Opinion Articles

In his first Budget speech, Labor’s Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, committed that he would deliver “cheaper and cleaner energy”. Every year since, in the Budget speech,

This week marks ‘Tax Freedom Day’ for the average Australian. The average Australian taxpayer pays about a third of their income in taxes, so for

I have four sons and I do worry how hard it is in the modern world for young boys. Young boys are squeezed between two

In 1856, an Irish migrant arrived in Melbourne to pursue a career as a farmhand. Samuel McCaughey came without much and, to save money, he

In 2018, a Queensland businessman approached me with plans to build a diesel refinery in Gladstone. I was enthusiastic because Australia lacked refining capacity —

A few years ago, I found myself in the High Court as an alleged Italian. Like many Italians, my nonno and nonna emigrated to Australia