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EXCLUSIVE Jim Molan: what the Q&A audience wouldn’t let me say
My views on climate change are shaped by inquiry and pragmatism, not by blind faith or ideology. I accept that the climate is…
A wellbeing budget won’t help a sickly economy
There’s a concerted effort to shift the focus of economics away from financial data towards social. Specifically, it’s argued that…
Five tips for modern women, courtesy of Nonna
I find it immensely dull that International Women’s Day is primarily used as a platform for the sisterhood to whinge…
What’s woke this International Women’s Day?
James Murray, the primary editor of the original Oxford English Dictionary, must have spent the last week gyrating a la…
International Women’s Day, gender pay gap and other feminist fantasies
Thank goodness for International Women’s Day. Where would we be without it? Definitely don’t make a joke about us actually…
Coronavirus and why we need globalisation insurance
What has the coronavirus virus wrought? In some ways it is a perfect weapon: it doesn’t kill that many people…
Who knows all there is to know about the spying game?
It should come as no surprise ASIO revealed last week it had uncovered a “sleeper agent” running a spy ring.…
Sisters are doing it to themselves
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young found herself at the centre of a Twitterstorm yesterday after a report in the Nine chipwrappers…
Coronavirus: a political disease
Hong Kong. When I got to the pharmacy at 9 am, I realised there was no hope of getting a…
We have a surplus, but it’s just been deployed against bushfire and coronavirus debt and deficit
Perhaps the best way to look at the budgetary effects of coronavirus is not that it has helped wipe out…
How the great toilet paper panic has made asses of us all
This afternoon, on the way back from the gym, I popped into my local Coles to get some fruit and…
Our selfish, shameless universities: bugger public health, we’ve got cash cows to milk
The full effects of the coronavirus outbreak are yet to be felt by Australia but already it has exposed the…
#MeToo media is insatiable
When #MeToo became a verb, we knew it wasn’t just the laws of grammar that had been twisted. Actor James…
No, local content and TV isn’t dead
Most Australians will have the same reaction to the offer of a free lunch… “What’s the catch?” But when it comes…
Media Watch watch
On Monday, Paul Barry on Media Watch covered a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs released last week. Reported in news.com.au it…
The Bureau of Meteorology bombs again
Another summer has come and gone and with it much of the credibility of the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate modelling…
Why the religious freedom bill is bad for business
Last week, the ACTU and the AIG argued the religious discrimination bill would make life harder for businesses. If they’re…
Soon we won’t even be able to use the old bullock dray – the methane emissions
The political madness of Britain committing itself to a net-zero emissions target by 2050 has been highlighted by David van Gend in an excellent…
It’s called legal tender for a reason
The Australian economy has had a rough trot the last twelve months or so: economic growth is slow, unemployment is…
The cultural Marxism behind the Mardi Gras glitter
For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more broadly political than ever,…
The beginning of the end for us in Afghanistan – and the beginning of just what?
Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban have signed a preliminary…
Extremist groups? Why didn’t Dutton or ASIO mention Antifa?
It’s not difficult to locate video footage, or testimonials from victims who’ve come face to face with mobs in masks,…
Matt Horton has guts and integrity. Why don’t we have the balls to defend him?
You can’t buy class. You either have it or you don’t. Australian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Matt Horton shows he…
Peter Dutton, the Twitterati and the(ir) ABC
If you heard a noise on Sunday morning it was the quiet Australians … roaring with laughter. Snowflake brokens…
We can live just fine without ABC Life
Unlike many of you reading this, I find myself supportive of the concept of a public broadcaster. To my mind,…
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