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Kohler QC and Modern Monetary Theory
Ah. Now we get it. Alan Kohler isn’t pushing Modern Monetary Theory — despite all appearances to the contrary. No,…
No fuel, no fires.
The independent New South Wales bushfire inquiry — led by former NSW Police deputy commissioner Dave Owens and former NSW…
Why I am not a libertarian but keep getting called one – and why you should care
It started five or six years ago. I was defending what I took to be some basic value of mainstream…
The great koala scam
Europeans learnt of koalas a decade after they arrived. John Price was shown some dung by a convict who’d lived…
The mindblowing cost of lockdown: we hope it was worth it, quarantine workers
Out today: the latest figures for the cost of lockdown in Danandrewstan. Mindblowing. $15 billion for the Jobkeeper extension. $12…
What’s woke this week (or racist)?
In racism news, the woke word police have been all atwitter this week, bless them, fluttering about racist bird names;…
Meditations on Pyong-Dan
Maybe it is time to rename the Murray River. Would not a more apt name be the Yalu River? After…
That’s the dairy aisle dealt with. Now can we stop this patronising pettiness and tackle true Indigenous disadvantage?
Here’s a quick question for those who follow Aboriginal affairs: what has received more attention in the past month—the story…
The freakshow activists admit: they’re out to silence free speech
Aha. Sometimes you have to keep an eye on a pack of activists for months, you need to read every…
The ACCC’s attack on Big Tech over content: old fashioned protectionism under a new name?
Santa came early this year for traditional media monoliths who will soon profit at the expense of independent content creators,…
The Project’s outrageous anti-Israeli conspiracy mongering
Waleed Aly and his pals at The Project have reached a new low, last night broadcasting a segment blaming the…
Government has failed Victoria – and Victoria has failed government
The biggest crisis currently facing Victoria is not the coronavirus. It is the failure of government itself; the lack of…
Tobacco companies must wonder: with enemies like Big Public Health, who needs friends?
There is a public health issue you would have heard very little about that could be far more important to…
Quarantine is for the sick
Healthy Australians have been forced into various stages of lockdown since 21 March: four and a half months ago. At…
Jim’s Mowing, ABC moaning
If you continue to work – even safely – during the Victorian lockdown you are irresponsible, according to ABC journalists…
War metaphor won’t defeat pandemic
The use of metaphors as a way to frame problems or issues has a dramatic impact on the way the…
The new holy trinity for schools and universities: gender, race and class
George Orwell is quoted as saying “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them”. The cultural left’s campaign…
Try doing the daggy dad, not dictator, Dan
We are currently undertaking something of an experiment in the limits of political authority and leadership. This is especially true…
If Peter Ridd loses, academic freedom in Australia is dead
Scott Morrison once stated that he was unconcerned about ongoing attacks on free speech, because he thought that free speech…
When you view all of life through the prism of offence, you’ll find offence in every fridge in the supermarket
The Indigenous activist who forced Coon Cheese out of Australian fridges now wants Paul’s to stop producing “Smarter White Milk”…
Fear is in the Melbourne air; not just of the virus, but of continuing incompetence by the Andrews government
Having lived in Melbourne all my life, I’m picking up that this Melbourne COVID-19 deep lockdown has induced fear. Fear…
We might have a pandemic on our hands, but we still also have the rule of law
I happened to switch on the telly at the start of the week just in time for Annelise Nielsen’s interview…
Why the woke war against women?
Just when you think the world cannot get any sillier, it does. The American Cancer Society is now recommending that…
How a premier should shoulder the burden of office
We can but wish… “It’s only fair”, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews said as he announced that he and his Cabinet…
Can’t Pirate Pete and pals just lay off Israel Folau?
Israel Folau is in the news again, and this time it’s for something he didn’t do. Over the weekend Folau…
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