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Want proper bushfire prevention policy? Draft the Greens into the RFS
No one should be surprised that our bush is ablaze and our cities are smothered in smoke. For decades now…
Why the Rugby Australia settlement is the most Christian thing Israel Folau has done
So, the Folau/Rugby Australia dispute has ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. Many commentators are dissatisfied because…
Fembots go feral on Screw-up Spice
As her ABC documentary Silent No More attracts increasing heat, Tracey Spicer has reportedly retreated from public life. It’s impossible…
Gold Coast Young LNPers: pinheads, but racists? No
As a student going through high school in the 1990s in Sydney’s Western suburbs, I’d hear pretty much every day…
Call that a public service cut?
So we have the long-anticipated reform of the federal public service in Australia. Sort of. There are fewer departments, but…
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the NSW Liberals’ secret revolution
In the 75-year history of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party, there has never been more factional…
Damn due process, let’s impeach Trump anyway
We are witnessing America’s arguably most destructive political convulsion as the Democrats’ move to impeach President Donald Trump. It is…
What’s woke this week?
Food has featured strongly in wokeworld this week, along with a prestigious art award. In other news, multifarious trigger warnings…
Recognising Jerusalem, two years on
It was in the first week of December 2017, almost a year to the day after being elected President of…
The ABC’s war on ‘us’
The ABC has recently released its new editorial guidance note on “Hate Speech, Terrorism and Mass Killing”. While the document is rich…
When will China’s brittle autocracy break?
You don’t have to be a China watching political historian to recognise the accuracy of the observation that China has…
An early Christmas present for business and taxpayers, a rude awakening for Sir Humphrey
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given business and taxpayers an early Christmas present with today’s announcement of cuts to government…
Our failing school system doesn’t need more money
Put to the test in terms of the education’s systems 3 Es — excellence, equity, and efficiency — Australia has…
Atwood’s Antipodean tour set to lighten handmaids’ skirts by $1 million
Margaret Atwood, the frazzled-haired Canadian author of the blockbuster The Handmaid’s Tale franchise is set to make another fortune in…
The hidden male victims of domestic violence
While domestic violence against women is constantly highlighted by the mass media, such violence against men is rarely reported. We…
V for victory in lifting school standards requires V for vouchers
All my kids have gone through the public education system — until now. I had some concerns about the education…
Why on earth shouldn’t Tony Abbott visit George Pell?
On Monday Channel Seven News aired one of those ‘gotcha!’ news stories beloved by the MSM. The person ‘caught in…
Good schools need more than money: parents
Parents are generally satisfied with how much money their child’s school has, but they don’t agree with how it is…
The left’s no longer a cause, but a new religion
What we are witnessing in the culture wars is not a fight between left and right. Instead, it’s a religious…
Climate change – as it really is
The most important and useful essay this year on climate change is an op-ed by Dr Judith Curry written for…
Unadulterated crap
The team at The Conversation — motto: academic rigour, journalistic flair — clearly believe that their shit doesn’t stink. So…
When journos join the thought police, God help us
Is 2019 the death of satire? Because it’s most definitely the death of comedy. A comedian’s role used to be…
‘Tis the season for Jihadi Joviality
Two people are dead. Three seriously injured remain in hospital. ‘Tis a timely reminder that the season for Jihadi Joviality…
From effect to emergency: the great climate rhetoric crisis
How old are you? I’m greenhouse old: I remember when it was all called the “greenhouse effect”, seemingly a lifetime…
Cancel culture’s double fault against Margaret Court
There’s a new phrase du jour to describe methods in current use by the aggrieved and disaffected, those that feel called…
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