The vibe shift hits Melbourne…sort of…
At the Werribee by-election on the weekend. I spent Saturday night arguing with a bunch of 19-year-olds. I was a scrutineer for the Liberal Party at the counting of the votes at the by-election for the seat of Werribee in the Victorian Parliament. Candidates can have scrutineers watch [...]
The direction of travel is changing
Growing support for Australia Day is about more than just a date. 'Is the fate of Australia Day heading only in one direction?' Back in January 2023 that was the question in the headline to a 1,600 word article in The Age. The article predicted that 'as young [...]
The grass between the bricks.
Three people to read in 2025 That’s a photo I took this morning of the bricks in my driveway at home. I was doing some gardening on the weekend and I was thinking that the bricks look impenetrable but somehow between the cracks grass always finds a [...]
The vibe shift continues apace.
First came Facebook, then there was Australia Day. On Monday last week I talked about 'the vibe shift' of the West. The next day from America came Facebook's announcement it was abandoning the censorship of 'fact-checking'. Then, today, here in Australia, the Institute of Public Affairs released the [...]
Will ‘The Vibe Shift’ swallow Anthony Albanese?
The 2025 federal election will be about more than just the cost of living. I hope you've had a nice Christmas. Just before Christmas Niall Ferguson published an article on The Free Press that's since been reprinted worldwide. It's an important piece. 'The Vibe Shift Goes Global' is [...]
The social media ban is a bad (and dangerous) idea.
It's not for Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton to tell parents how to raise their children. One of the best responses I've seen to the ALP/Coalition social media ban for under 16s was from my friend, Peter Phelps, a former Liberal MP in the New South Wales state [...]
Trump’s victory and the end of walking on eggshells.
'We must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.' Brendan Carr, 18 November 2024 on X 'We are finding ourselves in a place where we have increasing polarisation everywhere and everything feels binary when it doesn't need to be. So I think we are [...]
‘We know God isn’t done with America.’
If you got my email on Monday, you would know how I feel about the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. After four or five hours of watching television, flicking between Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC, the commentary all tends to blur. But there was one line from [...]
This time I know who I’d vote for
...unlike in 2016 It's only a few days until we discover the fate of the free world. In October 2016, I was a panellist on ABC's Q&A program, and the subject of the US presidential election came up. I'd like to be able to say I voiced my wholehearted [...]
