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The political quad that rules Australia
Australia is being run by a political quad who, despite appearances of difference, believe the same things. From New South…
Australia needs a vibe shift
America’s new right gives hope – and blueprints – to Australian conservatives
New Zealand’s Three Waters coup
New Zealand’s mainstream media has finally named the elephant in the room. Late last month, the nation’s biggest newspaper, the New…
Climate virtuoso Europe destroys Oder river
Fifty years ago, environmentally conscious Westerners were worried about the pollution that often accompanies the trappings of civilisation. Rubbish is…
Sovereignty is a colonising concept
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe entered the Parliament’s Senate chamber with a black power salute and proceeded to disrespect the oath…
Has Pelosi helped square Xi’s Chinese puzzle?
Napoleon was supposed to have said, ‘Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.’ China is…
Neutered ‘Voice’ a bureaucratic mess?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed Voice to Parliament is something that a lot of right-wing commentators want to hate, but…
Carbon squeeze: Australia’s dark future
Australian energy policy is rapidly evolving from expensive virtue signalling to actual disaster. After narrowly scraping through the federal election…
#IStandWithJKRowling
‘Horrifying news [regarding Salman Rushdie]. Feeling very sick right now. Let him be okay.’ Author JK Rowling tweeted her concern…
Is Elon Musk next after Trump?
Whatever your thoughts are about Donald Trump, the man, it’s the apparent weaponisation of law enforcement against Donald Trump, the…
The Right side of politics
The Coalition’s nine-year period in federal power represents a missed opportunity to address conservative issues. Instead, the inner-city wets increased…
Surf and TERF
‘I read the news today oh boy… About a lucky man who made the grade. And though the news was rather…
Silencing Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie, award-winning author and figure of fury to the Iranian regime, has been stabbed yesterday while giving a lecture…
The Liberals’ worst enemy: themselves
Reading Morning Double Shot Editor Terry Barnes’ piece on Friday made me think of the history of the Liberal party and how,…
Amnesty International’s shame
While writer Myroslav Marynovych was a political prisoner of the USSR from 1977-87, he received letters from supporters who were…
Eat beef, save the planet
Yet again, farmers are under attack. This time, it is the beef industry because, apparently, cattle burp and fart out…
A voice of virtue?
I’m just going to come out and say what we’re all thinking – the Voice to Parliament is state-sanctioned racism.…
Spinning out of control
Every time it seems society has reached peak idiocy, something else pops up on social media that makes us question…
Australia ignores the tragedy of Tavistock
In the concerning world of Woke radical gender theory – where school children are taught that sex and gender are…
Welcome to Coles
Can you find a Coles staff member to scan your groceries after 8pm? If only they did acknowledgement of customer…
Should parents object to school ‘rainbow days’?
Last year, a new Principal started at our children’s school. One of her first initiatives was to hold Wear It…
The Liberals are totally rooted
I’ve been a member of the Liberal party for over forty years. In that time, it’s known great highs, and…
Release the tape!
In the blue corner, we have Senator Jacinta Price who it is blindingly obvious has a heart of gold with…
We must rescue the good bit of the ABCC
It’s pretty easy to understand the politics behind the Albanese government’s shutting down the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).…
When truth is flummoxed by sophistry
Having watched the inexperienced Albanese government go from fighting a real pandemic threat in Covert to now apparently totally absorbed…
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