Simon P. Kennedy

🚨New article!🚨"The Filial Is Political: The Fifth Commandment in Seventeenth-Century English Political Thought" in the English Historical Review. It is a detailed look at how the fifth commandment to "honour your father and mother" was used in political theory. Link below. 👇

Young Men in Crisis? You bet. Thanks to @page_research and @gerardgholland for publishing my policy paper on the young men crisis in Australia. One paper, 13 policy recommendations. Link in the thread below 👇🔗 1/

Read on for more of the research behind this thread, as well as some concrete public policy recommendations. 🔗page.org.au/2026/03/young-… 14/

My policy paper makes a start on analysing this issue from an Australian perspective. We need to know more, do more, and see change in this area. Young men and boys are a crucial part of our future. If we don't do something it will affect everyone. 13/

The War on Young Men (And What To Do About It) Here are two enormous contributions to understanding boys and young men in Australia: a landmark speech by Gerard Holland at the Aspire conference; and a ground-breaking report by Simon P. Kennedy. Huge kudos to Page Research Centre for taking the lead on this (@gerardgholland is the Executive Director at @page_research, and @JohnAndersonAC is the Chair). On Tuesday 24 February, Gerard Holland took to the stage at the Aspire conference, at Sydney's International Convention Centre in front of 800 eager participants. His epic keynote is deeply insightful, multi-disciplinary, and courageous. As a proud husband and father of two sons, he speaks truth to power and is inspiring males of all ages... Today, the Page Research Centre has released a new report Young Men In Crisis: What Can Australia Do? by @spkenn1. He puts forward a detailed and sober diagnosis of what this crisis actually looks like on the ground, including what’s happening in our schools and education, what’s happening in the labour market, what’s happening to relationships, family formation, and the basic milestones of adulthood. And just as importantly, what can be done about it (with 13 clear recommendations): page.org.au/2026/03/young-…

@ChavuraStephen That edition is also outstanding.

It is most definitely the greatest ancient work of history, and possibly the greatest work of history of all time.

Super interesting book by @spkenn1 on worldview formation in Christian education. Identifies some real problems and critiques of worldview language when it is applied to education. I found the critique to be very accurate. worth a read.

About to chat to Steve Austin on @abcbrisbane about the political convulsions of the past few months, and we'll discuss the question of why One Nation is having an unprecedented bump in the polls, decimating the LNP Coalition.