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Andrew Thorburn had no idea the whirlwind he was in for when he accepted the job of chief executive of the Australian Football League club Essendon. He would be pressured to resign just over 24 hours after taking the job. At the center of this controversy was not a personal scandal, nor an accusation of…

Is Australia turning authoritarian? As COVID-19 cases in Australia increased over the past few months due to the delta variant, we’ve seen images of mass protests alongside police and military crackdowns. The Australian military has been unleashed in Sydney to enforce draconian lockdowns and extreme restrictions on travel. Officials often have unevenly and arbitrarily enforced…

Melbourne, Australia is in its sixth COVID-19 lockdown and is now the longest locked-down city in the world.  Australia has taken an unprecedented approach to fighting the pandemic within its borders, implementing extreme lockdown measures.  Leaders across Australia have instantly put their states and cities into lockdown when COVID-19 cases are reported, believing that “zero…

The recently unveiled U.S.-Australia-U.K. trilateral security partnership is intended to deepen the security ties between the three longtime allies. The new partnership has been marketed as a strategic security alliance, with the Biden administration underscoring that “[AUKUS] is a fundamental decision—fundamental—that binds decisively Australia to the United States and Great Britain for generations.” A key…

You’ve heard of the U.S.-China trade war, but have you heard of the problems Australia is having with China? Growing tension over trade between Australia and China isn’t so much a trade war as it is another example of how China uses economic coercion to pursue its political goals. Australia has been the recent target…

Australia and New Zealand are two of just six economically free countries in the world, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of Economic Freedom, but they have chosen dramatically different paths in dealing with the coronavirus health crisis. Australia has been far more mindful of the economic freedom of its people. Both nations have…

When Australians went to the polls over the weekend, it was universally expected that the left-wing Labor Party would emerge the winner. To the shock of the pollsters, however, the left lost. In Australia, the Liberals are the conservative party, and so it was the conservatives who won a surprise victory. In a 151-seat House…

We talk to Martyn Iles, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, about e state of conservatism here in the U.S. and abroad in Australia. Plus: Mykala Steadman shares an inspiring story of perseverance at the Boston Marathon. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts….