Make Sydney and Melbourne city-states

How else are we going to save New South Wales and Victoria?

The rift between Australia’s big cities and their regional counterparts is no secret. Sydney and Melbourne, with their swelling populations and progressive agendas, wield disproportionate influence over state governments.

Take, for example, policies cooked up in the cities: cancelling Christmas, funding climate change grifters, expansive socialist housing programs, and a raft of ‘progressive’ ideas that undermine individual freedoms and the primacy of the family.

Such progressive nonsense undermines the realities of life in the bush.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Make Sydney and Melbourne city-states. 

With wayward political ideologies hell-bent on bankrupting our two largest cities, Australia’s federation is due for a refresh.

To save the democracies of New South Wales and Victoria, Sydney and Melbourne should be carved out of the existing states to become independent… pic.twitter.com/jWEJukTYFX

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) January 2, 2026