By Edward Gray The likelihood of nuclear war is a recurring topic for commentators, especially in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While a leading source of anxiety for many national security observers, very little has actually changed in decades. The risk of nuclear Armageddon is not zero, but it remains low. Much of the chatter surrounding it is just chatter, although it…

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a vibrant and visually inventive animated masterwork operating on almost more levels than it knows what to do with. By drawing on the multiverse madness that Marvel brought to the big screen, the creative team is enabled to explore character and story riffs while remaining true to the fundamentals that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko pinpointed when they…

Just as the U.S. Government, with bipartisan support, plans to invest $US3.5 trillion building strategic industries, the Australian Government needs to call for the doubling of its domestic manufacturing sector by 2035, set clear investment targets, declare priority strategic industries and announce a new economic policy framework for building these industries. After a decade of wrestling with Beijing’s growing belligerence following the rise…

Long overdue cultural, political and legal debates have finally started in Australia over the medical transitioning of children and the sex-based rights of biological females being compromised by transgender males who identify as female. A judge in the Federal Court of Australia has determined that a discrimination test case of the gender-identity clause in the Sex Discrimination Act will proceed. The case concerns…

The takeover of the Calvary Catholic Hospital Canberra by the Labor-Greens Government in the ACT should send a shudder through every religious and privately run health and educational institution in the country. The snatch-and-grab operation by the ACT Government, which was rammed through the ACT Legislative Assembly last month, is unprecedented in Australia. As former Vice Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University Greg…