Is peace possible? (with Hamas)

 My latest article in The Spectator addresses the question "Is Peace Possible with Hamas?"

I open by saying that
"Such hope is naïve because the evidence is that while an end to the fighting may be possible with the Palestinian people, long-term peace with Hamas is near impossible."

I then argue that "

Since its origins, Hamas has thus been ideologically opposed to peace with Israel. The organisation’s goal is to maintain the armed struggle until Israel is annihilated utterly. Instead of being open to a two-state solution, Hamas wants a one-state solution – a theocracy extending ‘from the River to the Sea’. This practically means eliminating Jewish people and raising ‘the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine’.

The fanatical religious nature of Hamas means that while we could hope for peace between Israel and most Palestinian people, there can never be long-lasting peace with Hamas. "

I conclude by writing that "While peace may be possible with most Palestinians, it is most likely not possible with Hamas. Israel is a liberal democracy with the best interests of its people at heart. Hamas – the Islamic Resistance Movement, is a genocidal death cult that will sacrifice as many of its own people as needed to exterminate the Jewish people."

To read more, please see https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/02/is-peace-possible/

Catching up with these great Australian women

It was an absolute honour to catch up with these great Australians, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Trish Botha - Liberal for the Senate. 

With leaders like these, our country is in safe hands!

Elon Musk, the Free Speech Revolution, and Solving World Hunger.

Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on famine, observed that famine does not occur where there is representative democracy and a free press.

I argue that, by promoting free speech, Elon Musk is helping to attack the real causes of famine: information poverty and lack of representation.

To read more, click here

"Can Elon Musk solve world hunger?"

https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/07/can-elon-musk-solve-world-hunger/

Rethinking Indigenous Policy

"Last year’s “Voice” debate brought into sharp focus the difference between Labor’s ideology and liberal philosophy. Liberalism embraces a few big ideas and lets the ideas’ natural power improve society from the ground up. Labor’s approach is to promote myriad small solutions from the top down, applying them with a paternalist mindset that tries to bend nature to fit Labor’s ideology. This mindset led to the fatally flawed “Voice,” which was a national top-down solution to issues that are fundamentally local."  

To read more, please see pages 21-22 of 
"The Contributor, A Journal of articles published by the Policy Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia (WA Division)" 

https://www.contributor.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/The-Contributor_6th-Edition_2024_Compress.pdf

Joondalup Health Campus: Snake catcher Matthew Ogilvie dumbstruck by lack of care for young bite victim

I was featured in the West Australian, after a 10 year old snake bite victim was denied vital treatment  at a local hospital. 

https://thewest.com.au/news/health/joondalup-health-campus-snake-catcher-matthew-ogilvie-dumbstruck-by-lack-of-care-for-young-bite-victim-c-15008616

Western Australia needs public safety, not paperwork

 Western Australia already has the toughest firearm laws in Australia. That is no excuse for complacency, and the laws should be brought up to date. However, to be truly effective, to promote public safety instead of paperwork, the Bill should integrate the findings of the Law Reform Commission of 2016, and it should take account of experts in the field. Most importantly, the government should not block proper scrutiny of the Bill, and it should not trample on the rights of WA citizens.

Instead of law reform that will promote public safety, the government has advanced a Bill based on ideology instead of evidence. It is written without an adequate understanding of firearms, and it expects the Bill to be enforced by police the government cannot recruit, using resources they do not have.

Doing nothing for public safety but spending millions on paperwork!

...  If the government was sincere about public safety, it would not rush through flawed legislation and block scrutiny of the Bill. It would be look at firearms reform as part of a more important reform of our state’s approach to violence, especially domestic violence.

For more, please visit this linkthis link https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/06/wa-needs-public-safety-not-paperwork/

Taking away basic rights in Western Australia

 I'm honoured that my opinion piece was quoted in the West Australian State Parliament by Hon Louise Kingston MLC.

The bill before State Parliament is truly a wolf in sheep's clothing.

It will affect all Western Australians, not just a few as the government would have us believe.

It will take away the right to remain silent and it will make licenses contingent upon a person's beliefs, attitudes, and views.

This is a truly horrible bill that winds back every democratic reform we've had since Magna Carta.

https://youtu.be/RLhvootcWPE?si=l9oiZZmJQUj7rMi6&t=1461