Weekly Dose of Common Sense
On Overnight Success
It often takes decades to be deemed an 'overnight success' and that maxim has been proven true once again.
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Senator Dastyari should stand aside
I have repeatedly warned of the crisis of public confidence in politics and its implications for the major parties. That
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Together conservatives can take the fight to the Left
The 45thParliament has started with a bang. Today I will introduce a Bill to reform section 18C of theRacial Discrimination
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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,
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Time to reform 18C
Early in my Senate career I wrote that I got into politics to do something, not to be someone. That
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Census debacle
Census night was a debacle. For the first time, citizens were encouraged to complete their census form online after assurances
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Uniting Australian Conservatives
“It’s a disaster.” They’re the words many conservatives use to begin their election analysis. And they’re right,
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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
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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