Academic groupthink: is Nick Coatsworth the new Peter Ridd?
Never has it been so important for Australian universities to be places of free intellectual inquiry than it is right now. But…
The human rights establishment’s greatest priority? A closed shop
When you hear that 85 human rights experts have co-signed a public letter to the federal attorney-general one could only assume that…
An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: not as simple as some would have you believe
Advocates for an Indigenous Voice to parliament see the proposal for a legislated option merely as a stepping stone to radical constitutional…
Wiping “Australia Day” from the Big Bash games: polling shows it’s another fumble by our feeble cricketers
In the wake of an underwhelming summer of cricket in which the Australians lost a home series to the depleted Indian squad, Australia’s governing body…
Covid totalitarianism
The actions of Victoria Police in the egregious arrest of Ballarat mother Zoe Buhler for posting about an anti-lockdown protest…
You don’t need to like Clive Palmer to dislike his arbitrary treatment
The Western Australian government’s draconian legislation passed this month to extinguish the legal rights of Clive Palmer and his flagship…
Memo AFL: do you play footy – or politics?
Australia is not a racist country and the Australian Football League should know better than to give its support to…
China notes
Age of appeasement We can be thankful to the Hong Kong protesters for highlighting the moral conflict at the heart…
The G-G should resign
Australia’s constitutional system cannot function properly with a Governor-General inserting himself into contemporary political debate. If the current Governor-General wishes…
Legislating free speech
What is happening to Israel Folau should not happen in a free society. GoFundMe’s hypocritical decision to shut down a…
Super Justice Warriors
Captain Marvel, released to cinemas this month, is more than just another addition to the already saturated superhero film market.…
LGBTIQX-men
Stan Lee’s contribution to modern pop culture was nearly without comparison. His creations in the pages of Marvel Comics –…
Reds on the red carpet
For the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who watched Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969, there are…
Fellow citizens
The High Court’s decision last month to disqualify five federal parliamentarians for being dual citizens represents the worst excesses of…
18c: the process is still the punishment
Despite the federal government’s amendments earlier this year, the process is still the punishment under section 18C of the Racial…
Lack of same sex protection
The (thankfully) former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs suggested recently that the same-sex marriage debate was…
Filling Triggs’ shoes
The Human Rights Commission’s selective agenda does not include the protection of fundamental human rights like freedom of speech. For…
What part of free speech doesn’t Liberty Victoria understand?
Liberty Victoria’s decision to reward Gillian Triggs with its annual Voltaire Award is a perfect example of the left’s perverse…
Fake news meets 18c
Earlier this month Professor Andrew Jakubowitz of the taxpayer-created Cyber Racism and Community Resilience Research Group attempted to debunk a…
Picking judges
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats in the United States are about to engage in political warfare about who will…
Picking judges
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats in the United States are about to engage in political warfare about who will…
