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With a Moderna mRNA flu jab recently being approved by the US FDA, Dr David Richards discusses that flu vaccine and why the TGA should not approve this product for Australia.

The 2025 PISA Results, Part I

Prof Paul Frijters

September 12, 2026

Education, Humanities

On September 8th, the PISA results came out, detailing how almost a million 15-year olds across the world performed in standard tests for reading, mathematics, and science. The PISA results have become more and more important since they were set up in 2000 to track the progress of education in

Covid vaccines and miscarriage risk: are we still allowed to ask questions?

Dr Julie Sladden

September 11, 2026

Health, Science

This article does not attempt to prove that Covid-19 vaccination causes miscarriage. It asks whether the evidence is sufficiently complete to justify declaring the scientific question about safety in pregnancy closed – and, if not, what questions remain.

WA’s Unanswered Question

Julian Gillespie LLB, BJuris

September 9, 2026

Economy, Freedom, Society & Law

A referendum in which Western Australians vote decisively to leave the Commonwealth would confer democratic legitimacy upon the claim that the people of my state are entitled to determine their own political status. As I note in the just released second edition of my book, Secession by Western Australia, a

Community Update – August 2026

Jorg Probst

August 29, 2026

Community Updates

With less than three months to go to our biggest ever ASF conference, a reminder that earlybird tickets are still available. Our conference committee is putting together a fantastic program of speakers on current developments, pain points, and future plans for restoring vitality and freedom, curating an event in Perth

Critical Thinking – Part 2: What is Critical Thinking?

Prof Paul Frijters

August 24, 2026

Humanities

Let us begin with Aristotle and Socrates. The view of the first has been summarised by the phrase “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” A first element of critical thinking is then a kind of ‘waiting room of

Critical Thinking – Part 1: Statement of the Problem

Oleg Maltsev

August 24, 2026

Humanities

Today, an adult receives more information in a single day than a resident of a medieval town received in a whole year. This is no exaggeration — it is a structural characteristic of the environment in which both adults and children live. The problem has long since ceased to be

The Australian Fifth Amendment

Prof. Peter Swan

August 13, 2026

Economy, Freedom, Science

Fauci refused to answer. Our economists answered a question they had told us not to ask.

Tick-Borne Disease in Australia

August 12, 2026

Health

This case study draws on multiple evidence streams to analyse institutional responses to tick-associated illness in Australia. It examines Australian Government policy and clinical pathway documents, reports of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee, selected peer‑reviewed literature on tick‑borne disease and Lyme‑like illness, and relevant grey literature, including doctoral thesis

Let’s Talk About AI ‘Companionship’

Anthony Dillon

August 2, 2026

Health, Humanities, Society & Law

We are certainly in the age of AI. Many of us, directly or indirectly benefit from what it has to offer. Thankfully however, we are also learning about some of the problems it causes. For example, we know that students are becoming overly reliant on AI resulting in a ‘digital