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There is a Melbourne Cup field for the biggest losers, but a few stand out from the field. My trifecta comprises Anthony Albanese, the woke leaders of corporate and sporting Australia, and the old indigenous elite.

Mr Albanese has been keen to journey to Beijing as a celebration of Gough Whitlam’s visit 50 years ago. Whether the concessions he has given the Chinese are worth the potential costs to Australia’s defence and security remain questionable.

The decision by the Australian government not to cancel the 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company is a worrying development.

Ever since the detention and arrest of the 48-year-old television journalist, Australian governments and embassy officials have been endeavouring to secure her release.

Facing ongoing criticism over a range of issues, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to establish a watered-down process. The inquiry is an insult to the intelligence of the Australian people.

It will take some time to unravel a full assessment of Mr Andrews' period as state premier, but some preliminary observations can be made. There are many policy disasters.

The announcement that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accepted an invitation to visit China raises questions about the complex relationships between the two countries.

Under the Andrews government, Victoria is the highest taxing state in the nation, with businesses suffering under the burden of higher payroll taxes, higher Workcover premiums and higher land taxes.

The IGR acknowledges that economic growth will fall, affecting real income per head, an increase in government expenditure and budget deficits for at least 40 years.

If the referendum does fail, it will be in part a consequence of the misguided political campaign of its proponents.

The disappearance of the Chinese foreign minister and the recent removal of senior Chinese officers in the country’s strategic missile command suggests all is not well in China.

The bill provides that ACMA requires digital providers to establish codes and make rules about misinformation and disinformation.

The decision by the Victorian Labor government to cancel the 2026 Commonwealth Games is a major blow to regional communities.

Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched another extraordinary spray at the Australian government’s foreign policies. In an apparently unsolicited written statement, Mr Keating lambasted the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and its Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, while supporting Emmanuel Macron’s opposition to the organisation expanding [...]

As a child growing up in Gippsland, I was acutely aware of how Australia’s prosperity was built on the provision of affordable and reliable energy. From my parent’s property on a ridge above the Latrobe River, I could see in the distance the power station [...]

It seems that Xi Jinping is particularly sensitive to being described as a ‘dictator’. When US President Joe Biden used the description, the CCP was outraged, with its mouthpiece The Global Times calling it a vicious attack. If Mr Biden had said that Mr Xi [...]

Once the jewel of Asia, Hong Kong seemed to have it all. From international finance to fine fashion, the city was the hub of the region and the gateway to China. Tourists flocked there in their millions to enjoy the shopping and dining, the ferries [...]

The revelation that more than 100 secret Chinese police stations have been operating globally raises issues about the muted responses of Australian security agencies. The existence of the police stations was revealed by the Spanish human rights group Safeguard Defenders in 2022. Although these revelations [...]

Australia faces the most dangerous and uncertain region since the Second World War. This is the stark conclusion of the Defence Strategic Review which was released on the eve of Anzac Day. The conclusion is not new: co-author Sir Angus Houston, 75, the former Chief [...]

First, it was the takeover of the Calvary Hospital in the ACT. Now it is the planned removal of payroll tax exemptions for many independent schools in Victoria. These actions by state and territory Labor governments denote a marked hostility towards the not-for-profit activities of [...]