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David Furse-Roberts
Nov 2815 min read
The conviction politician: What are we to make of the political legacy of Rev Fred Nile, as he turns 90?
For half a century, Rev Fred Nile's contribution to faith and politics was pronounced, and his legacy is worthy of appreciation.
Rev Mark Powell
Nov 193 min read
Lidia Thorpe Should Not Resign: She Should Be Removed from the Australian Senate
Senator Lidia Thorpe’s behaviour recently is completely unacceptable and should result in her being removed from Parliament.
David Furse-Roberts
Nov 313 min read
Robert Menzies and Australia’s Jewish community: “Your historic function and destiny to enrich the Australian character”
What was Menzies’s relationship with the Jewish community? How was it forged and in what ways did it manifest itself post-war?
Dr Stephen Chavura
Oct 272 min read
The British Monarchy and Australian National Identity
The British monarchy is one of the longest-surviving institutions in human history. To quote my favourite movie, it is history.
David Furse-Roberts
Oct 2520 min read
Edmund Burke’s Legacy in Australian Politics: An Essay
Accepting the Edmund Burke Award in London in November 2016, John Howard paid homage to the eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish statesman.
Caleb Shaw
Oct 106 min read
Reformation to Revolution? An Essay on Protestantism and the Scientific Revolution
How did religious reform shape scientific progress? The intriguing link between Protestantism and the Scientific Revolution.
Kurt Mahlburg
Sep 293 min read
Has The New York Times Always Been ‘Fake News’?
Hunter Biden’s laptop, the Wuhan lab leak and the Trump-Russia collusion hoax are just some of the fake news stories published by Times.
Tahlia Field
Sep 176 min read
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
The First World War had just ended. Germany lay in ruins. The people were desperately grasping for a new leader—a saviour...
Eden Mitchell
Sep 14 min read
The Dictatorship of Mao Zedong
[Communism in China: Part 4] With the Kuomintang no longer a threat, Mao quickly began to reform China into ‘His’ communist state.
Luke Powell
Jul 2110 min read
Why Soviet Russia Tried to Abolish the Family
In the name of ‘freedom’, Soviet Russia got rid of the family and responsibility in favour of freedom without restraint.
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