In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Evil genius at work
Imagine a sexual encounter involving a woman shagging a man, sitting on top of him, bouncing cheerfully. How could she…
Ardern and Clark’s next pandemic will be horrid
Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern have been very mean to the world’s Covid Cinderella, New Zealand. Just when we thought…
Letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Sir, You have spent the last three years trying to fight emergent problems. You have introduced and used some…
Australia needs a leader willing to ‘lead’
Australia’s first foray into international politics occurred in the shape of Billy Hughes. Has there ever been such a whirlwind…
Truth? Safety? Liberty? Something has gone horribly wrong
When making important decisions about what drug we are going to inject into our bodies, we consider factors such as…
Roasting or warming? The absent apocalypse…
Earth’s average temperature is a balance between heat radiated in from the sun, out from Earth, and generated internally. Almost…
Paper friends vs blood brothers
Forget Klaus Schwab’s harmonious ‘world without borders’ and the fanciful global monoculture than can be ruled over by a panel…
Disarming in the ‘Cultural Wars’
The culture wars over gender policy have recently warmed back up again, with athletes like Lia Thomas and politicians like…
Freedom of speech? Tell ’em they’re dreaming
Last week, the High Court released the details of its judgment in the case of Ruddick v. Commonwealth of Australia. (Disclosure…
The IPCC say the world is ending! (Again?)
In the latest ‘now or never!’ since the ‘last now or never!’ the United Nations has warned the world that…
Australia needs a new beginning
The Marxists and the Woke brigade have relentlessly marched through our society and institutions, causing a national crisis. We are…
Mr & Mrs Smith: the war against marriage and masculinity
It was the slap that was heard all around the world. Will Smith stormed the stage at the 2022 Oscars…
Schools must return to a classical education
Evidenced by this week’s international CiRCE conference on classical education involving a number of Australian and American speakers, the good news…
The roar of waste
Watching the Burdekin Falls Dam with around six metres of water going over the spillway following recent rain in the…
The political crevice on patriotism
It used to be the case that writers, including many who were radical and left-wing, would enter the fray. The…
The story of oil
Don’t look to experts for predictions. ‘Experts’ are just as surprised by everyone else at what actually transpires each day…
‘Eat ze bug!!!’
Over the last few years, a bureaucratic body comprised of members from most countries around the world, has been undertaking…
The once and future Prince of Parramatta
Get on any bus speeding down Victoria Road and (on the right one), you land in Parramatta. It used to…
Elon Musk – the superhero to Silicon Valley’s villainy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is living the Marvel super-hero dream of a tech billionaire who flies around in space fighting…
A pledge to stop using ‘Woke’
‘It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought ……
Renewables subsidies: $22 billion by 2030
Energy Minister Angus Taylor noted that the Commonwealth Budget added $1.3 billion to assist uneconomic renewable energy, bringing the total…
Too late to stop Xi’s militarisation of the Solomon Islands?
News that the Chinese Communist Party will be allowed to station warships and troops in the Solomon Islands as part…
Climate Change lessons from King Canute
It is claimed that the legendary King Canute had his chair placed at the low water mark and proclaimed, ‘Not…
Modi’s modus operandi – can Australia predict India?
If things go wrong in the Pacific, which is possible given Beijing’s plan to station military personnel in the Solomon…
Renewables: the pandemic of wishful thinking
There is a transition underway in our electricity sector. Fundamentally, the people financing, regulating, designing, and operating these systems, are…