The shocking Bondi terrorist attack in January 2026 followed two years of anti-Semitism seeping through the Australian community. At its heart has been the activist targeting of Jewish artists, musicians and writers, some of it known as "doxxing". Tim Storrier AM is an award-winning Australian artist whose career has spanned 50 years, beginning at the [...]
Dr Peter van Onselen is the Political Editor at Daily Mail Australia and a professor of politics and public policy in the Business School at the University of Western Australia. With the change of leaders for the federal Liberal Party in February, commentators discussed how this might affect the popularity or otherwise of the Coalition, defeated [...]
Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre during Hannukah celebrations on Sunday 14 December 2025 shocked Australians. That years of anti-Semitism, especially following the atrocities of 7 October 2023, waged against Israeli citizens in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists, had led to such a bloody outrage changed Australia. But how? On Tuesday 10 February 2026, Arsen Ostrovsky, human [...]
US involvement in the Middle East and its struggle against Islamic terrorists has engulfed US foreign policy over numerous decades. Especially since the attacks on the New York Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 and increasingly so after the massacre of Israelis by Hamas militants on 7 October 2023 in southern Israel. Danielle Pletka is [...]
Dana Stroul is Director of Research & Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. She rejoined the Institute after serving from 2021–2023 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, the Pentagon’s senior civilian official for the region. In that role, she led US defense policy [...]
As Australians began to face continuing high inflation and concern over the economy in 2026, The Sydney Institute asked two economic “dries” to deliver papers on how to fix ongoing fiscal and monetary problems. On Monday 30 March 2026, Dimitri Burshtein - Financial services executive, economist, strategist, and commentator – joined Alex Sanchez - economist [...]
It was truly a global engineering moment. Selected to light the cauldron flame at the Sydney Olympics, Australian athlete Cathy Freeman recalled how the event director was speaking to her through her earpiece saying, “Stand still while it rises above you, hold your position for a few minutes.” Then she heard him say, “We’ve got [...]
Where is Australia's energy policy headed? Evidence suggests Australia will not meet all of its Net Zero targets with delays in the investment in renewables. Cristina Talacko is an Australian business leader and energy-policy commentator. She is the founder of the Coalition for Conservation, a centre-right organisation promoting pragmatic climate and energy policy and has [...]
General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces during World War II, was our highest-ranking soldier and arguably our most controversial. Blamey was an abrasive and shrewd commander, who could act both decisively and brutally, creating enemies within and outside the military. That reputation has followed him ever since but author Brent [...]
Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre during Hannukah celebrations on Sunday 14 December 2025 shocked Australians. That years of anti-Semitism, especially following the atrocities of 7 October 2023, waged against Israeli citizens in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists, had led to such a bloody outrage changed Australia. But how? On Tuesday 10 February 2026, Arsen Ostrovsky, human [...]
