Anyone entering or having anything to with politics – or policy for that matter – has to realise they’re not engaged in a constructive civil discourse. No, as recent events in NSW demonstrate, they are stepping into a propaganda war where the goal of the Left and the media, largely one and the same, is to destroy you on a personal level

While it was encouraging to see the Treasurer capable of articulating a basic principle of fiscal policy -- 'governments shouldn’t make it harder for the RBA on the demand side but, more than that, we should be working to address problems on the supply side', this has been followed by the cold, hard mendacity of Labor’s spin doctors feeding the usual nonsense to an eagerly gullible press gallery

People capable of rational analysis are terrified now to voice opinions about legitimately contestable issues of national importance -- unless, of course, they’re of the Left, in which case anything goes. As a consequence, the totality of non-progressive leadership now consists of empty generalities and vapid statements of the obvious

Readers of The Australian might have noticed a recent report on the birth of the Blueprint Institute, which proclaims itself dedicated to reviving the economy via "bold ideas, real conversations and evidence-based research". Packed with renewables advocates and Turnbull Liberals, it is no surprise one of its first papers urges greater investment in rent-seeking green rorts