The world is China’s branch office | Joan McCaul
You can learn a lot from train journeys and old movies. In 2009 I took a rail journey from Vermont to New York city as part of a work trip. It was an opportunity...
The Mallard AU Blog
This is Mallard AU
Welcome to the Mallard Australia. Below, Emma, Jake and Jeremy briefly detail where the Mallard has come from, the problems it hopes to address, and where it is going. Origins The Mallard started in...
Not resting on her Laurels, nor should sporting bodies | Dana Pham
I feel very conflicted about the Laurel Hubbard controversy. In case you didn’t get the memo, Laurel Hubbard is a New Zealand transgender weightlifter who was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics,...
Philosophy not politics: A conservatism worth considering | Zedekiah Sparks
In modern political discourse and commentary, few terms are as ill-defined and hollow as ‘conservative’. Even casual followers of such things will see the term used to group people, policies, and practices so inconsistent...
Patriarchy Personified: Morrison, Monkeys, and Removing God from Politics | Nanci Nott
Amid the new normal of lockdowns and protests, pre-COVID concerns can seem trivial. Holidays to Hawaii have fallen out of favour, and raging bushfires barely compare with the dread of bog roll scarcity. One...
CANZUK: Letting the adults into the room | Janice Seto
The CANZUK proposal – a trade alliance with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK – aiming for political traction reminds me of myself, embarking on world travel for the first time. To see...
Australia and Britain: The Future of the Anglosphere | Angus Gillan
Australia is the ‘new Jerusalem’. It is essentially Britain but with planned straight streets. Melbourne, as I always say, is London if you reduced the size and populace, cleaned it – like really cleaned...
Mainstreamed Extremes and the Search for Virtue | Jeremy Amin
I have lately observed several ‘mainstream’ positions as extreme in their ideas. While this observation has been somewhat across the board, my focus here will be in the social and political domains. Before I...