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Matthew Kelly

Sep 5, 2025, 7:42 AM

US and Australian Defense Force Personnel

There are times when candor requires a nation to acknowledge a debt. So let it be said plainly: Americans died on Pacific beaches to keep Australia free. That is arithmetic, not metaphor—etched into cemeteries from Arlington to Manila. And...

Aug 27, 2025, 2:00 AM

Albanese’s Pandering Diplomacy and the Forgotten Lessons of History

I still remember walking into the Sydney Young Labor Conference of 1986, representing a working-class Labor Party branch with idealism to burn and a conviction that politics could deliver fairness, equality, and principled government. What I found instead was...

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Dr. Matthew Kelly is an Australian academic and social commentator specializing in politics, history, and cultural affairs. He has written on Australian politics and international issues for The Spectator and News Corp publications, with a particular focus on democracy, ideology, and the challenges facing liberal societies.

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