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Greens spread the virulent virus of gender wars
Anyone with a functioning pair of eyes will have read that coronavirus is killing more men than women. In Italy, the…
Corona crisis cancelled my wedding, but may it never harm our long-term liberty
I was due to be married in Australia on May 9. But, even six weeks away, it is not to…
Once again, it’s time for Western Civilisation to take the lead
A scared new world awaits. On the other side of a few precarious weeks sits a reality we would appear…
What if we recover from coronavirus, only to die in poverty?
In their frantic attempts to delay the spread of coronavirus, governments are sowing the seeds of economic depression and currency…
Twit of the Day
It was only yesterday that the SpecOz launched its effort to generate modish social capital in these times of trouble…
How the shinybums stuffed MyGov – and are still making you queue at Centrelink
If MyGov was an eCommerce website the repetitive outages would have been cured in about six hours or less. The…
Won’t somebody please think of the Instagram influencers?
We are reliably informed by News.com.au that travel influencers — sorry, glamourous travel influencers — say that coronavirus is ‘impacting…
We’re now paying the price for our Faustian folly with China
If coronavirus has taught us anything it’s that the Chinese regime cannot be trusted. Please note that I said regime and…
In this crisis Victoria University is there for the community, keeping us laughing with woke inanities
In his 1996 Boyer Lectures titled ‘The View from the Bridge,’ the eminent Australian academic Pierre Ryckmans argued the university…
China? Nah! It’s always Pauline Hanson’s fault
As the wheels come off the world as we know it, the economy slithers down the toilet, and thousands of…
Listen to the experts and elites, but remember they’ve got form
The Prime Minister’s call for Australians to heed the advice of his government’s experts may fall on deaf ears because the experts and…
Introducing our Twit of the Day
In these times of trouble, it’s important that we join together as a community — and what unites us more…
Revealed: the Deep Green State
A story in the Guardian has demonstrated the impotence of government against the Deep State — Deep Green State — machinery…
Closing the Rock and the problems of progressive paternalism
You may have been too busy in a supermarket queue last Saturday to read the remarks of former head ranger…
Why we need to freeze the minimal wage
Master Grocers Australia, the Australian Industry Group and others should be applauded for their calls to freeze minimum wage increases for the next 12…
Coronavrius: was it a weapon all along?
People are beginning to wonder if the Chinese coronavirus really was a natural occurrence. You will recall that what was…
Quantitative easing: a desperate move with no clear end game
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to engage in quantitative easing is a desperate move with no clear end game. While QE has…
A taxpayer’s guide to the ScoMo stimulus
Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenburg announced their $189 billion eight-plus point plan to stimulate the economy…
Keep calm and drag queen storytime on
With schools and public libraries closing around the nation, tens of thousands of parents are desperately demanding to know “How…
The coronavirus begging bowl is contagious
As the coronavirus crisis hits, the world as we knew it has changed. Borders are shut, flights are grounded and…
Safe as houses. Oh…
Only a few short weeks ago, the big banks were virtue signalling by adopting rainbow coloured versions of their logos…
Coronavirus rules don’t apply to Greens, apparently
Voters in the country’s largest local government district, the Brisbane City Council, head to the polls on Saturday. Among the…
Egg Boi, Greta gone? Don’t say the grown ups are back in charge?
What happened to Egg Boi? The school kids who marched against Morrison, have you seen them? And of Greta, what…
The barbarians of the Biennale
In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make; that he can befog or destroy,…
EXCLUSIVE: How Extinction Rebellion is coping with coronavirus
How, many of you have asked, is Extinction Rebellion coping in this time of genuine crisis? Is it “Keep calm…
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