Jacinda Ardern’s tenure as New Zealand’s Prime Minister (2017–23) was lauded globally as a masterclass in empathetic ...

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I wrote about the freebie phenomenon, the handing out of free or highly subsidised stuff to eager voters. It’s been on the ...

For years now, the Australian Energy Market Operator’s ‘Step Change’ scenario has served as the official lodestar of the ...

One of President Trump’s charms is that, like the late Prince Philip, he will readily engage in vigorous public banter. This ...

Australia’s economic stagnation has become so widespread and persistent that it must be asked whether it is simply the ...

As ever, these days the Beeb is better at becoming the news than making it. Now the White House has taken a pop at the ...

What really is ‘net zero’? I had to look it up because it makes no sense. It appears to be the removal of carbon dioxide from ...

The philosopher Karl Popper stated that for liberal democracies to survive, they must not tolerate the intolerant. Boundaries ...

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Neither the English Bill of Rights nor the American Second Amendment exists to ensure people can shoot pests, deer, or clay ...