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‘Voice’ to radically reshape government
Under-developed ‘Voice’ proposal a recipe for lawfare and division
A little fun while Trooping the Colour
For every ADF recruit, there was a precise moment when they ceased to be a civilian and became a member…
Elizabeth II: the greatest of monarchs
The Queen is dead. Long live the King. These are the words that must be uttered upon the death of…
Today is a significant anniversary
Saturday September 10 marks the anniversary of the banning of prescription of Ivermectin for Covid by our Therapeutic Good Administration…
The good and faithful servant Queen
‘Her Majesty The Queen’. With two male monarchs lined up to follow King Charles III, these four words are unlikely…
Christmas without the Queen will never be the same
For most of my life, I’ve tuned in to the Queen’s Christmas message. Her observations on the year gone would…
16 reasons why you need to buy an electric car
You have a penchant for Tolstoy, but never got around to reading War and Peace. Now you can devour this…
Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
A sea of people are gathering in the twilight in front of Buckingham Palace – they will do so throughout…
Duty, service, and change: vale Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip, it was said, had one duty above all others – to never let the Queen down. Her Majesty,…
Vale Her Majesty The Queen
The Spectator Australia is deeply saddened and shaken by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 96 after…
Rome Call: the Pope’s ‘ethical’ AI dystopia
It was a good call when Western Civilisation decided to erect a wall between religion and politics, protecting both spheres…
Catholic schools defy gender ‘affirmation’ laws
The Catholic church showed real courage this week issuing advice to its schools to avoid sending kids for irreversible ‘gender…
Pakistan’s flood marks the return of ‘Climate Change’
As the media become increasingly bored by Covid, it is time to return to an old favourite… The temperature is…
Can you hear me yet?
From Prime Minister Albanese – and so many of his cohorts – to media muppets loitering at every point of…
Dear Prime Minister, I am confused
It might just be me, but I am confused about the first 100 days of our new Australian Prime Minister.…
The Territory Gap leaves Indigenous communities at a loss
The Northern Territory has the worst economic outcomes for Indigenous people in remote or very remote locations of any state…
Biden unwisely wages war on MAGA
It is popular on the left side of politics to charge people with the terrible crime of destroying democracy. Yet…
Theatre of the absurd
While Putin’s Russian Federation is one of the world’s most corrupt and cruel regimes, it quizzically continues to be obsessed…
Morrison: the spinner that lost
It is a shame Scott Morrison picked politics over cricket as a profession, as there are only so many ways…
Too many climate change think tanks
In public discourse, there are those promoting the truth, and those looking to further their agenda. This is most obvious…
Anonymity for men falsely accused of rape
‘No man should have to go what I went through,’ said the teary John Jarratt, after a jury took 15…
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