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The buck stops there
Not many of us remember Fred M. Canfil, who, when visiting an Oklahoma prison in 1945, was impressed by a…
Acronym organisations
The so-called rules-based order that the West has prided itself on developing and operating under since the end of the…
Jimflation
Back in 2022 when Labor won the federal election with a paltry 32 per cent of the primary vote, our…
Quantum of decline
On too many fronts, our civilisation and our decency are crumbling before our eyes. The beauty, of course, of the…
Vehicle metaphors
Various vehicular metaphors are commonly used to describe the unravelling of an incompetent government, usually involving train wrecks, car crashes,…
Coalition must U-turn on X
Kudos to Senator Ralph Babet and to One Nation for opposing this tyrannical abomination
Stabbings in Sydney
Last Saturday afternoon Sydneysiders in particular and Australians as a whole were horrified and traumatised as a lone man prowled…
Wong again
Warning, satire: In international news this week, the Israeli government has announced it plans to send a special envoy to…
Out of touch
In exciting news this week, the Prime Minister announced that a retired coal miner from Cessnock who now runs a…
Hamas resurrected?
The duplicity and the cynicism of the Biden administration knows no bounds. By choosing to abstain from a Chinese/Russian-sponsored UN…
Trump’s lightbulb moment
It was certainly an entertaining moment in an interview between former British politician Nigel Farage and his good friend former…
Sam’s own goal
‘WATCH UNDER!’ was the warning cry made famous by one of Australia’s original expat Aussies living in London, as he…
Beware the Nature Positive plan
Aesop warned the Greeks of the danger in about 520BC; Avianus repeated it for the Romans a century later. William…
Mandatory vindication
They were the three words of the week, if not of the year: ‘vaccine’, ‘mandates’ and ‘unlawful’. That was the…
Watchdog consumers
The news that Brad Banducci is stepping down as CEO of supermarket giant Woolworths is to be warmly welcomed. This…
Bowen’s climate idiocy
The sheer stupidity of the Albanese government and the renewables investment lobby groups would be comical if it were not…
Slash the acronyms
What to make of the Coalition’s response to the trashing of the Stage 3 tax cuts? As Judith Sloan points…
Penny Wong must resign
Every Australian taxpayer now has on their conscience the terrifying prospect that their hard-earned dollars went towards financing the rape,…
ScoMo steps aside
Former prime minister Scott Morrison, who this week announced his retirement from politics, deserves our respect and praise for being…
Celebrating the spirit of Oz
As the long summer holidays draw to a close, Australia’s malcontents have roused themselves for their annual attack on Australia’s…
Adrift in perilous seas
In the torpor of the silly season, when sensible Australians are enjoying barbies in the great outdoors, the Albanese government…
Happy un-woke Year
Happy New Year? This magazine always tries to look on the bright side so let’s kick off with the positive…
Massacre of innocence
The Massacre of the Innocents is the story told in the New Testament (but only in one of the Gospels),…
Watch Cop28 and weep
What a hoot. The global warming cult have finally learned their lesson and decided to hold this year’s annual Cop…
The three i’s
Peter Dutton has committed his party to a return to government at the next election. This development is welcome. The…
