A respectful debate? Hardly…
A reply to Chris Kenny's comments on the Voice to Parliament and the 'no' campaign
The ooga booga school of anthropology
Aboriginal anthropologist and activist Dr Marcia Langton is probably the most influential figure in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum…
Lifting the lid
The Economist gets its Voice story wrong
It’s the constitution, not a poem
Any form of constitutional recognition would be pointless
The Voice has a secret weapon
Beware the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Who is an Aborigine?
The single most important question about the Voice
Bitter politics
I have two mottoes. This first is ‘never look back’ and the second, and more important one in these troubled…
Hands off our Australian War Memorial!
Some years ago, I attended the annual congress of the NSW RSL. The keynote speaker was the Hon Dr Brendan…
The Voice of coercion
In support of Neil Brown’s excellent article in this week’s Spectator Australia edition, may I offer the following. The Declaration on the Rights…
Recalling the Governor-General
It was Whitlam, not Kerr, who defied Parliament in 1975
What is the true purpose of ‘The Voice’?
There are two elements to this proposed Voice referendum. The Voice itself and its inclusion in the Constitution. The latter…
Whatever happened to 1.5°C?
On the Kenny Report recently, fill-in host Chris Smith railed against the Greens’ demands that we ‘do much more to cut…
Sir John Kerr: villain or victim?
Over the years since 1975, partisan players have mounted an ongoing campaign to vilify Sir John Kerr. They claim, variously,…
Maybe Trump was right
Adam Creighton has a recent good piece in The Australian arguing, essentially, that Trump got most things right. It’s hard to argue…
Ukraine must win to deter future conflict
There are signs Putin may be prepared to limit his ambitions and settle for a portion of East Ukraine. President…
Gareth Ward and the presumption of innocence
I live in Kiama, a village just south of Wollongong. It is the centre of a small state seat. Its…
Daniel Andrews is destroying casual work
We have seen the warning signs for a number of years. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who grows more detestable from…
A straw man defence of Dark Emu
Recently in a comment thread, a Spectator Australia reader took me to task for claiming in the promotion for my…
Is constitutional recognition a good idea for democracy?
Janet Albrechtsen has a piece in Wednesday’s Australian concerning the proposed Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.…
Vaccine mandates? Get knotted
I have a friend who has not been vaccinated. He was advised by his doctor not to have the jab. …
Bravo to the Rittenhouse jury
How disingenuous can one 79-year-old mentally enfeebled President be? Here is Biden’s reaction to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: While the…
The logic behind net zero
Tony Abbott once said, ‘climate change is crap’. What he should have said was ‘catastrophic anthropogenic global warming is crap’,…
What price the truth of the story of white settlement?
If truth were a commodity, you’d short sell it. Think the Coates enquiry into hotel quarantine, cheap renewables and so…
Why conservatives shouldn’t support an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Yesterday, Flat White ran a piece by Senator Andrew Bragg explaining why conservatives should support the proposed Indigenous Voice to…
The Oldest Culture: Epilogue
The final in a series of articles examining Dark Emu-style claims. This is the last of a series of articles…
