It seems those who made the Covid decisions are concerned only that their actions will remain unscrutinised. As Yes, Minister advised, “only order an inquiry when you know the outcome”. The limited investigations now in play will ensure secrets stay undisclosed and self-fitted halos untarnished

Consider but one example of our ongoing and worsening defence mess: what few missiles we have will bizarrely be based in Adelaide, where their range would not extend beyond Australian soil. This makes the decision to buy a state-of-the art air management battle system pointless without any equipment to manage. Has no one taken note of Ukraine, where smart missiles and drones are revealing the future of wars and how they are fought?

Ziggy Switkowski estimated nuclear power could deliver a third of Australia’s electricity, with a resulting 18 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, green ideology's absurdities prevail, not least South Australia's need for highly polluting diesel generators to keep the lights on