Features Australia
The mitigation fantasy
President Macron marked the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change by convening a ‘One Planet Summit’ in…
A ruined life in the one-way war
Adam Smith warned on the criminalising of emotions – hate crimes – in the Theory af Moral Sentiments, published in…
Guilty
A decision by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton is due imminently in the case of malicious prosecution brought by Gordon Wood against…
Skid marks in the desert
My time was up. Skid marks in the desert after three decades and six years. You don’t run out of…
Business/Robbery etc
Forcing the deferral of the government’s vital superannuation industry reforms by terrorising cross-bench Senators with electoral political threats only serves…
Losing our perspective
As Christmastime rolls around again we should take special care not to cause offence when sending group emails and Tweets…
A beacon for human rights?
The royal decree granting Saudi women the right to drive astonished the Western world and geared up approval for the…
Provocateur-in-Chief
The sin of provocation, Turkish President Erdogan helpfully explained in January 2015, was when mischief-makers fomented ‘hatred and enmity’ in…
They legislated a lie
An appeal to my fellow conservatives: please stop congratulating that chap who has his boot on your neck. Even Tony…
Christmas notes
Public shaming I know Christmas is a time for families and togetherness but frankly, I’m concerned that flicking the switch…
Robin and Eric
Having been in a loving relationship for two months, Robin and Eric were hot to trot and tied the knot…
Ben Canaider
As readers may be aware, December began in sunny Melbourne with a deluge of biblical proportions – or so Melburnians…
The unacceptable cost of renewables
Parts of Europe may be tearing themselves apart politically over the vast costs of adopting renewable energy, but Australian voters…
Flash in the pan
Last week an unlikely event took place: something interesting happened at the Arias. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards…
Bopping with Bippera
In 2012, as James Morrison was collecting his trumpet from the baggage carousel at Cairns airport, a fan approached to…
Red meds
In November’s Lancet, editor Dr Richard Horton has liberated his esteemed medical journal from the shackles of science by inviting…
Business/Robbery etc
We now know why so many listed public company directors are more concerned with social and environmental virtue-signalling than focussing…
Survival or expediency?
The federal parliamentary party is divided, disordered, dystopian. The Prime Minister’s leadership lacks clear purpose and vision. Budget repair isn’t…
Turkeys, Thanksgiving and fake news
A bolt of schadenfreude hit many US conservatives inside the beltway last weekend – amid equal horror on the Left…
Yellow Peril, White Paper
The great foreign secretary, Lord Palmerston, saw no need to spell out British foreign policy in some vast official paper.…
Women suffer while doctors earn a fortune
Imagine a medical breakthrough which could save the government billions of health care dollars on unnecessary hysterectomies, useless tests and…
Yes, Gonski
The current political wisdom in education — or at least, the ‘wisdom’ of the Left — seems to be that…
Aux bien pensants
Dat’s a nice bottom With so many stories about sexual harassment, I should reveal my experience decades ago. Looking up…
Is nothing sacred?
The majority of Australians have now indicated their support for the principle of same-sex marriage and the Government has introduced…
For whom the bells toll
Now that we’ve had time to digest the marriage poll and Mr Turnbull has leapt into action with uncharacteristic decisiveness…
