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Season of goodwill
Australians deserve a long, hot, glorious summer of beaches and barbies and to indulge themselves in a joyous Christmas break…
Two-faced on Israel
Australia has stood against the more rotten and anti-Semitic resolutions of the United Nations. Now, however, it has distinguished itself…
Queensland was about you, Malcolm
The Queensland election has come and gone. While votes are still being counted, it’s clear premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her…
Good government ‘canceled’
The decision to cancel this coming week’s sitting of parliament is typical of the entire Turnbull Political Methodology: obfuscate, prevaricate,…
Yessssssss
The devil is in the detail. And the snakes are in the grass. This week’s cover by Sarah Dudley and…
New Year’s election?
What a mess; and, for once, it didn’t start with Malcolm Turnbull. The citizenship fiasco is a consequence of the…
Julie? No thanks
There is now a real prospect that Julie Bishop will become our next Prime Minister. Alas, such an outcome would…
Age of Endarkenment
All around us, we are seeing the cultural lights of Western civilisation flickering, if not being dimmed or even switched…
Just another hoax
Two out of three ain’t bad. Or so we are supposed to believe. So let’s start by accepting that the…
Goats, volcanoes and Turnbull
‘Contrary to the breathless assertions that climate change is behind every weather event, in Australia, the floods are not bigger,…
Grateful, not dead
As is the case after every horrific mass shooting in the United States, Australians not directly affected by the events…
Absolutely nothing
Once more we are being asked to believe the unbelievable. Once again the usual suspects in the media and politics…
Happy New Year
As with the Chinese New Year, Ramadan, and other festive occasions on our multicultural calendar, the ten-day period from Rosh…
Our energy farce
What a mess! Australia has the world’s largest readily available supplies of coal, gas and uranium yet our power prices…
The conservative case for SSM
Is there a credible conservative case for voting Yes to same-sex marriage? This critical question has been addressed by, among…
The Great Cultural Swindle
Forget about the ‘culture wars’. What Australia, and indeed the West, is now being subjected to, and in many ways…
Burqas and bigots
When the first pictures emerged of Afghan women celebrating the demise of the Taliban by scornfully tearing off their blue…
Frazzled
Soon it will be raining barbequed chook in Port Augusta, thanks to the latest madcap scheme by the Turnbull and…
Nice is overrated
It’s time that conservatives stopped being so damn nice and finally decided to stand up for what they believe in…
Gaggle of gays
It beggars belief that at a time when all Liberal guns should be squarely focussed on the destructive ‘tax and…
Healthy scepticism
As we pointed out last week, if the Liberals wish to win the next election they can do so easily.…
Freeze out the bedwetters
The next federal election is a shoo-in for the Coalition. This statement may appear counter-intuitive, but is nonetheless true. The…
Party pooper
Last week, while in London accepting an award for Australia’s ‘non-discriminatory’ immigration policies, Malcolm Turnbull made his now infamous Sensible…
Recognising murder
The flags will unfurl, the crowds will cheer, the bands will play, an explosion of red, green, black and white…
Marriage of connivance
‘Loose lips sink ships’ was the famous Second World War phrase which accurately warned of the dangers of allowing careless…
