TAX AND SUPERANNUATION – CASSANDRA GOLDIE
In 2025, Labor set about is about to change tax rates on superannuation savings. Labor’s proposal plans to double the earnings tax on superannuation balances above $3 million – from 15 per cent to 30 per cent. The plan, first announced in late 2023, affects only an estimated 80,000 people, and still leaves in place [...]
FROM FRANCIS TO LEO: PROPHECY IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT – GREG CRAVEN
The Pope, as head of the Catholic Church, in a global world where Catholics make up 1.4 billion of Christianity’s two billion followers – the largest faith in the world – is a significant influencer across many national boundaries. The new pope has chosen the name “Leo” in the wake of Pope Leo XIII who, [...]
LIBERAL ARTS AND AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS – THE WAY FORWARD – DALLAS MCINERNEY
Western society today is being challenged by an inability to accept genuine debate and discussion. An inability to accept that Western traditions have a legitimate place in public policy. The sort of tolerant debate that has existed over centuries of liberal and classical learning. Even a tolerance for Christian values. In August 2025, Catholic Schools [...]
MALCOLM FRASER: A PERSONAL REFLECTION – GERARD HENDERSON
Malcolm Fraser was Australia’s fourth longest serving prime minister who won three elections. A politician of considerable ability and strength, he was involved in the downfall of Liberal Party prime minister John Gorton and Labor Party prime minister Gough Whitlam. Fraser (1930-2015) entered the House of Representatives at the age of 25 and was regarded [...]
PAUL HASLUCK – LAUNCHED BY TONY ABBOTT – ANNE HENDERSON
The Hon Paul Hasluck was many things – journalist, public servant, author/historian, academic, Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Governor-General of Australia and a published poet. In the 1940s, he worked with Bert Evatt within the External Affairs Department on the creation of the United Nations. He was also, from his early years as [...]
LAUNCH OF PAUL HASLUCK – TONY ABBOTT
The Hon Paul Hasluck was many things – journalist, public servant, author/historian, academic, Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Governor-General of Australia and a published poet. In the 1940s, he worked with Bert Evatt within the External Affairs Department on the creation of the United Nations. He was also, from his early years as [...]
AFGHANISTAN, BEN ROBERTS-SMITH AND THE BATTLE OF SHAH WALI KOT – AARON PATRICK
Thousands of articles and many books have been written about the war in Afghanistan and the way the special forces fought, along with the saga of Ben Roberts-Smith and his Victoria Cross. In his book The Last Battle Aaron Patrick has revealed a new story — one of incredible skill, courage and resilience under almost unimaginable danger. [...]
THE CHALLENGE FOR AUSTRALIA: RAISING OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE – DAVE SHARMA
In a timely address to The Sydney Institute on Wednesday 15 October 2025, Senator Dave Sharma, Senator for New South Wales and former diplomat, examined Australia’s shrinking competitive advantage since 2000. Calling it Australia’s “Montreal moment” – comparing the economic statistics to Australia’s worst ever result at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1975 – Senator [...]