Disparate Senate poses significant challenges
Parliament resumes next week after a near four-month break which included a stupendously boring eight-week election campaign. As a result,
Time to reform 18C
Early in my Senate career I wrote that I got into politics to do something, not to be someone. That
Census debacle
Census night was a debacle. For the first time, citizens were encouraged to complete their census form online after assurances
ABC bias out of control
There have been two significant stories broadcast by the ABC over the last week or so that I’d like
Curing the sickness that has captured society
I don’t know how many times I have written the following statement in recent years but it is succinct,
How can we possibly endorse this man?
“Megalomaniac”, “vengeful”, “unstable” and “a b*stard” with a “vicious temper” who put “his own self-interest ahead of … the country
Returning to common sense conservatism
My comment today will be brief as many of you will be enjoying the respite from political commentary after a
Uniting Australian Conservatives
“It’s a disaster.” They’re the words many conservatives use to begin their election analysis. And they’re right,
Orwellian influence in public discourse
The term ‘Orwellian’ has come to mean a cynical manipulation of language for the purpose of oppression. We see it
Dangerous dalliance with populist minor parties
The Australian Greens are a disingenuous and hypocritical political party. They continually hold themselves up to be something other than
Working together to save our steel industry
It’s a joy to be out and about with my Senate colleagues on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. The
A new age of intolerance
We now live in the age of intolerance. Freedom of speech and independent thought are verboten under the progressive totalitarian