The Conference of Parties: how many more?
The latest COP talkfest, with 66,778 participants, is producing much hot air and hand-wringing as it looks to upgrade the…
The Covid Inquiry
Much of the responsibility for the Covid controversy has remained buried, particularly the role of medical advice and its use…
Is India BRIC(K)ed-in?
Despite joining the Quad alliance in 2022, (Australia, Japan, India, and the US), India continues to tread a difficult, non-aligned…
Antisemitism is an ongoing plague at the UN
The rise of anti-Semitism in Australia has continued in recent months, aided and abetted by the Greens. The Labor government,…
Bushfires: climate or criminal?
The season has commenced with a bushfire in Sydney’s Northern Beaches area reputedly started by a burn off. Another has…
Religion is back in politics
As the Israel/Palestine conflict expands, we may ask, is the stage set for a worldwide intifada? Intifada is shouted on…
Tilting at windmills
Chris Bowen’s renewable energy plans are falling into disarray. Environmental legislation, introduced to block new mining developments, is proving to…
The Artemis Accords and China
Keeping space safe from the communists
Free speech … for how much longer?
US President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1941, pronounced the four fundamental freedoms necessary for life: freedom of speech, freedom to…
Women’s liberation stumbles backwards
I must start this off with an admission, I am a bloke – worse – an old bloke – even…
E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?
In 2022, Utrecht (Holland) was ranked the world’s most bike-friendly city. Australia seems keen to compete, with the number of…
Marriage – a fading institution
‘Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join…
The war on drugs is a shambles
The introduction of new legislation in the ACT means those found in possession of minor amounts of illegal drugs will…
Cyclones are not evidence of a climate apocalypse
The damage from recent Cyclone Jasper has taken many, including the Bureau of Meteorology, by surprise. The failure to predict…
Volcanoes, another end-of-the-world scenario
Those who think we can control the power of nature are deluded. The latest threat comes from Iceland. After a…
Days of empire lost
What hope for the snowflake generation?
Single-sex schools – are they a thing of the past?
Regensburg Cathedral School in Bavaria was founded in 975. For a thousand years, it only admitted male pupils. In 2022,…
Desalination… Will it work this time?
With the return of Premier Palaszczuk, overdue decisions will need to be made about water supply for the South-East corner…
Concussions are killing players and the game
The rulers of footy codes have, for years, adopted a head-in-the-sand approach to the management of concussions, but the tsunami…
Nuclear panic and radiation risk: reality or ideology?
We were recently reminded of the horrors of war by the anniversary of the 200,000 lives lost in August, 78…
The lithium delusion: a big problem with big batteries
The development of lithium-ion batteries has changed the concept of energy storage. As their use expands, a potential downside is…
Has the education revolution failed Australia’s students?
World-renowned academic, Pierre Ryckmans, opined: ‘A university is a place where scholars seek the truth, pursue and transmit knowledge for…
Artificial intelligence: the next extinction?
With technology developing ever faster, a new threat is looming in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) potentially interacting adversely…
Children behaving badly
Something is going seriously wrong with our children. Standards are declining in education; manners and respect are forgotten; ignorance, expectation,…
The un-United Nations
The role of the United Nations in the modern world has fallen into disrepute; the recent elevation of Russia as…
