Where are those 'money trees' when you need them?
If only money could grow on trees. Victoria could plant a vast forest stretching to the horizon, visible from the…
Labor doesn't ‘walk the talk’ on women
Despite what the Labor Party – and the wacky Woke may think – Conservative and Liberal women have always been…
A Minister for Loneliness?
As the segregated Victorian population emerged into a state full of smoke and mirrors last week, something else also swirled into…
The dictator servant
And here I was believing that Members of Parliament were servants of the people. The Victorian Premier has humbled a…
What must Daniel Andrews’ Department of Fairness make of Daniel Andrews’ Victoria?
The Victorian Department of Fairness must be tut-tutting like a metronome in overdrive. Its job is to work ‘hard to…
They’re only words
If we apply the Bee Gees standard to the Victorian Premier, then Daniel Andrews is in strife. In 1969 –…
Dan, why not get Our Mary on the phone?
We need to get Our Mary on the line. That’s Mary Donaldson from Tasmania, the future Queen consort of Denmark.…
Freedom is the best reason to get vaccinted
There is a saying that goes like this: you can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust…
You go, girl! Laurel Hubbard and the other trans Olympians
You’ve got to give it to Shania Twain. When she belted out her 1997 hit, Man! I feel like a woman! she…
We have no choice? Really, Mr Premier?
The Premier of Victoria said a few interesting things when he plunged the state into its fifth lockdown. He was…
How to cope with Covid? Let’s try to be more Swiss
Singapore and Switzerland seem to be the greatest realists in the world today. They’re getting on with living – not…
It’s time to put power lines underground
In the Irish stronghold of south-west Victoria, St Patrick’s Day is a notable date on the celebration calendar. Danny Boy…
What Men’s Sheds and the Gay Games have in common
Recently, I was one of four female panellists at a Menzies Research Centre event in Melbourne. Our discussion point was…
Woke insurgency and its weapons of mass destruction
There is a sense that everyday life has become a visit to the cinema. We suspend our disbelief as the…
Despite the premiers, we all march on Anzac Day
After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, Australian troops will be back home within months. They will not all return.…
Daniel Andrews’ monument to madness
The Premier of Victoria has morphed into a monument maker. The bricks and mortar of this statue are the vanity…
Now there’s a real state of emergency in Victoria
The extension of Victoria’s State of Emergency powers to the Andrews government is devastating. The State of Emergency will end…
Preening premiers have ensured our borders are bonkers
Oh 2021, what hopes we had for you. When the clock chimed midnight on New Year’s Eve, a national sigh…
Meet Dictator Dan’s Department of Fairness
To be honest I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing. For all the spin-doctoring, the hundreds of thousands paid…
A very wicked outcome in the land of Oz
The Tin Man locks down the yellow brick road
Wake up before the Woke wear you down
These are strange days when a woman cannot stand up for women’s rights. It is wrong. The bra-burners of the…
When irrelevant is relevant
‘Annus Horribilis’ was how Queen Elizabeth II described 1992, a tough year at the palace. The Latin term means ‘horrible…
