Aux bien pensants
Drive-by media’s bias against Trump The reporting of the 2016 presidential election can hardly be celebrated as the media’s finest…
Keep on tweeting, Mr President
There are two ways to judge a president or a prime minister. That which is true is based on policy,…
Republic calls based on a blatant untruth
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11 This biblical proverb is,…
Give us the tools to tackle terror
The recent terrorist outrage in Melbourne, as well as the too-frequent rampages by immigrant criminal gangs in that city, will…
Bennelong to Turnbull: change or go
Unlike New England, which was very much Barnaby Joyce’s victory, the Liberal win in Bennelong may be credited to the…
Seasonal notes
Abbott and Trump are right It is one year since Tony Abbott, recalling the role of the Australian Light…
A Bennelong bombshell will leave Turnbull terminal
The Bennelong by-election is likely to lead to a change of leadership in the Liberal Party which if wisely done,…
Twilight notes
Economic, political and diplomatic decline Australia under the Howard government was riding high, a nation almost uniquely debt-free, well governed,…
Yellow Peril, White Paper
The great foreign secretary, Lord Palmerston, saw no need to spell out British foreign policy in some vast official paper.…
Has the parliament been infiltrated? The Senate must act
The Senate must decide the Dastyari question now. It’s more than about one senator. It’s about the control and influence…
Aux bien pensants
Dat’s a nice bottom With so many stories about sexual harassment, I should reveal my experience decades ago. Looking up…
Citizenship notes
It could have all been so much easier… Whatever the deal done by the Coalition and Labor, there always was…
The evil face of anarchy
A possible future Australia was on show outside Sydney’s old Eveleigh Railway Workshops on Friday night and it is not at…
Sacrificial notes
To the Sun Goddess Wong Visiting Canada, I could not fail but note the absence of any significant campaign to…
Dystopic pregnancy
The mathematical, reading and science skills of Australian school students are in serious decline with the average student now close…
Convention of Outsiders
Confidence in our political system has collapsed, as the internationally respected 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer records. Politicians usually justify our…
But what about survival of the press — and the role of the ABC?
The Australian media have always been subject to competition law. So why should there be special laws about their structure?…
The Prime Minister’s protection racket
The Prime Minister is in a terrible mess. Not because of the photograph cuddling his grandchild and holding a glass…
Aux bien pensants
Everything and anything to bring Australia down Will our elites succeed in bringing Australia down, just as Argentina and especially…
If you don’t know, vote no
From its previous decisions, it is possible, indeed probable that the High Court will stop the same-sex marriage plebiscite on…
Burkas and broken oaths: complete the constitution
My blood ran cold. A woman – I assume she was a woman – came towards me in a burka…
Aux bien pensants
Say Yes to No Just as the appeasement of Nazi Germany ended with Chamberlain’s Declaration of War at 11.15am on…
Same sex notes
Hang the Senate: let the people decide However much he has foolishly encouraged it, the Prime Minister cannot tolerate…
Constitutional notes
When no means no The golden rule for constitutional change is that this should only be contemplated if it…
Liberal notes
Rosehill: democracy reborn The Rosehill Convention of the NSW Liberal Party may go down in history as the beginning…
