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La Macronie à l’Agonie: France’s cautionary tale for Australia
As I wandered through Paris over the past few months, it became increasingly evident that the City of Light is…
Masculinity is not toxic
Violence against women and children is never acceptable, no matter who the perpetrator. Bill Shorten, in an interesting piece in…
Trapped in a climate sleight of hand
The trap that won’t let go… As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen takes climate alarm zealotry to 12…
Labor’s six-figure student caps won’t solve a thing
Australia has 12 per cent of the world’s international students
The IQ question in education
Does IQ matter? In 1974, the answer was a resounding ‘No!’ Fifty years later, I still remember first-year psychology lecturers…
Why was this made?
When The Crow’s original film adaptation came out, I was a mean, moody teenager. Thus, this film has a particular…
Are you allowed to have an opinion on religion in Queensland?
The absurdity of a preacher being hauled before the Queensland Human Rights Commission for criticising Welcome to Country practices at…
The merits of the Benedictine Way
In 2017, Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option became a New York Times best seller. The subtitle of the book…
Erasing David Unaipon, one design change at a time
I invite you to have a look at the Australian $50 note – a really close look. There are two…
Albo’s secrets are supposed to protect us, not erode our security
The conservative position on national security is typically to trust our military and national security agencies to do their job…
Tickle v Giggle shows the absurdity of sex discrimination law
The Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1982 was drafted to protect women and girls. In 2024, it is now employed as…
Our abused Sexual Discrimination Act
A decision in the Federal Court last Friday confirmed a shocking reality that many of us already knew; it is…
Small victories in the face of a (major) cultural battle
Here’s a light-hearted yet encouraging anecdote. Recently, at one state art gallery, patrons were attending the opening of a new…
The death of free speech in the West
Preserving free speech is essential to protect democracy. Indeed, no society can be authentically democratic if only a few privileged…
‘Far-Right’ or just ‘right about everything’?
The political world is full of baseless slurs uttered by historically and politically illiterate shock-jocks. The current favourite is ‘far-right’.…
Starmer’s Labour Party has misled Britain
We are roughly 50 days into our new Keir Starmer government and it has become extremely clear that Labour has…
Hate speech excuse silences free speech on university campuses
One of the first decisions of the newly elected British Labour government was to shelve plans to protect free speech…
Disastrous ABC performance demanded MD’s departure
ABC Chair, Kim Williams, has correctly shown his Managing Director the door. The reasons for doing so are many. David…
Beware the infiltration of ‘pocket socialism’
Have you ever noticed pockets of socialism appearing in our society? I refer to identity politics practices that infiltrate our…
Have the ‘racism’ and ‘sexism’ cards finally been over-played?
The left like to accuse the right of being mean. Apparently, we don’t care about meaningful things as much as…
Large swing in the NT does not make QLD a foregone conclusion
On Saturday, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party (CLP) achieved a 10 per cent two-party preferred swing to oust the…
Crime dominates Northern Territory election
‘Speckles’, the Adelaide River crocodile, got it wrong; Labor did not win the election. Instead, Australia is wondering if they…
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France
Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old CEO and founder of the encrypted social media app Telegram, has been detained in France. He…
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