11 Apr Why Australia must defend Taiwan (and itself)
The global order is in its most perilous state in eighty years. President Xi Jinping remains determined to destroy Taiwan’s democracy by force. Ours could be next....
2023 Policy Series
28 Mar What can the NT learn from South Korea?
I recently returned from a semester-long exchange programme in South Korea. I noticed one significant difference between the Northern Territory (NT), where I was born and raised, and Seoul....
14 Mar The Tram to Woden – Derailing Canberra’s Next Generation
The ACT has the worst health system in the country. The ACT has a failing education system. The ACT too has the least amount of police officers per capita in Australia. Yet, this ACT Labor-Greens government has neglected these problems and instead will pour over...
28 Feb Nuclear energy is the future of the conservative polity
Written by Ethan RaatsThe 2022 May Federal election was a crushing defeat for right-wing candidates across the country. Many factors played into this defeat. However, one of the main lessons of 2022 was the electorate’s heightened concern about climate change, especially among young people.There has...
14 Feb What’s happening in Iran and why Australia should care
In September 2022, widescale protests broke out across Iran in response to the regime’s murder of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa (Jina) Amini. Iranian ‘morality police’ arrested the 22-year-old for wearing her hijab ‘improperly’ and she died from beatings sustained whilst held in custody. /*! elementor -...