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Victoria's Dan Andrews is demonstrating that high-handedness and ham-fistedness are two sides of the same coin. Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater presents his weekly column in The Australian as a podcast. Read the column Email Nick Cater: watercooler@menziesrc.org

Delegates at the Glasgow climate summit should draw lessons from the city's architecture. Don't let the enthusiasts take charge. Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater presents his weekly column as a podcast. Read the column More reading: Thomas Sowell, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy , Hachette, New York, 1995.

The attacks on NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet about his religious conviction is another example of the radical secularism that is trying to purge people of faith from public life. In this Watercooler Conversation, Nick Cater is joined by Greg Sheridan and David Furse-Roberts to get to the heart of that debate and the limits some are trying to put on the freedom of faith. Greg Sheridan is a columnis...

In this column in The Australian , Nick Cater examines why some are hesitant to embrace the freedom of a post-pandemic world. Nick Cater is Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre Email Nick: watercooler@menziesrc.org

In this bonus podcast, Menzies Research Centre executive director Nick Cater presents his latest column from the The Australian

Senator James Paterson entered parliament pledging to fight for freedom of speech, personal responsibility, federalism and free markets. In this Watercooler Conversation with Nick Cater, he reflects on the setback of Covid 19, the threat of cyber warfare and what Paul Keating gets wrong. Sign up for Watercooler News delivered to your inbox every Saturday: https://www.menziesrc.org/mailing-list Sho...

Nick Cater and Oliver Hartwich sound the alarm at the creeping authoritarianism on both sides of the Tasman in response to the pandemic. Nick Cater is Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre. Oliver Hartwich is Director of the New Zealand Initiative. Contact Nick Cater: watercooler@menziesrc.org Sign up for Watercooler News from Nick Cater, delivered to your inbox every Saturday: https:/...

Anthony Albanese's qualified support for nuclear propelled subs overturns 50 years of Labor Party opposition to anything nuclear. Can he hold the line against the backlash in his own party? asks Nick Cater in this column from The Australian. Read the column: https://www.menziesrc.org/news-feed/nuclear-fission Contact Nick Cater: watercooler@menziesrc.org Sign up for Watercooler News from Nick Cate...

David Furse-Robert's book God and Menzies is a timely reminder of the importance of Australia's Judeo-Christian heritage. The message for today's political class is clear: religious freedom is the foundation of a culture of respect. In conversation with Nick Cater Buy God and Menzies : https://www.menziesrc.org/book-shop/pre-order-only-god-menzies-the-faith-that-shaped-a-prime-minister-and-his-nat...

Nick Cater's latest column in The Australian as a bonus podcast. Read column here: https://bit.ly/2VERT2S Email Nick Cater: watercooler@menziesrc.org

The horror of 9/11 drove Andrew Hastie to enlist with the Australian Army and later the SAS to play his part on the War of Terror. Twenty years later he reflects on the decision and the difficulty of establishing democracy in a country like Afghanistan. In conversation with Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre. Sign up for Watercooler News delivered to your inbox every Sat...

Fred Pawle's biography of the late cartoonist Bill Leak is a parable for our censorious times. Fred joins Nick Cater to discuss the life and legacy of a fearless artist and champion of freedom. Die Laughing: A Biography of Bill Leak by Fred Pawle is available from the Institute of Public Affairs https://dielaughing.org.au/buy-now/

Nick Cater's latest column in The Australian as a bonus podcast. Read column here: https: //www.menziesrc.org/news-feed/fear-and-loathing-in-brisvegas

Senator Amanda Stoker was born into a family of quintessential John Howard's Battlers in South-West Sydney, working people who the Labor Party left behind. In this Watercooler Conversation, she discusses the values and principles that motivated her to represent Queensland in federal parliament. Show your support by subscribing to the Menzies Research Centre from just $10 a month: www.menziesrc.org...

Nick Cater reads his column from The Australian in this Bonus Watercooler podcast. Today he questions the motives of the laptop class who want to keep us under lockdown forever. Read Nick Cater's column: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/bare-arms-to-be-free-of-these-covid-nanny-states/news-story/8666a7acbad57b39f6d4f7b9c2f79c25 Support the Menzies Research by subscribing from just $10 a...

The Australian Law Reform Commission has rejected a Menzies Research Centre submission to its inquiry on Judicial Impartiality, claiming it is defamatory. Nick Cater and James Mathias from the Menzies Research Centre are joined by Chris Merritt, Vice President Chris Merritt to try to make sense of this extraordinary decision. Download the censored report: https://www.menziesrc.org/report-store/sub...

After the botched US exit from Afghanistan, Dave Sharma joins Nick Cater to assess the standing of the US, what it means for Australia, the latest situation in Israel and the rise of a more assertive China. Dave Sharma is MP for Wentworth and a former Australian Ambassador to Israel. Nick Cater is Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre. Show your support by subscribing to the Menzies Re...

Trading public health for personal liberty is a back bargain. Nick Cater reads his column from The Australian. Email Nick at watercooler@menziesrc.org Show your support by subscribing to the Menzies Research Centre from $10 a month

John Roskam, the Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, joins Nick Cater, his opposite number at the Menzies Research Centre, to discuss the career path to becoming the head of a centre-right think tank, the podcast revolution and the escalating challenge to liberal democracy. Listen as a podcast on Apple, Android, Google, Spotify and other popular platforms. Order 'Die Laughing: A...

Fear-mongers are sabotaging sensible climate policy, argues Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre in this column from The Australian . Show your support . Subscribe to the Menzies Research Centre from just $10 a mont. Sign-up to receive Watercooler News in your inbox every Saturday Email your comments to watercooler@menziesrc.org

MRC Executive Director Nick Cater is joined by Dr Fiona Martin, Federal Member for Reid, Pete Shmigel, former CEO of Lifeline Australia and Dr Belinda Khong, a consultant psychologist for an honest discussion about the impact of Covid-19, and lockdowns in particular, on our mental health.  Sign up for the Watercooler News delivered to your inbox every Saturday at https://www.menziesrc.org/mai...

Nick Cater presents his August 11, 2021 column in The Australia which discovers and unexpected burst of optimism in Australia despite the pandemic, while Sweden descends into gloom. Read the article in The Australian Sign up to Watercooler to receive Nick Cater's thoughts on the week in your inbox every Saturday.

Author and journalist Greg Sheridan fact-checked the New Testament and concluded that the events it records are true. He tells us why and the implications for our world, our country and ourselves in conversation with Nick Cater. Support these podcasts by subscribing to the Menzies Research Centre from just $10 a month at www.menizesrc.org/subscribe. Greg Sheridan's new book, Christians: The urgent...

Jacinta Price on the tyranny of low expectations that blights remote Indigenous Australia and the truths that must be told. In conversation with Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater/ Support the Watercooler podcasts by becoming an MRC Subscriber from $10 a month. www.menziesrc.org/subscribe

Nick Cater presents his column in The Australian in which he considers the move to force us onto a vegan diet under the guise of saving the planet. The column, published on August 2, 2021, can be read here.