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Helen Dale
Emulate Australia? It’s not that easy
Many countries want to imitate Australia’s success. But its values and governance are eccentric—and may not travel
Helen Dale
Features
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Helen Dale
Features
Hate-crime hoaxes
‘I’m reasonably satisfied that the increased hate crime widely reported from June 23, 2016, onwards and seized upon by the Remain camp was a classic example of moral panic, and that most of the reports were false’
Helen Dale
Guest Speaker
Baked-in bias
‘Once social media entities become publishers, any political bias already present will be baked in’
Helen Dale
Open Season
How Australia became Italy with crocodiles
The country is orderly, prosperous and well-governed, but poisonous infighting has resulted in a chaotic prime ministerial merry-go-round
Helen Dale
Features
Why being normal is the new normal
Self-help advice might seem painfully obvious, but those who struggle with “normality” need it
Helen Dale
Critique
Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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