Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to continue to battle Indigenous disadvantage and promote reconciliation, in the wake of the sweeping defeat of his referendum to put a Voice in the Constitution. “We intend as a government to continue to do what we
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In the summer of 2021 , Americans saw something unusual: Dr. Anthony Fauci on tilt. “Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly. And I want
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Multi-award-winning Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking woke up with an absolute bone-chilling hangover, as his 7.55 alarm went off Sunday morning. After a dominant National Party performance last night, Hosking pushed the boat out even further than most would have
T. K. Coleman T.K. Coleman is the Education Director at FEE and a co-host for The Minimalists Podcast. fee.org In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, a classic children’s story by C.S. Lewis, a group of children inadvertently discover a magical realm called “Narnia” hidden
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night, there are still several factors complicating the formation of a National and ACT coalition government. Special votes are yet to be counted, with the official final result still three
Richard Shaw Massey University Close, but so far no “baubles of office” for Winston Peters and NZ First. “We have done the impossible,” he told supporters on election night. But as the old saying goes, politics is the art of the possible. For the past two weeks, as the polls
Principal X Sunday morning, when I woke, I experienced a complex array of emotions. While I found solace in the absence of the previous government’s authority, I simultaneously grappled with sentiments of scepticism, disenchantment, and a sense of further betrayal in relation to Christopher Luxon’s professed commitment to
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the managing editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. aier.org During a 2021 earnings call with stockholders, Pfizer Chief Financial Officer Frank D’
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown Foundation China
Daniel Lacalle Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat? (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). mises.org The surprise terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas
righttolife.org.uk New Zealand’s Labour Government, which in 2020 introduced an extreme abortion law allowing de-facto abortion on demand for any reason up to birth, has been voted out of power. New Zealand’s General Election was held on Saturday 14 October 2023; the Labour Party Leader Chris
Alexandra Sims University of Auckland theconversation.com The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by New Zealand police is putting the spotlight on policing tactics in the 21st century. A recent Official Information Act request by Radio New Zealand revealed the use of SearchX, an AI tool that can draw connections
Debrin Foxcroft Finlay Macdonald Matt Garrow Veronika Meduna The Conversation theconversation.com From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results can form a government with ACT and won’t
Armando Simón Armando Simón is a retired psychologist, originally from Cuba, and author of The U, Fables From the Americas and A Prison Mosaic. brownstone.org In scientific journals it is common practice that, whenever a doctor or scientist, instead of presenting the results of an experiment, puts forth a
