Bordering on the insane
The premiers have trashed our Constitution
How coronavirus has made our democracy sick
Panic by our governments has squandered Australia’s good fortune of being so lightly touched by Covid-19 (and natural isolation). Panic…
What to do for Woke-a-thon 2020
Send a postcard of barefoot Aussie cricketers supporting BLM to remote Aboriginal communities: ‘Wish you were here’. Donate your copy…
It’s not just about him or Joe
Many – including our PM Scott Morrison with his unsubtle public phone chat the other day with Joe Biden, whom…
By their actions…
There is much outrage and ridicule from the US Democrats and lefties in general that Trump isn’t conceding defeat, claiming…
The Biden win: a grave mistake?
Data from the official Michigan government voter index indicates that a man who died in 1984 voted in the United States presidential…
Daniel Andrews and his demons
Nobody seems to know what is driving Daniel Andrews on his road to Victoria’s damnation. Every time he turns the…
If journos say Peta Credlin shouldn’t be able to question Dan Andrews, what does it say about them?
In juvenile attempts to delegitimise Peta Credlin and her role in pursuing the Dan Andrews government’s disastrous hotel quarantine decisions, various oafs…
Diary
Gulag survivor and author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said that one of the biggest mistakes people make is assuming totalitarianism can’t…
Australia should treat China as a political psychopath
Lowy Institute fellow Alan Dupont, CEO of geopolitical risk consultancy the Cognoscenti Group, commenting on China and our strained relations…
Border bans: premiers put the constitution behind them
Hi folks, welcome to our neck of the woods (mind the charred koalas). The dunny is down the back there…
How pandemic panic has perverted our politics
Coronavirus has panicked Western leaders — not all, but most — into behaving irrationally and dishonestly. Australia, so lightly touched…
Replacing RBG – much ado about the same thing
Aren’t the Democrats hoping to win the Presidency so they can nominate a left-sympathiser judge to the vacancy on the…
Anna and The Fly – a parable
Once upon a time there was a girl called Anna who lived in a lovely sunny house with a view…
Justice delayed and delayed – then delayed by coronavirus
One of the “much loved and respected“ inmates of Hobart’s Risdon women’s prison, Sue Neill-Fraser, has had to keep deferring her hope…
White Comcars reflect our colonial past? Really?
The 6 Series GT BMW cars that replaced the taxpayer-funded Comcar fleet made up of Holden Caprices are being withdrawn from…
Woke notes
Chinese aggression and the New Cold War The elderly woman in the ground floor flat was the janitor of the…
Tech giant media content code still slugs taxpayers over SBS and the ABC
The world-first draft mandatory code unveiled by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last Friday in response to complaints tech giants Google and Facebook have…
China, ‘consequences’ have consequences of their own
The Chinese leadership, through their mouthpieces in their embassies in Canberra, London and Washington, are these days mouthing veiled and…
There is no greater taboo than perceived insensitivity to Aboriginal Australia, so why the constant cries of racism?
“Burn the f…ing place down!” screams the angry young Aboriginal woman on the TV screen (in a red dress and…
Mob rule is not ok
When a man with a sign “Black, white — all lives matter” is booed and physically attacked by an angry…
Brutal history – or brutal present?
As the Black Lives Matter mantra sweeps the world, there is a view held by some that there is no…
China is desperate to crush the Tiananmen spirit
Next week’s anniversary 0f the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen massacre is generating deep concerns in Beijing — hence its lashing…
How Canberra can open closed state borders
It is unconstitutional to close borders between states, now that medical advice assures the Premiers that there is no scientific…
Closed borders are unconstitutional – no question
You can’t argue that there is still a national coronavirus emergency that provides an exemption to Section 92 of the…
