Blurb: The story of Magna Carta is the essential prologue to the story of Australian democracy. When William Wentworth demanded that our convict stain must not rob us of the ‘British right’ to self-government, he was making a conscious and effective appeal to centuries of conflict and collective memory. More than this, he was directly […]
Captain James Cook, R.N. 150 Years After
Captain James Cook, R.N. One Hundred and Fifty Years AfterBy Sir Joseph CarruthersEdited & Annotated by Zachary GormanLimited Edition Hardback, $49.95ISBN 9781925826975June 2020 Release Date According to detractors, Captain Cook’s centricity to the founding of Australia is a harmful colonialist “myth”. The man many of them blame for starting that myth is Sir Joseph Carruthers, […]
ScoMo’s Flawed Hawke Fantasy
As Scott Morrison eyes consensus-based industrial relations reform, he must not commit the ultimate sin for any Liberal leader and forget Sir Robert Menzies’ forgotten people. As part of his carefully branded ‘jobmaker’ plan, the prime minister has called on big business and unions to come together at the negotiating table for the sake of […]
Why We Erect Statues – And Should Keep Them There
Amid a world that seems hell-bent on tearing down statues in a cathartic frenzy, it is worth sparing a moment to reflect on why we erected those statues in the first place. While the left thinks that a monument’s primary purpose is to glorify great dead white men, the reality is that they were meant […]
How The Coronavirus Response Shows We Have Lost Our Fundamental Values
Australia’s response to the coronavirus threat reveals that we have lost our fundamental values. While our nation is faced with what is arguably the most significant peacetime threat since the great depression, it is worth reflecting on how we came together to overcome that tremendous obstacle. As supermarkets witness brawls over toiletries, the Morrison government […]
End The Man-Made Drought. Rip Up The Murray Darling Basin Plan
The failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan is an example of what happens when decisions are taken out of the hands of locals and given to distant Canberra bureaucrats. By taking an extra 2000GL of water out of the agricultural sector every year since 2012 – the largest re-direction of water to the environment […]