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Is the vaccination emperor as naked as his lockdown cousin?
In my article in The Spectator Australia on Tuesday on discrepancies between models that predicted a reduction and data that showed a surge…
China and the Taliban: the Axis of Assholes
As the Taliban prepare to yet again, a quarter of a century later, take over Afghanistan, an olive branch is…
The Godfather’s guide to tackling the coronavirus pandemic
The federal government needs to take a leaf from Mario Puzo’s classic mafia novel The Godfather — let alone Francis…
Inside the Great Siege of Sydney
The current Covid-19 restrictions on normal life in Sydney and surrounds have been portrayed as both ‘lockdown lite’ and ‘draconian’ — and…
Masterchef win leaves a bad taste in the mouths of the haters
First Hillsong won Australian Idol. Then, they won the Federal election. Last night they won Masterchef. It was all too…
Why I’m off to the Liberal Democrats
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s roadmap to normality was criticised as vague but it did contain one piece of substance –-…
Two more weeks of lockdown? This would change the pollies and penpushers’ minds
The latest government edicts by New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian are proof that one can lose all the good…
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Review Authority is failing the national interest test
They say that a country is a state of mind rather than a place. It has some truth to it…
The sole-searing side of lockdown
This week the NSW government properly jumped the shark. Premier Gladys Berejiklian outlawed browsing and Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke…
The real victim of Kev’s korona kraziness?
As the story of Kevin Rudd’s Pfizer pfuckwittery keeps rolling along, no one seems to have stopped to ask who…
Will fairy dust power New Zealand?
Wishful thinking, allied to government incompetence and the ambition of our Prime Minister, is lining up trouble ahead. In one…
Their ABC: a closed society
Think closed secret societies and what do you come up with – the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, even more closed and secretive…
Reject the propaganda of the sex industry
Following the publication of our piece in the Spectator (“It’s time outrage at sexual exploitation extended to prostitution”), former Liberal Democrat…
EXCLUSIVE Liberal Senator: we must reject vaccine passports
Everyone should be entitled to make up their own mind about their own medical care. There are many Australians who…
Covid: governments have ditched data for glamorous models
On Saturday, The Guardian reported that ‘The final decision about 19 July [Britain’s “Freedom Day”] will be taken on Monday morning, based…
Towards a non-discriminatory Covid-19 risk assessment policy
In Australia, a Covid zero infection rate is still fervently pursued by the Commonwealth and states and territories. But the…
What have the Romans ever done for us?
The “Little Italy” Roman Legions in Lygon Street Carlton had their sweet revenge over the John Cleese/Boris Johnson Popular Front…
Pfizer: 100 per cent effective against the Tinfoil Twins
That paragon of journalistic impartiality Laura Tingle had a long and detailed report yesterday on how Kevin Rudd heroically intervened…
We’ve already got Danandrewstan. The nation can’t afford Gladystopia
These are testing times for New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian. This latest Covid outbreak is the biggest since the…
Why can’t the Margaret Court haters be a little more Ash Barty?
Ash Barty’s historic Wimbledon win was a wonderful moment for the whole nation to come together … and to hate…
The Oldest Culture? Aboriginal astronomy
The first in a series of articles examining Dark Emu-style claims. Just a few days ago, Bella d’Abrera from the…
Our ABC, Aborigines, bushfires, climate change, koalas and rainforest
After CSIRO published my Ecological History of the Koala in Wildlife Research, the ABC made a rare mistake. Fran Kelly interviewed…
No campaign to arm ourselves against the government?*
The luvvies on Twitter are going wild because the government is unveiling a vaccination campaign that has a military officer…
Our Afghanistan shame
There are multiple historic examples why the nation known variously as Afghanistan has been termed “the graveyard of empires”. This…
Do the bleeding hearts prefer Daniel Andrews’ Covid containment solution?
The usual suspects have found a way to play the race card as Sydney’s coronavirus lockdown tightens. The Weekend Australian…
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