Oz Conservative

One of the hardest things traditionalist conservatives have to do is to figure out the mindset of liberals. Although I understand better now...

Where is political modernism taking us? There is an unsettling answer laid out for us in a recent issue of Dissent , a prominent Australian ...

What drives multiculturalism and mass immigration? I believe the underlying reason, the “first” dynamic, is the logic of the liberalism whic...

It’s not difficult to mock modern art. The empty pretence at the heart of modern art is revealed all too frequently. The latest scandal inv...

Why should we resist the push toward gay marriage? The answer is set out best by Andrea Burns, in an article for the Melbourne Herald Sun (...

If Australia has a poet laureate it is Les Murray. I bought his newly released Collected Poems today and was interested to find how openly ...

Jim Kalb is back posting more regularly at Turnabout , having spent time preparing a book. If you haven't seen it already I recommend re...

It's rare to hear self-doubt from political moderns. Therefore, appreciate while you can the confessions of Rev. Alan Taylor. Rev. Taylo...

Earlier this month I reviewed the first half of a biography of James McAuley, a leading figure on the anti-communist right in Australia in ...

Glory Road has just been released in Australia. It’s a film which claims to be the true story of the Texan Western Miners basketball team, ...

Some people in Australia seem to believe that skills shortages can be filled through migration from developing countries. Not all employer g...

There was a short item in last Saturday’s Age on one of my favourite painters, Hans Heysen (1877-1968). Heysen did not view his role as an...

Remember Ryan Heath? He's the young Australian lefty who wrote earlier this year : The truth is that Australia doesn't really have a...

I've been reading a biography of James McAuley, one of the leading figures on the Australian right after WWII. The first half of the boo...

I found a book showcasing my home town, Melbourne, in a second-hand bookshop on the weekend. Published in 1968 it is full of glorious photos...