There are a lot of similarities between Britain and its old antipodean outpost in Australia. Despite the differences and (always friendly) rivalries that have emerged since 1788, we do sometimes line up on similar issues. Such is the case with the current positions of our respective Labour/Labor Prime Ministers. 4 July saw the first anniversary […]
Spare a thought for your friends Down Under. When England had its Freedom Day on July 19, half of the Australian population were under strict lockdown orders. While Brits were free to head back to the pub, Victorians had only four reasons for which they could legally leave their home, other than work – and […]
Universal Basic Income is all the rage at the moment. So much so that John McDonnell recently revealed that Labour intend to include a pilot UBI scheme in their next manifesto. Nobody doubts the current welfare system is riddled with flaws and inefficiencies, but offering an unconditional income to every British citizen is not the […]
For a country which has benefited immensely from the liberal international order and modern economic development, Australia has done remarkably little to facilitate the development of some of its own territory. Northern Australia – usually defined as everything above the Tropic of Capricorn – has always been the poor relation of the more densely-populated areas […]
