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Instead of abandoning the humanities, let’s save them from the loony left
In announcing a major overhaul of university fees last Friday, Education Minister Dan Tehan said: “universities must teach Australians the…
Vale, Owen Harries
Henry Kissinger, Owen Harries, Samuel Huntington, March 1998 History’s best beginning for a printed obituary was the beginning which Clive…
Dyson Heydon: process matters
The more serious the allegations the more important the process or procedure used to look into those allegations. In the…
Education reviews are booming. Shame the same can’t be said about school standards
Don’t be fooled by the “back to basics” language from the Berejiklian government — in reality, this NSW curriculum review…
Do the mob toppling statues expect their own monuments?
It is only a matter of time before someone pulls down a statue of Mother Teresa because she was silent…
Wasting your money: wattle the government think of next
Firstly, a solution in search of a non-existent problem; not surprisingly a brain fart of that most immaterial of prime…
Why does Big Public Health want to keep us smoking?
My partner started smoking cigarettes in high school. A little over a year ago, he quit, thanks to nicotine vaping.…
Why the humanities matter in the age of AI
I hope that we will not, under current pressures or emotions, be tempted to ignore the basic fact that civilisation…
Chairman Mao wiped out the sparrows, Chairman Dan will purge the ronas…
In a bold attempt to prove his worthiness and loyalty to Chinese strongman XiXi The Pooh, Chairman Daniel Andrews issued…
You can replace the leader but unless honesty replaces gender theory, White Ribbon is finished – again
When White Ribbon closed its doors last year, under a dark cloud and serious financial question marks, many hoped we’d…
So that’s what was wrong with the ABC?
The SMAge reports on the deep thinking contained in the ABC’s five-year plan (funny they should choose that name), unveiled…
Albo’s Claytons climate policy switch
In the media today, we see two contrasting ALP position papers, by Kevin Rudd in the AFR, and by Anthony…
The PC monster wants to eat all the fun
Make it stop. Seriously… Make. It. Stop. Nestle is rebranding its Redskins and Chicos sweets. It reckons their names are…
The two great threats of 2020: coronavirus – and Keynes
The fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic leaves an economically threatening legacy of high budget deficits and public debt. Australian…
The facts you haven’t heard on uni fees
Undoubtedly, many university students across the country have mixed feelings towards the Morrison government’s recent decision to shift $480 million of…
Coronavirus can’t kill capitalism
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked by a journalist what he thought of Western civilisation. He replied, “I think it would…
Lockdown and the new Left Privilege
As a constitutional law scholar and legal theorist who appreciates our classical liberal tradition of constitutional government and the rule…
Here’s a new group you never even knew you were offending
BIPOC. We first read it as “biopic”, since it appeared in The SMAge in an article on the Sydney Film…
Wrongthink will be autocorrected
In response to the BLM movement, comedy, film and beer have been ‘cancelled’ due to their ‘problematic’ nature. The latest…
Queensland Labor: vandalising statutes
No, this is not just another pollie’s whinge. This is the duress alarm going off after an assault in Queensland…
The Greens new addition pushes the party harder left
Repeatedly, the Greens demonstrate they are the most dangerous party in the Australian political scene. Last week, the Greens voted…
The unfair student fee lefties will never protest
As political commentators and the Twitter mob rage over the Morrison government’s rearrangement of higher education contributions, discussion is being…
Complaints about new uni fees? Consider them a free economics lesson
The concept of a loan is something we all deal with in our everyday lives. From loaning money to buy…
Senseless in Seattle
If you wanted any more evidence as to the decay of Western Civilisation, then you need only to consider the…
The proud, progressive record of the Bandtifa and Indigenous representation in parliament. Not
1971: Neville Bonner, an elder of the Jagera people, is appointed by the Queensland parliament to fill a Liberal casual…
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