Since November 2025 Australian opinion polls have shown a surge towards One Nation. This report explores the reasons for the surge to the right. It shows that much of the surge to the right comes from the concerns of patriots, those with a sense of belongness to a great extent.

This report places recent American protest movements in historical perspective. It outlines why conservatives are particularly aggrieved by the lockdowns in many states and examines the conservative players agitating for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, including President Trump.

The Morrison Government’s authoritarian policy agenda has a punitive element that has become more evident since the election.

Tony Abbott is an unwelcome presence — for the government at least — amid the tangle of by-elections on 28 July, writes Peter Brent.

Have Australian conservatives lost sight of the core features of their own philosophy?