Features Australia

We’ve listened, we’ve learned

15 October 2016 9:00 am

Let me say it upfront: on greyhounds, the Government got it wrong. Banning the industry was a mistake, and we…

Human live baiting

15 October 2016 9:00 am

While the NSW Government worked itself into a lather over greyhounds chasing ‘live bait’, speaking emotively of bunny rabbits being…

Spewing hate

15 October 2016 9:00 am

The recent ABC documentary Recognition – Yes or No? concluded with Andrew Bolt in a fold-out chair on a lawn…

In the Navy, in the Army…

15 October 2016 9:00 am

Those amused or alarmed by the pictures of former Army Chief and Australian of the Year David Morrison mincing about…

Black women’s lives matter

15 October 2016 9:00 am

Earlier this year, Mark Latham stirred up outrage with these comments on domestic violence: … it’s about how the men…

In defence of human rights

15 October 2016 9:00 am

An emaciated figure in Auschwitz’s prison rags stands across a desk from a tall, thin, blond German named Doktor Pannwitz.…

Business/Robbery etc

8 October 2016 9:00 am

Put off the funeral arrangements; the incompetent South Australian government has, unintentionally, just given the kiss of life to coal…

The Left’s foreign donors

8 October 2016 9:00 am

A few weeks ago a trove of hacked documents detailed the international web of organisations nurtured by George Soros via…

Coping with a little John Howard

8 October 2016 9:00 am

Once, long ago, I made the mistake of signing a change.org petition. I have received unwanted correspondence from them ever…

But they should take the children away…

8 October 2016 9:00 am

Despite the worsening crisis in indigenous child welfare, the Aboriginal industry is continuing to make the same misleading claims about…

Aussie Mussies

1 October 2016 9:00 am

There have been few developments to better illustrate the collective delusions of the progressive media and the Islamic community than…

Baiting greyhound owners

1 October 2016 9:00 am

Greyhound racing is to be outlawed in NSW from July 1, purportedly based on the findings of the McHugh report,…

Technical nightmare

1 October 2016 9:00 am

Surely Malcolm Williamson represented the ultimate process of career self-destruction possible in a culture which had never experienced suicide-bombers. When…

Them’s fighting words

1 October 2016 9:00 am

First speeches are one of the few times Parliamentarians can present their motivations to the Chamber. After a precarious election…

All sizzle, no sausage

1 October 2016 9:00 am

During a recent policy debate concerning the proposal to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution, a…

The Empire fries back

1 October 2016 9:00 am

Memo to self: If I ever decide to flirt with the shoals of bankruptcy and follow friends’ calls to ‘open…

Throwing a tanderrum

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Connoisseurs of our sunburnt country’s timeless heritage have a treat in store next month. An indigenous tanderrum, or ceremonial mass…

Business/Robbery etc

24 September 2016 9:00 am

It’s just the calm before the storm. Despite the apparent parliamentary resolution of the government’s superannuation fracas, the battle is…

Boom time

24 September 2016 9:00 am

The government claims it had a good week last week, increasing taxes on savings, raising effective marginal tax rates on…

Le poison Pen

24 September 2016 9:00 am

The surge of the far-right Front National (FN) since Marine Le Pen took over the leadership of the party from…

Pauline appeals! Elites in shock!

24 September 2016 9:00 am

The reaction to Pauline Hanson’s maiden speech was a reminder that like Disraeli’s England, Australia is now two nations ,…

Over-crowded upper house

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Watching the circus that was the Republican convention to endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy was enough to make Australian voters such…

Journos or Groupies?

17 September 2016 9:00 am

Sam Dastyari’s ‘Chinese indiscretion’ hit the press on Tuesday of the first week of parliament. It was immediately followed by…

Power to the plebiscite

17 September 2016 9:00 am

Malcolm Turnbull’s shilly-shallying before deciding to go ahead with the gay ‘marriage’ plebiscite is what we have come to expect…

We’re all gamblers now

17 September 2016 9:00 am

We are a nation of gamblers. We wager more per capita than any other country on earth. But it is…