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‘Nothing like what the public think it is’: Peter Ridd on the truth about climate change and ‘peer review’
Dr Peter Ridd speaks to Gideon Rozner about why ‘peer review’ is not necessarily the quality-control mechanism that the public has been…
Medicos should have shown more scepticism over lockdown
As a general rule, it might be fair to say that us doctors should be wary of politics. There are two sides to…
Recession. Clickbait fun?
Recession. Fun for all the family, when Dad loses his job, Mum loses hers, the kids’ marks deteriorate under the…
Pacific Island states will not longer play the patsies for the climate alarmists
Number eight in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Still Sheean and the Navy get nothing
Why is the government refusing to listen to the recommendation of its own inquiry for a Victoria Cross for Teddy…
Washington warns Danandrewstan: Mike Pompeo on China, coronavirus and the Belt and Road
Spectator Australia editor and Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean spoke exclusively with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
After their $60 billion blunder will our shinybums start speaking English, not bureaucratese?
“Look, that’s the Treasury. That’s where they keep the money.” The dad was pointing out Canberra landmarks to his small…
Today’s left: “boiling babies” and “killing men”
All around the world, far-left lunatics are losing their appeal thanks to their uncontrollable, rising hatred. It’s become a race…
How Canberra can open closed state borders
It is unconstitutional to close borders between states, now that medical advice assures the Premiers that there is no scientific…
Now is maybe the time to start talking about God
Writer Helen Garner, talking about a difficult time in her life, described a feeling that there was a column of…
Closed borders are unconstitutional – no question
You can’t argue that there is still a national coronavirus emergency that provides an exemption to Section 92 of the…
Why the time has come for national security hospitals
Catastrophes are sadly a part of life. Many cannot be prevented, but can at least be better handled than is…
Eden Monaro: will coronavirus campaigning skew the result?
The 2007 federal election was held in the early days of social media. Many a time when John Howard visited…
Why not replace politicians with the ‘experts’?
Is it time to replace our elected politicians with non-elected experts? We have always voted representatives into public office. But…
Wolf Warriors or China’s whores?
The media has quickly adopted the romanticised term ‘wolf warriors’ for those who in reality should be termed China’s prostitutes.…
The most important issue of 2020: sexist kids water bottles
Coronavirus seems to reveal the best and worst of humanity. Most Australians have spent the last two months adjusting to…
No, Prime Minister. We don’t need to go back to the Accord
PM Scott Morrison echoed Menzies when he claimed the last Australian election for the “quiet Australians” – the C21 equivalent…
In the absence of overseas student cash cows…
In the absence of overseas student cash cows, the University of Tasmania is proud to offer you an entirely worthless…
Why is the Morrison Government leaving the back door open to a carbon tax?
As part of the ABC’s climate conspiracy agenda, Four Corners this week highlighted the “anger” at the government from the…
Money won’t fix mental health. Try honesty
When, oh blinking when, will those in power join the dots rather than thinking that throwing money at a problem…
Has Annastacia Palaszczuk closed the borders to keep out Bob Brown and his rabble?
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has come under pressure this week to explain the continuing closure of Queensland’s borders. The case…
What now? A five point plan for post pandemic prosperity
Australians in every state are waiting anxiously for lockdown restrictions to ease. Businesses stand poised to flip their signs to…
Behind Annastacia Palaszczuk’s border wars
The decision to close the Queensland border to protect citizens from the spread of coronavirus, like many other decisions the…
We are no longer alone staring down China
Insiders panellist and ABC host Raf Epstein observed last Sunday that it would have been better if Australia hadn’t chosen…
What about relief from the Student Services and Amenities Fee?
While Daniel Andrews hands out thousands of dollars to international students in Victoria, domestic students are left to foot the…
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