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Limiting access for the unvaxed to public places will likely breach the Disability Discrimination Act
Your correspondent is a retired lawyer who these days prefers gardening to litigating. Spring in the Victorian High Country is…
Unis still stinging students while claiming Covid-poverty
In the era of Covid-19, change is everywhere. I have spent the past 18 months adapting to the Covid-19 university experience.…
The US will help mend fences with France – but climate may be the price
Around the time of the April 2016 submarine announcement – a contest between Germany, Japan and France – there was…
We salute The Age
You read that right. We salute The Age. Bravo! Three cheers for The Age! We could not have bettered their…
What to do when you live under a despotic government?
Our Morning Double Shot editor takes a different view than I on the relationship between law and morality when it…
The rule of law is cracking in Victoria – and so is the Labor establishment
Victoria, but perhaps more specifically Melbourne, is in serious trouble. Law and order is not just breaking down, it’s already cracked. When a supporter of…
Passport to hell
Let’s be frank. If a vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission, there is no scientific basis for a vaccine…
The deplorables down under
There’s a whiff of les gllets jaunes in the Melbourne air today. That and the smell of flares. For more…
If we’re all such good friends and allies, there’ll be no carbon tariffs? Right?
Almost daily, supposedly pro-business outlets publish material calling for net zero emissions, carbon taxes and the abandonment of coal in…
Don’t pity those cheese-eating surrender monkeys, the French
Witnessing the melodramatic outpouring of Gallic histrionics at Australia’s surprise but masterstroke decision to ditch the overblown, over-budget and already…
‘Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive’
When it comes to recognising and calling out oppression and tyranny CS Lewis hits the nail on the head. His…
Coronavirus has become endemic, making Australia’s policy settings obsolete
A major study from the National Bureau of Economic Research in June, based on all-causes mortality data from 44 countries and all US…
EXCLUSIVE: Vaccination status to be linked to Working with Children Check?
Flat White understands that the New South Wales Working with Children Check may soon be linked to an individual’s current…
The human rights establishment’s greatest priority? A closed shop
When you hear that 85 human rights experts have co-signed a public letter to the federal attorney-general one could only assume that…
Two good submarine decisions – but we need nuclear boats now
The Australian federal government has made two good decisions on our submarine future. Continuing the ridiculous contract with the French…
We are all losers from the Christian Porter affair
Yesterday, embattled Christian Porter resigned from the Morrison cabinet, as he could not prove there is no conflict of interest…
Why our fiscal situation is much worse than you think
According to the latest International Monetary Fund data, Australia’s budget deficit and level of public debt are set to reach…
The Police Association ditches presumption of innocence. Allegedly…
We don’t want to look as if we’re fixated with Saturday’s protests — we’re disgusted at what things have come…
‘Indo-Pacific’? What’s in a name? Plenty
“Indo-Pacific” is now the official term used by Australia policymakers to describe our geopolitical location and context, but the National…
Chairman Dan’s shining path to liberation – in just 25 words
Daniel Andrews has this afternoon delivered his roadmap for freedom for Victorians – or an approximation thereof. His media goons…
Peelers or a paramilitary?
It states in the Victoria Police Manual of 2019 that the purpose of the police is to “provide a safe,…
What’s woke this week?
Over the last couple of years What’s woke this week has brought you stirring stories from around the world but somewhat…
Vaccine mandates and passports are simply a bad idea
Covid-19 vaccine mandates and passports are a bad idea. I don’t want to suggest that they are unconstitutional, or…
Daniel Andrews sets the police onto Melbournians – and Melbourne itself
At the moment Melbourne’s beating heart, the CBD and inner suburbs, are almost silent — other than the sound of…
Dan, why not get Our Mary on the phone?
We need to get Our Mary on the line. That’s Mary Donaldson from Tasmania, the future Queen consort of Denmark.…
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