Alan Kohler: What the nuclear submarines deal is really all about
A day after Australia, the US and UK launched a new anti-China military alliance, global sharemarkets had a conniption because of an...
Alan Kohler: Australia has become a series of fiefdoms, run by warlords
Last week’s nuclear submarine pageant has made the state of Australia’s federation even clearer than it was: The federal government runs external...
Alan Kohler: Modern conservatism offers few answers for a pandemic
The pandemic is challenging the underpinnings of modern conservatism and if right-wing parties can’t adapt, they’ll be doomed. COVID-19 is destroying the...
Alan Kohler: How Richard Nixon planted the seeds for cryptocurrency 50 years ago
On the helicopter headed for a top secret three-day conference at Camp David 50 years ago last Friday, Richard Nixon’s speechwriter, William...
Alan Kohler: The money for dealing with climate change will have to be printed
The sixth IPCC assessment report makes it clear that dealing properly with climate change will require a whole new approach to government...
Alan Kohler: The states now have power without the glory of money
Now that the proceedings of the national cabinet can’t be kept secret, it will presumably be shut down. That would be a...
Alan Kohler: Some clarity in an epidemic of fudging
The modelling from the Doherty Institute released this week makes it clear there will be no escape from COVID-19. There has still...
Alan Kohler: Allowing some families to be financially ruined is unforgivable
Friday’s announcement that we want 70 to 80 per cent of the population to be vaccinated was reported as news, but that’s...
Alan Kohler: The seductive, destructive technology illusion
Afterpay is not a tech company, even though it dominates the ASX All Technology Index – it’s a lender; Amazon is a...
Alan Kohler: The Delta strain means the exit plan has to mutate as well
It’s now more than three weeks since the government commissioned the Doherty Institute to come up with the threshold vaccination percentage that...