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Queensland: trying to ban itself into good health
The Queensland government has announced it will ban junk food advertising at government-owned sites such as train stations and bus…
What’s Rugby Australia got to say on the Qur’an?
When Israel Folau is asked to swear on the Bible before he gives evidence in the High Court, will someone…
A tale of lingerie and liberation
A case of persecution, followed by a period of down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been…
We need to do better with teacher training
Australian teachers are underprepared for the classroom compared to those in other countries, according to a recent global survey. The…
Bookburning, then and now
It was the nineteenth century German poet Heinrich Heine who once said, “Wherever they burn books they will also, in…
Malcolm Turnbull’s a more effective opposition than the GULAG gang
Brother Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: The first week of Parliament has been an unmitigated disaster. Bob Hawke,…
Wh-t the f-ck is going on with c-nsorship for sn-wflakes?
I’m not a fan of censored swear words in writing, particularly in books and columns. If you’re unable to swear with…
Who’s winning? Follow the (crowd-funding) money
Crowdfunding sites are a barometer of public opinion. Divisive political events might make for great media headlines and social media…
How Malcolm Turnbull sunk his beloved republic for a generation
Personality in politics is like salt to a dish – a pinch here or there is not a bad thing.…
We have too many university students
Universities have been admitting too many students, a greater proportion are now struggling, their debts have soared, and the payoff…
Meet the Christian lawyers and leaders fighting forty years of PC bigotry
How many arm-chair commentators consider the magnitude of religious freedom cases that have actually graced our courtrooms in the past…
Britain’s Israel Folau wins his case
Like Australia’s Israel Folau, British student Felix Ngole, is a litmus test regarding freedom of religion, as well as freedom…
How Australians are in the front line of the global war to save the university
The free speech code drawn up by former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, Robert French, is a…
How the gender benders are coming for your favourite sport
The Australian Human Rights Commission has just released its Guidelines for the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in…
Prime ministers past and the new parliament
Yesterday the larger than life contribution of Robert J. Hawke to Australian political life was recognised for the return of…
Pass the tax cuts now – or has Labor forgotten May 18?
Along with President Trump, readers of Spectator’s Flat White should not have been at all surprised by the victory of…
Would you trust Wayne Swan to speak sense on anything?
Wayne Swan is the former federal treasurer who promised a budget surplus over and over and over again, but never…
Quiet (young) Australians
While many young Australians are partial to a whinge about how expensive three bedroom terraces in Surry Hill and Collingwood…
We need a Restoration of Freedoms Bill, not religious freedom legislation
The Morrison government is promising to introduce a religious discrimination bill. And yet, these reforms are unsatisfactory. They pose a…
From Israel to Poland, the corporate social responsibility folaut continues
The Israel Folau case is big because Israel Folau is big – literally, but more importantly, metaphorically speaking. Folau, however,…
Who says a woman can’t win with a sugar daddy arrangement?
Recently, 60 minutes, aired a segment titled: The Secret World of Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies. As one would expect…
GULAG, rejoice: ministers will still do what we public servants tell them to
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The humiliation of Election19 will reach its zenith as the 46th Parliament…
Instead of squabbling over tax cuts, let’s talk about real reform
The left’s calls for the Coalition to abandon its tax cut agenda and open the government purse strings for more…
From woke to choke
Sometimes you discover to your utmost horror and disgust that you have placed too much trust and faith in a…
What makes the Israel Folau lynching that different to doxing?
It’s been interesting to watch Australia’s commentariat largely misread Israel Folau’s recent travails. Folau’s ordeal isn’t, in substance, a sterile…
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