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Dear friend, This article first appeared at ConfidentialDaily.com For years, abortion has largely been treated as a settled issue in Australian politics. Most major political parties preferred not to talk about it. Most journalists assumed the debate was over. Most Australians probably assumed that whatever abortion laws existed in their state were broadly similar to those elsewhere in the country. Then Pauline Hanson’s One Nation walked straight back into the argument.

Dear friend, Twenty-two years ago this week, a bloke from a small town in Colorado climbed into a bulldozer he’d spent months turning into an armoured fortress and made sure the world would remember his name. Nation First, by George Christensen is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Dear friend, Something strange has happened to the West. I’m not talking about the normal ups and downs of politics. Every generation thinks the country’s going to the dogs. Every generation complains about the people in charge. That’s nothing new. What’s new is the growing insistence that reality itself can be negotiated. Nation First, by George Christensen is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Dear friend, This article by George Christensen was first published at ConfidentialDaily.com under the title “Having The Conversation That Was Once Forbidden”. For years, Australians were told there were certain things decent people simply did not discuss. Immigration. Integration. Culture.

Dear friend, I had a case of gout in my right foot yesterday, and it has carried on into today. It is absolutely excruciating. I had planned to attend the Sydney Rally for Life outside NSW Parliament last night. I wanted to be there. I really did. But I could barely walk from my bed to my ensuite, let alone get out the door, travel into the city, and stand outside Parliament for an hour. At that point, standing at a rally would have been less a show of support and more a form of medieval torture.

Nation First reports on the Australian Christian Freedom Index and the growing pressure forcing Christians to stay silent about their faith. Dear friend, This important article first appeared in Confidential Daily: Australia still likes to think of itself as a country where people can live how they choose, say what they believe, and get on with their lives without the state breathing down their neck. Most ordinary Australians still believe that.

Nation First smacks down Sorry Day and the politics of guilt. Dear friend, Anthony Albanese put out his annual “Sorry Day” message this week. Another polished statement about healing, historical wrongs and reflecting on the past. By this point, most Australians could probably write the script themselves because it’s the same thing every year.

Nation First reports on a campaign to out Albanese from the Lodge. Dear friend, A version of the following article first appeared in The Spectator Australia: Anthony Albanese and Labor are rapidly burning through the one thing every government desperately needs to survive: public trust. Quite frankly, Australians have every right to be furious at their government.

Nation First reports on One Nation’s turbulent path to power. Dear friend, Two major polls released in the past week suggest Pauline Hanson’s One Nation could become the official Opposition after the next federal election. Both the RedBridge Group/Accent Research poll and DemosAU’s latest survey show the party not only decimating the Liberal-National Coalition but also making deep inroads into Labor’s working-class suburban heartlands. I don’t entirely believe it. Not entirely, anyway.

Nation First reports on the striking parallels between the modern West and the dying Roman Empire. Dear friend, A highly polarised society where ordinary people are squeezed by rising taxes and the cost of living, while their elites live in their own sheltered bubble, enjoying a detached, gilded existence. Borders are no longer secure as foreigners flood in, don’t integrate, and are slowly carving out their ethnic enclaves.