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Victorians are wising up: Dictator Dan is a Dictator Dud
Anyone familiar with George Orwell’s 1984 and the strategies used by the dictator Big Brother to subjugate citizens and enforce control will…
Why we should be worried by China’s Overseas Key Individual Database
Until recently, Australians and their governments have believed that it doesn’t matter what values are held by the nations and…
Is this man a COVID criminal?
The Melbourne Age has a cute little piece of “keep calm and carry on” COVID semi-whimsy today: Every weekday, about…
The CFMMEU’s dirty little secret
There’s a rather clever ad kicking around featuring a naked miner, holding his work hat over his genitals, accusing the…
Danandrewstan and the death of Melbourne, explained
What's really going on in Victoria? Gideon Rozner wrote this primer for an American audience, but it deserves to be read across Australia - and the world.
Why do our governments favour sharks over swimmers and surfers?
There was a tragic story last week of the surfer killed by a 3.5-metre great white shark at Greenmount Beach,…
All rise for the National Anthem of Danandrewstan (or else)
Big black suits In their jackboots Are coming down the aisles. Big black suits In their jackboots Are spinning off…
Biden-Harris, Harris-Biden: the epitome of post-truth politics
The endgame isn’t Donald Trump. With the Democratic Convention coronation complete and campaigning underway, It’s Biden-Harris; America’s Seinfeld ticket, a…
Labor ideology is killing Victorian businesses, jobs – and hope
The Victorian Labor Government’s entrenched anti-business ideology is costing tens of thousands of jobs and killing hope. This ramshackle group…
Do you want to know what’s truly “disgusting and demeaning”, Ms Palaszczuk
Few people could know what it’s like to be bullied by the Prime Minister of Australia. But I imagine it’s…
The ethical collapse of Victoria’s government
On Wednesday I said on the IPA’s Looking Forward Podcast that in Victoria the key democratic institutions are being destroyed by the…
Footballers in, desperate Australians who want to see dying loved ones? How do you help us win the election?
Only the ‘compassionate’ left on Twitter could trend #ScottyTheBully as a defensive response to the cruel, heartless Annastacia Palaszczuk and…
Five vital steps to restore confidence in corona case calculations
The calculation error in COVID-19 projections made by the Peter Doherty Institute and incorporated into the National Cabinet response revealed…
Borderline decisions
On June 14, 1883, a momentous event took place on the border between New South Wales and Victoria. The opening…
Victoria Police, RUOK?
Victoria Police – not content with their heavy handed enforcement of Covid-19 restrictions – are now trolling the public on…
The great Liberal death wish
How much can a koala bear? Well, we’ll soon find out in New South Wales as the Nationals are threatening…
Nobody expected the Transgender Inquisition
Nobody expected the Transgender Inquisition! Nonetheless, it is well and truly underway. Tasmanian Liberal Claire Chandler last week warned the…
There’s no koala crisis in NSW, just the Liberal left’s shameful shopping for soft green votes
Our Black Summer proved two things beyond doubt: The unprecedented fires were a consequence of the unprecedented accumulation of explosive…
It’s almost as if the Academy focus-grouped how to make the public hate the Oscars more
I will continue to not watch the Academy Awards after it was announced this week that inclusion, rather than artistic…
Our threatening K-shaped corona recovery
Australia is emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown measures not as one, but two separate nations comprised of the economic, cultural…
Where is honesty in the discussion around male suicide?
Enough. Enough excuses. Enough avoidance. And enough of the pitiful pretence that throwing money at mental health is going to…
The increasing threat of delegated legislation – legislation put above the power of parliament
“It’s probably a bit unusual for me to be in agreement with the IPA,” said Labor Senator Kim Carr. “I…
Mental health: recognition, reaching out – and responsibility
That Australians’ attitudes to mental health have been transformed is true. That we need to further match increased actions to…
EXCLUSIVE: How to perform Dan Andrews’ ‘supercomputer’ modelling on your own laptop
Much has been made of the modelling now underlying Daniel Andrews’ COVID roadmap — after all, in the words of the Premier…
Daniel Andrews is driven by computer modelling, not real life experience – and it shows
It’s obvious Chairman Dan has never had a real job and learned nothing from his father who once sold produce at…
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