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Ergo EIS: Lessons from the United Kingdom’s financial framework

Written by Bryson Constable. Australia’s story of economic reform centres around the neoliberal policies enacted under Paul Keating, both as Treasurer and Prime Minister. But real, beneficial tax reform has only ever occurred under conservative-minded politicians. It was William McMahon that conducted the Asprey Review into the taxation system, John Howard who introduced the GST, and Scott Morrison who agreed to a revolutionary global 15% … Continue reading Ergo EIS: Lessons from the United Kingdom’s financial framework

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Where Liberal Feminism went Catastrophically Wrong

He said they’d found a brothelon the dig he did last nightI asked him how they knowhe sigheda pit of babies’ bonesa pit of newborn babies’ bones was how to spot a brothel Hollie McNish, ‘Conversation with an archaeologist’ This excerpt perfectly lays bare the dark and twisted truth of prostitution and today’s porn industry: that it is women who have been offered up as … Continue reading Where Liberal Feminism went Catastrophically Wrong

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Why Federation reform is more urgent than you think

Any true blooded Australian conservative can plainly see the almost existential crisis that is faced by the west. Increasing inflation coupled with obscenely bloated government deficits, the rise of belligerent hostile powers like China and the perpetuation by the left of destructive social theories, the 2020’s is seeming to threaten the very fabric of Western life. And it is patently obvious that Australia is not … Continue reading Why Federation reform is more urgent than you think

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Fiscal Policy for the Future

Globally, the planet sits at a cross-roads where tough decisions must be made for a better future. There are many demands placed on governments and their budget positions, which have come under strain over recent decades. Events including the Global Financial Crisis, EU debt crisis and most notably the recent Covid-19 pandemic, combined with increasing natural disasters have seen a deterioration in levels of global … Continue reading Fiscal Policy for the Future

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Keeping up with the Windsors

Ding Dong, the Queen is dead! It was these very words that blazed through my common room as my fellow classmates chuckled at the array of Tik Tok memes that had engulfed every meta platform within hours of the Queen’s death. Sifting through the multitude of sepia images of Her Majesty, some felt it necessary to hang up commemorative pictures of the Queen around the … Continue reading Keeping up with the Windsors

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The Voice to Parliament: Before Deciding, We Need a Specific Model

The Voice referendum is perhaps the most significant climacteric of the twenty-first century for the direction – and credibility – of the incomplete fight to close the gap. Without a specific model from the Albanese government, we risk turning our backs on Indigenous Australians by dooming the referendum to fail, or voting into existence a political or constitutional catastrophe. Australia continues to be a nation … Continue reading The Voice to Parliament: Before Deciding, We Need a Specific Model

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The Pleasure Problem – Issues with our Psyche

A woman named Terry appeared on the TV show ‘Hoarders’ about a decade ago. The idea of the show is to find people who compulsively stockpile and store all of their possessions. But what they found with Terry was a truly extreme case. Hundreds of boxes of clothes. Thousands of dusty, worthless pieces of memorabilia. And in the fridge, plugged into her storage unit, the … Continue reading The Pleasure Problem – Issues with our Psyche

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Statues on Campus: Preserving our History

Since the dawn of time, societies have erected statues to those whom they considered worthy of veneration and remembrance. In the western world, universities have been a long-standing canvas for the existence and upkeep of statues and monoliths dedicated to great thinkers and figures of history. Many would be surprised to learn that medieval centres of education held busts of the likes of Socrates long … Continue reading Statues on Campus: Preserving our History

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