Dumping Turnbull
At a funeral, there are those who are in mourning and those who are merely paying their respects. For the…
Coronate Buddy Franklin
Advocates for an Australian republic have spent the last two decades patiently waiting for the Queen of England to die.…
OK, I’m a conservative comedian
Whenever I meet a fellow conservative—at the Opera, or at the Latin Mass, or at the hush hush child-sacrificing soirées…
Flash in the pan
Last week an unlikely event took place: something interesting happened at the Arias. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards…
Jesus in the playground
It emerged last fortnight that Queensland’s Department of Education wants to ban primary school students from talking about Jesus. Kate…
Booze notes
Boycotting the marketplace of ideas For many years now, Coopers Pale Ale has been the favourite drink of Australia’s progressives.…
Annus wonderfulus
For much of last year, left wing media invoked ‘2016’ as a rod with which to chasten the insufficiently progressive.…
Standing with the Yarts
Recently, tweets featuring #istandwiththearts flooded the internet. It was meant to scan ‘I Stand with the Arts’, but I initially…
Sinking in SA
The submarine decision is yet another example of how far South Australia has been submerged by welfarism
Australian notes
Same sex marriage? just give me Democracy There are few conceivable contexts whereby one could say ‘I believe in democracy’…
Closing time at the Zoo
We have entered a new prudish, illiberal era
Racists, fascists and socialist scum
Recent rallies in Australia’s main cities have pitted a variety of comical eccentrics against each other
The ever-Greens
They survived the departure of Bob Brown. But will anybody care that Christine Milne has gone?
The ABC deprives us of quality content
It is because of the ABC, not in spite of it, that the networks produce such low brow telly
Time to cull this plague of dunces
The proposed university changes will discourage many students from signing up. Good.