God knows there has not been much good news of any sort in 2020, so whatever there is deserves wider…

Looking around the world, some of the nations first hit by Covid-19 are well on the road to economic recovery…

The Federal Court has devastating blow against mainstream Australians, against freedom of speech and against freedom of speech on climate…

Should women and girls have to share change rooms and toilets with people with male genitals? Is it okay for…

The barbarians are not at the gate.  The barbarians are manning the gate.  And they decide who gets in and who stays in. …

There was a deafening roar last week caused by Australia’s tobacco control experts congratulating themselves on the latest national smoking results. You…

You read about it first in the SpecOz back on April 28 when I outlined the obvious limitations of the…

Does Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ want to make being your own boss illegal? There’s mounting evidence. With the second big…

“There’s no such thing as cancel culture,” scream wide-eyed mad witches atop their broomsticks while simultaneously insisting that all middle-aged…

It’s an interesting point in time when a non-ideological and non-partisan stance becomes radical. That seems to be the point…

Alan Kohler considers the current crisis provides the ideal laboratory for applying the catchily titled Modern Monetary Theory — MMT. …

Victoria’s new race-based parliament, The First Nation’s Assembly of Victoria, has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution to establish a ‘Truth-Telling…

On the Saturday before last, July 11, just before 4 pm, my dear and wonderful friend Marc Angelucci was at…

Tapering — rather than topping up — income support is key to sustainably and compassionately backing Australia’s vulnerable households and…

On a solitary walk, I encountered two families.   The parents in the first family were upbraiding their daughter —…

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Two years ago the opposition was pushing a the-government-has-cut-funding line for aged care. It was a lie, of course, and,…

At least in the United States and Australia, the systems of government are similar. Barring parliament and constitutional monarchism, both…

The heart of the Australian way of life is under threat with small businesses fighting for survival as lockdown restrictions…

Your woke correspondent has emerged this week from hibernation into the light of a brave new Wokeworld where white people are clambering over…

Earlier last year I stepped away from politics in a bid to focus on family. What most people didn’t know…

The performance of the economy was weak before COVID-19, and now it is perilously close to flat-lining. In particular, business…

The Chinese leadership, through their mouthpieces in their embassies in Canberra, London and Washington, are these days mouthing veiled and…

Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow. Or about how you can hold on to your job, anyway, if you happened to…

Australia has tried gums, patches, sprays, high excise taxes, and plain packaging. But for the last decade, Australia has collectively…