Fear after Bondi is putting free speech on trial
Instead of rushing to add new laws to an already swollen statute book, we should enforce rigorously and without hesitation the laws already in place.
Culture & Society Commentaries
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The royal commission into the Bondi attack should probe the uncomfortable question
What should Australia have done over the past two years to prevent this moment — and why was it not
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It is time for good people to act
What we saw that Sunday at Bondi not only highlighted the immediate and palpable threats to Jewish communities in Australia but also signalled a greater sociopolitical undercurrent spreading across the Western world.
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Australia’s complacency and the Bondi beach shooting
Whether Australia responds to the murders at Bondi with clarity or caution will reveal not only how it confronts antisemitism, but how seriously it takes the obligations of liberal democracy itself.
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CIS Nanny State Awards for 2025
Each year, CIS gathers the most ridiculous examples of intrusioninto our lives, to find the winners of our annual Nanny State Awards.
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Hanson’s burqa antics dodges hard questions on multiculturalism
Eight years after her first burqa stunt, Pauline Hanson pulled it out of the wardrobe department for another theatrical turn …
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Tolerance ends where darkest hatred begins
Tolerance is often treated as an unqualified virtue. But even virtues have limits. When men in black shirts marched outside …
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Sir Frank Lowy reflects on anti-semitism
Last weekend I was honoured to catch up again with Frank Lowy, surely Australia’s most successful 20th Century immigrant. I’d …
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Don’t let death become an easy way out for criminals
Hume’s death raises serious questions. Not just about his rights, but about ours. About the rights of victims. About the meaning of justice.
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Bob Carr’s genocide claims are dangerous for social cohesion
Labor’s Friends of Israel group has made this point forcefully. They call for principled criticism, but without resorting to inflammatory …