James Allan
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Through all the Red States – Pennsylvania, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona and more – we chatted with locals at the highway diners over breakfast every morning. To say they love Donald Trump is to downplay things. You heard it here first: not only will he win in 2020, he will do so much more easily than in 2016
August 29, 2019
11 mins
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After six months in London, my seaside sojourn amongst folk who still and proudly call themselves British was a cleansing tonic. I can’t tell you how many university types getting big EU grants (and worried sick that Brexit will end that largesse) describe those who voted ‘Leave’ as self-interested. It would be laughable if one were allowed to laugh at anything in these PC days
July 5, 2019
6 mins
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If garden variety party members were to get the final say, the next Liberal leader would be more conservative than the for-the-moment incumbent. After the craven treachery of the elected elite who ousted Abbott in the absurd belief that Turnbull represented something more than ego, why not give rank-and-filers a shot?
April 6, 2018
6 mins
The latest
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No, not the sort that sees women and minorities promoted by quota -- a concept abhorrent to all who believe merit must be key. But what to make of a Coalition government that allows the left to colonise institutions and control them totally, as in our universities and at the ABC?
July 22, 2016
5 mins
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Thanks for those Senate reforms, Mr Prime Minister. You wouldn't believe how keen I am to mark the boxes and signal my unhappiness that the party of alleged conservatives is now led by, well, you. A Labor government would be terrible, but yours would be worse
March 23, 2016
5 mins
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Finding any politician who will stand up for free speech is a rare thing these days, so we should be grateful that Dominic Perrottet roundly denounced the lawfare being waged against Catholic bishops for opposing gay marriage. The pity is that he still falls well short of John Stuart Mill's ideal
November 21, 2015
10 mins
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That he did nothing to reform the national broadcaster came as no surprise. Why ruffle those doing so much to smear the PM whose job he coveted? But that was then. Now that the nation's latest leader has backed several of his ousted predecessor's policies he can count on a hefty dose of poetic justice
September 17, 2015
8 mins
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There was fire in Tony Abbott's belly when leading the Opposition but, perhaps because of an inherent decency, he opted to embrace compromise, consensus and, when that didn't work, cowardice in not forcing a double dissolution. If only he were more like his friend, Canadian PM Stephen Harper
February 3, 2015
9 mins
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Tony Abbott vowed to repeal Section 18C and didn't -- a betrayal that abrogated an electoral mandate, scuttled principle and demonstrated a tin ear for what his own party's base expected and still wants. His latest blathering will persuade no enemies while further discomforting supporters
January 18, 2015
10 mins
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The usual suspects littered Brisbane's streets during the G20, demanding as always that more and greater controls be imposed on economic freedom. But ratbaggery did not go uncontested, thanks to those who turned out with Quadrant's James Allan and the Australian Taxpayer Alliance
November 18, 2014
11 mins
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A few suggestions that will better your chance of re-election: Drop that Labor-lite approach to attacking the deficit, stop funding your enemies and, on a related note, strip Malcolm Turnbull of responsibility for the ABC and let Scott Morrison muck out the national broadcaster's billion-dollar stable
November 12, 2014
4 mins
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What constitutes discrimination is a wholly amorphous and unclear matter, and the escalating rhetoric we can expect as the push to amend the Constitution gathers strength is unlikely to engender clarity. Here are a few points to keep in mind
October 13, 2014
8 mins