John Anderson is a sixth-generation farmer and grazier from New South Wales, who spent 19 years in the Australian parliament including six years as deputy prime minister.

Our democracy remained imperfect – that same year, the Commonwealth Franchise Act explicitly excluded Aboriginal Australians from the federal roll except those already enrolled to vote in a state – ...

Tax reform isn’t about economics, it’s about democracy. While introductory economics teaches us that we should tax things we want less of and subsidise things we want more of, it is silent about how ...

2025: With Australia’s political institutions being key to its prosperity, do we require a form of conservative radicalism to preserve them? When I proposed the title for this talk to the ABC, I was ...

The prime minister forcing the treasurer to backdown on proposed superannuation changes shows this government’s direction – ...

1968: The lecture that coined the term ‘the great Australian silence’, in reference to the treatment of Indigenous ...

1968: The lecture that coined the term ‘the great Australian silence’, in reference to the treatment of Indigenous Australians, remains integral to how our nation sees itself ...

So where, on this scorched earth, was my own humour and silliness? Though I possessed some, it was rarely found in my writing ...

Both Nettle and Brereton are entitled to judicial pensions – Nettle of about $366,000 a year and Brereton about $298,500. It is not clear whether they are receiving those on top of what they are being ...