If a leader doesn’t have a plan for self-improvement, he or she has probably been seduced by the self-destructive madness called hubris.

Let me share with you the takeaway messages from the flood report that concerns the many ravaged Aussies in flood-prone regions.

At the forthcoming referendums, I’ll be voting Yes to the 'Voice' and No to the 'Republic'. Here's why.

Readers may wonder why I have taken so long to make my prediction as to who will be the British Prime Minister

I stand by my view that the AEC voting system needs to be reformed.

Is now the right time for a good idea like this?

The coming parliament must reform our horrible Senate voting system, although recent events have soured my optimism.

Of the 47 elections in Australian history just 15 were won by Labor, so how does this success compare with the 14 earlier wins?

The new Treasurer on the block has played a traditional game of not crowing about an economy that he’s had nothing to do with making it perform so well.

Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s suggests Labor’s big spending promises could fire up inflation, higher interest rates, an economic slowdown and a blowout of the budget deficit, but will his economics A-team save him and us?

Look out! It’s only four days in and the new Labor Government is already linked to tax reform.

Labor’s (and the “teals'”) desire to be more than a one-term wonder should work against the new Government moving too far to the left on economic policies.