In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Suburbia or endless population growth – pick a side
Twenty years ago, and for all my sins, I found myself at university studying urban planning and learning to lament…
Has Geert Wilders burst the dyke?
The victory of Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch general election last week is stunning…
The broken water politics of the Murray Darling Basin
Twenty-five years ago, initiating a pattern that is now commonplace, a group of radical environmentalists calling themselves scientists launched a…
The politics of good vs evil
What’s better than an unaccountable cabal of elitists deciding the fate of Western Civilisation by influencing policy and culture across…
What in the world is going on at OpenAI?
After a tumultuous series of events, OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, hired a new one, and then rehired Altman…
Alan Jones: 100 years of radio
Interesting that Australia today is celebrating 100 years of radio. The celebration, to some extent, flies in the face of…
Why are young people pro-Palestine?
One of the most alarming developments of recent months is the realisation that not only is antisemitism on the rise,…
Dr Fauci: welcome to the sunny side of Freedom Street
Writing for Flat White on August 13, 2021 arguing against the idea of vaccination certificates, I noted that vaccines don’t stop…
Excess mortality and Covid vaccination: is there a correlation?
Since the introduction of Covid vaccines, the official narrative in Australia (and other parts of the world) is that these…
From the ski lodge to the sea: our kids will never be free
As to why so many students wagged school last week protesting about the supposed man-made climate catastrophe and why so…
Superglue not needed
‘It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…
Pesutto’s road to nowhere
Who would have thought the Liberal Party would become the main bearer of cancel culture’s toxic torch? It is the…
Making hay while Xi shines?
Riding on a roll of improved relations with China, which are more to do with President Xi’s concern about the…
Undoing our culture
Tolerance and merit. These abstract concepts have been two of the great legacies of Western culture. They drive freedom, competition,…
All roads lead to Microsoft: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Albanese’s Digital ID
The world of AI experienced a frantic meltdown and sudden rebirth after the surprise sacking of OpenAI co-founder and CEO…
Revelation of ignorance
During a call-in show with the late Christopher Hitchens, many years ago, a lady asked a simple but discerning question.…
World-leader: Australia allows its people to shape the nation
Even critics of the defeated Indigenous Voice to Parliament are split on the question of whether the referendum should have…
Raising healthy and resilient children in a Fragile Age
The inaugural ARC conference – by Jordan Peterson and John Anderson – is proving to be the conservative answer to…
Disney take note: Blue Eye Samurai
‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge,’ Confucius said, ‘Dig two graves.’ Well, he didn’t live in the age…
Moira Deeming’s fight to clear her name continues
Moira Deeming’s announcement that she intends to engage in legal action and lodge a defamation case against John Pesutto, Leader…
Gaslight the Jews!
How many ways do you gaslight me? Let me count the ways: When you chant, ‘From the river to the…
Another epidemic of irrationality
I must stop smacking my forehead in disbelief. With that undertaking in mind, I referred back to an article of…
Is Albanese’s outburst the beginning of the end?
Contrast Anthony Albanese’s response to Peter Dutton, with that of Richard Marles’ the next day. The first was emotional righteous…
Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney
We were all delighted to see our old friend Bill. After 27 years of globetrotting, this happy soul joined a…