Democracy
It is well known that his in his farewell speech the great American president Dwight Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex. Today, of course, it is not just the military-industrial complex that we need to be wary of but also many other industrial complexes, whether it be superannuation, universities, renewables or the bureaucracy itself. […]
Australian Sovereignty
The last 12 months has illustrated the importance of self-reliance. When a country cannot rely on itself then its sovereignty is jeopardised. In his political masterpiece The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli wrote: Wise princes … have always shunned axillaries and made use of their own forces … in the belief that no true victory is possible […]
