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Gender ideology vs free speech
The suspension of Dr Andrew Amos from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is a case study in institutional cowardice. Amos, an academic psychiatrist at James Cook University, was not found to have harmed a patient or engaged in professional misconduct. His crime was to express clinical
Australians are bracing for climate collapse—and it’s rewriting politics
A new study indicates that anxiety about social and economic collapse due to climate change is pervasive in Australia. The nationwide survey (commissioned by the author and carried out by Roy Morgan Research) reveals that nearly a third of Australians are ‘very or extremely concerned’ about social and economic collapse
Australians on the move to escape climate extremes: Tasmania favoured
As the globe continues to warm and extreme weather events intensify, Australia faces a demographic upheaval as some regions become too risky to live in. With more households living through floods, fires, cyclones, and heat waves, anxiety about climate change is inevitably escalating and we can expect many Australians to
Climate bunkers in the suburbs?
Almost a quarter of Australians say they have modified their homes in the last six years to protect themselves from extreme weather events, according to a report released today by Charles Sturt University. Homeowners most exposed to extreme events are much more likely to modify their homes to protect them
Oh no! The think tank I founded is now pro-Beijing
When Justice Michael Kirby spoke at the launch of the Australia Institute in 1994, he called on us to ‘never forget the neglected, the despised, the underprivileged, [and] the disadvantaged.’ For me his speech was pitch perfect. I had decided to establish the new think tank because the victims of
Is it time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons?
Is it time for Australia to consider acquiring nuclear weapons? It sounds outrageous. Stay with me. Donald Trump is blowing up world trade. After a period of turmoil, it will probably settle into a new state where the US economy is substantially weaker. Trump is also trashing post-war alliances, including NATO, prompting US
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Having just left there after spending almost two hours in line and being unable to get in, I’d wager that the number of people inside the security perimeter, plus the number of people outside the perimeter who tried to get in, vastly exceeded that.