almost certainly mean that all our exports to China stop, that all our imports from China stop, that our export income and our

There can be no disagreement with the proposition that, after 1788, there was much conflict between the original inhabitants of Australia and the incoming British settlers. But that's not actually what's at issue today. What's at issue is whether this frontier bloodshed should

Very disappointed at the High Court’s refusal to hear Sall Grover’s appeal. Of course there are only two genders and of course you can’t buck biology. And no one should be in legal trouble for stating the obvious.

Australia's best ever political journalist has finally delivered his considered verdict on the most recent period of Coalition government. The Twilight of Exceptionalism contrasts the successful politics and transformational economics of the Hawke-Keating-Howard era with the

For six days last week, @NovaPeris ran the logistics while I joined Timmy, members of his extended family, project manager Bonface Mbege, plus the Australian boss of the global charity IsraAID, Yossi Eshed, helping local contractors on its first stage: building two outdoor

Joseph Santamaria was an adornment to the judiciary and the legal profession; a deep thinker, a man of high principle and strong faith; and passionately committed to his family, church and country. Except that he eschewed flamboyance and showmanship, he was every bit his late

One reason many Australians are uneasy about the direction of our country is officialdom's rush to make key changes without meaningful public input. When did any elected government make a formal decision to almost double Australia's immigration intake, to fly three flags rather

For those with a grudge against their own country, it’s sustained mass migration, especially from countries with quite different cultures, that’s the surest and swiftest way to change and punish a place that’s irredeemably tainted by unforgivable sin. This is done in order to

With the passing of Teena McQueen I have lost a good friend and the Liberal Party has lost a fine servant. Teena was a long standing branch activist on the NSW central coast, a delegate to federal council and, eventually, a federal vice president of the Liberal Party. At

Great to visit an Australian company thriving here in TX, United States under Damian Eales.

Challenged from without and from within, there's now a real danger that we might be living through the twilight of the West, facing not just geopolitical challenges, but civilisational eclipse as people lose the beliefs that once sustained them. Western Civilisation, especially

Thrilled to launch Australia: a History here in the United States. Thanks to @Dom_Perrottet for the great conversation and BHP for hosting.

Congratulations to Narendra Modi on becoming India’s longest serving PM. He hasn’t just held office, he’s dramatically improved his country, with more infrastructure, better IT, and practical things like power and sanitation extended to remote villages. Under Modi, India has

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We might not agree on everything, but this is fascinating weekend reading. x.com/InstituteGC/st…

Finally both parties are showing their real colours after a decade when they mostly tried to be a slightly more attractive version of the other side, with the Coalition just a little less enthusiastic than Labor for big government, climate action, and mass migration. By

One of the reasons why Aboriginal disadvantage is so intractable is that “culture” keeps getting in the way of addressing it. “Culture” means that we can no longer refer to the five-year-old brutally murdered in an Alice Springs town camp by her real name, the name that will be