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Bureaucrats and barbarians
We have mourned Bill Leak. Now we must avenge him. The time for tears has passed. It’s anger we need…
Words are cheap
Like many Speccie contributors, I was privileged to know Bill Leak personally, although for only about ten months.But through no…
Bill and the Lilliputians
The death of great men illuminate the darkness like lightning on a stormy night. So it is with Bill Leak,…
Ellis is not an island
Interesting timing Kate Ellis. While feminists were busy waxing their broomsticks for International Women’s Day (slash month, slash decades), MP…
Bill, me and 18C
As a writer and raconteur Bill Leak was peerless. He had a larrikin wit of which Henry Lawson would be…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
Hot air
Climate change has taken place for thousands of millions of years. The extraordinary claim that humans cause climate change must…
Jewish values and 18C
As anyone who has closely followed the 18C debate knows, the major secular Jewish communal bodies, particularly the Executive Council…
Copping it sweet
New research from the University of Melbourne claiming a tax on soft drink could add 1.2 years of healthy life…
Killing history
In February, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral, the very reverend David Hoyle, announced his ‘openness’ to removing the Cathedral’s largest…
Business/Robbery etc
It’s a no-brainer. Both economically and politically, only time will tell whether cutting penalty rates will create enough new jobs…
Building walls
The really bad ideas never go away – Bert Kelly. Protectionism is one of those really bad ideas. Last month…
The Beijing Model
Have the Chinese really found a preferable version of political leadership?
Jewish values and 18C
As anyone who has closely followed the 18C debate knows, the major secular Jewish communal bodies, particularly the Executive Council…
Building walls
The really bad ideas never go away – Bert Kelly. Protectionism is one of those really bad ideas. Last month…
Killing history
In February, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral, the very reverend David Hoyle, announced his ‘openness’ to removing the Cathedral’s largest…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
Business/Robbery etc
It’s a no-brainer. Both economically and politically, only time will tell whether cutting penalty rates will create enough new jobs…
Hot air
Climate change has taken place for thousands of millions of years. The extraordinary claim that humans cause climate change must…
Copping it sweet
New research from the University of Melbourne claiming a tax on soft drink could add 1.2 years of healthy life…
La la Libs
The commentariat are almost unanimous that Tony Abbott should not have launched our book Making Australia Right: Where to From…
Israel’s enemies
Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to Australia, the first by an Israeli prime minister, has brought on to the streets the…
One Nation’s chief recruiter
Most of the media just don’t ‘get’ Tony Abbott. They think he’s critical of Malcolm Turnbull because he wants his…
Israel, Terra nullius?
The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given journalists and ex-politicians a handy platform. There has been a…
Islam’s women
The recent debate stirred by claims that Islam is the most feminist religion (Q&A Feb 13, 2017) and Islamic law…
