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9 November 2019 9:00 am

If we are being asked to shut down our coal export industry and the 48 coal turbines that supply 75…

Brother, can you spare a solar panel?

9 November 2019 9:00 am

In the immortal words of Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy being Green and no-one knows that better than Mike…

My finest hour

9 November 2019 9:00 am

Every journalist dreams of the scoop that will make his name. Ten years ago this month I finally got mine…

Letter from Japan

9 November 2019 9:00 am

With ubiquitous Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples proclaiming the nationwide universality of religious belief, Japan is the ideal location for…

A bill of rights? Kel horreur!

9 November 2019 9:00 am

Kel Richards’ proposal in these pages for a bill of rights (‘Conservative Notes’, 2 November 2019) as a solution to…

Out like Flynn

9 November 2019 9:00 am

James Flynn is not an obvious enigma, even if he does hold the distinction of possibly being the only scholar…

Treachery of the elites

9 November 2019 9:00 am

The greatest struggle in the West, and especially amongst the English-speaking nations, is an internal one. This is not to…

Shark bait

2 November 2019 9:00 am

‘That moment when they lock eyes and they acknowledge you, it’s hard to put it into words,’ a clearly smitten…

Boys unburden their load

2 November 2019 9:00 am

Last week, news broke that something terrible had happened on Melbourne’s public transport. It wasn’t violence, drug taking, or vomiting—these…

Greta’s familiar tune

2 November 2019 9:00 am

When I listened to Greta Thunberg’s recent speech at the UN, I was struck by the immediacy of her dystopian…

PM abdicates responsibility

2 November 2019 9:00 am

The drought is our greatest problem today. While they can’t make it rain, it is elementary that governments can move…

Slaving away for human rights

26 October 2019 9:00 am

Mauritania in north-west Africa isn’t really a beacon of human rights. Of the 4.5m population, 500,000 are slaves. Regardless, the…

Business/Robbery etc

26 October 2019 9:00 am

Beware! It is not merely an economic threat to Australia and the world. There will be far more serious consequences…

Two-faced Aunty

26 October 2019 9:00 am

It’s understandable that our national broadcaster feels confused and besieged. So many of her once loyal friends are turning on…

Albo’s climate drought

26 October 2019 9:00 am

These are deadly days for Australians trying to eke out a living on the land but spare a thought for…

Insiders won’t go down without a fight

26 October 2019 9:00 am

    The European Union has a habit of working with the establishment figures in countries to topple governments that…

Eavesdropping on sin

26 October 2019 9:00 am

Whatever the federal government is thinking of doing to protect what the Constitution calls the ‘free exercise’ of religion, it…

Politicians are responsible for the drought

26 October 2019 9:00 am

‘I’m going to make a shitload of money.’ Peter, a farmer, listened intently to the merchant banker boasting to the…

Trump’s blood-Kurdling stupidity

19 October 2019 9:00 am

‘After defeating 100 per cent of the ISIS Caliphate, I largely moved our troops out of Syria,’ tweeted President Donald…

Antisemitism’s perfect storm

19 October 2019 9:00 am

It’s the world’s oldest bigotry and it’s on the rise again. Antisemitism is associated with the darkest chapters of human…

Made-up Maori

19 October 2019 9:00 am

In what may seem a strange request, I recently replied to a government department asking to be addressed in English,…

Harvard’s racist selection process

19 October 2019 9:00 am

You might be surprised to know that Harvard University, along with other American tertiary institutions, routinely and explicitly discriminates on…

Hold on, what about Holdaway?

19 October 2019 9:00 am

What do the years 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300 and 1400 AD have in common, asks British Professor,…

2018 Thawley Essay prize runner-up

12 October 2019 9:00 am

At the time of writing, December 2020, the #newedition movement can be considered a truly global phenomenon. As it sets…

Eat the activists

12 October 2019 9:00 am

I have a modest proposal. Lately, there have been some commendable if flawed solutions put forward to deal with the…