Australia’s tobacco war

High taxes on cigarettes and restrictions on vapes have seen an explosion in illegal sales and an outbreak of gang warfare on Australia’s city streets, so what is the solution?

Australia should be Brave1

Australian defence innovators are held back by legacy procurement models, limited risk appetite, and policy uncertainty. Ukraine offers an example of how to change that, if we’re bold enough to act.

Death of taxes

No politician wants to introduce taxes, but Australia may have to as costs increase and revenue declines if Trump’s tariffs plunge the world into recession.

A united front

Australian politicians should establish clearer political boundaries around national security to avoid politicising ongoing security issues and to better manage secondary effects.

National security is the government’s job

After bowing to the opposition on mandatory minimum sentences, the Australian government needs to reestablish its leadership in national security.

Turning hydrogen hype into action

The Australian government envisions Australia as a renewable energy superpower, and the “Future Made in Australia” policy commits billions to building a domestic hydrogen industry, but when will it actually happen?

One man, one vote

The ‘election campaign’ in Russia has already begun, but in an authoritarian terror state, there’s truly only one man with one vote.

Putin the pariah

The scale of Putin’s miscalculation in invading Ukraine defies rational comprehension. The war has left Russia a pariah state in an increasingly desperate position.