Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has joined a UK climate think tank, which he said had “injected a note of realism into the climate debate.” The London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), founded in 2009 by former UK conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, says it aims to help restore a less “hysterical” and…
‘More Genuine Science’: Former Australian Conservative PM Tony Abbott Joined UK Climate Think Tank
Cardinal George Pell’s Funeral Marked by Heated Exchange Between Supporters and Protesters
Tension rose outside St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney as protesters clashed with the Catholic faithful during the solemn funeral of Catholic Cardinal George Pell. As the casket of the conservative former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney was carried outside the cathedral for the public procession to his burial crypt, some protesters cried “shame” and played Highway to…
Melbourne School Commends Australian Cardinal George Pell
A Melbourne school has praised Vatican leader Cardinal George Pell, who recently died from heart complications in Rome, for his administrative strength. Pell, formerly the archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney and Australia’s most senior Catholic, passed away on Jan. 10 following hip replacement surgery aged 81. He gained notoriety in Australia after standing trial and being found…
Tributes Flow for ‘Warrior’ Jim Molan
Decorated soldier and Liberal senator Jim Molan has been praised for his life of service to Australia following his death aged 72. Senator Molan died on Monday surrounded by family, following a “sudden and rapid” decline in his health after Christmas. Prominent in his later years spearheading Operation Sovereign Borders before joining the Senate, perhaps his greatest honour came…
Former PM Calls for School Leavers to Do Compulsory Military or Voluntary Service
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called for Australian school leavers to undertake a period of either compulsory military or voluntary service to improve social cohesion in the country. Speaking to the Institute of Public Affairs Australia Future podcast, Abbott noted that if Australia wanted to improve social cohesion throughout the country, the government…
Taiwanese Academic Warns Australia About Beijing’s ‘Dangerous Expansion’
September 24, 2022
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The recently assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe once said “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency, and therefore an emergency for the Japan–U.S. alliance.” Australia should adopt the same stance now, according to a Taiwanese expert. Dr. David Yeau-Tarn Lee called on Australia to play a stronger role in combating the Chinese Communist Party…
Vale Queen Elizabeth II
Commentary The Queen is dead. Long live the King. These are the words that must be uttered upon the death of a sovereign. They establish the practice that there is no break in the sovereign power, which passes immediately to the heir upon death, along with the guardianship of our constitutional form of democratic government….
The Unfathomable Consequences of the ‘One China Policy’
August 15, 2022
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Commentary On Aug. 10, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, used the opportunity of an address to the National Press Club in Canberra to bemoan the fragile relationship between Australia and China and to comment upon Australia’s Taiwan policy. By any standard, the comments of the ambassador were bellicose and uncompromising. He noted that…
The Assassination of Shinzo Abe Is an Assault on Democracy
July 13, 2022
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Commentary The world has reacted with shock to the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. Abe was the Prime Minister of Japan on two occasions, from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020, when he resigned for health reasons. But he maintained his interest in politics and continued to advocate on…
Who Are Australia’s Liberals?
April 26, 2022
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Commentary The 1987 election was the first I took an interest in. Seeing two politicians of conviction, Bob Hawke and John Howard, lay out their vision for this country in a real contest of ideas and philosophies, I became “hooked” on politics. As time went on, I realised that the centre-right Liberal Party had the…
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