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The Dark Ages in Australia were not so dark
Francesco di Petracco, better known as ‘Petrarch’, is rightly recognised as an artistic genius, the greatest scholar of his age,…
Same values, different beliefs?
Values and beliefs are not the same. People can support each other’s values while holding different beliefs. But if we…
Budget review: net zero cannibalises our prosperity
The public is receiving the Budget with a sense of bored irrelevance. People are pleased to see a $300 cut…
The illusion (or delusion?) of choice
One of the greatest misconceptions about Australian politics is that voters get a choice. You know what I mean. You…
Rigid principles can lead to manic delusion
For years I’ve played this game with a good mate, that is, to see who can simplify their life the…
The carbon capture con
Carbon-capture-and-underground-storage (CCUS) tops the list of silly schemes ‘to reduce man-made global warming’. The idea is to capture exhaust gases…
The humble faith of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2024 continues to be a year of spiritual surprises. One by one by one, leading conservative voices from around the world are expressing…
Sectarian politics? UK elections raise concerns about the failure of multiculturalism
Nigel Farage has raised concerns about significant local Muslim and Marxist electoral wins in the United Kingdom. After hearing newly…
Masks and keffiyehs are radical chic
Pro-Palestinian protests have turned campuses into a political catwalk
Labor betrayed universities… Just like Labor betrayed everyone else
Universities are often seen as bastions of ‘progressive’ thinking. The majority of academics are left-leaning, at least outside of the…
Labor is limiting access to retirees’ super pension funds
When someone retires after the age of 60, their superannuation savings become ‘unrestricted non-preserved’ and can be converted into pension phase, or…
Victorians will pay more and get less
The Allan government’s first Budget was business as usual, but in Victoria that’s nothing to be glad about
Eurovision: decadent and profane
A cursory watching of the Eurovision Song Contest has brought to light the fact that this contemporary ‘entertainment’ event, despite…
Warragamba Dam: the political yo-yo of failed water politics
Warragamba Dam is spilling again, but it didn’t have to be this way. There have been warnings for decades about…
Think of the kids: student-led learning finally dies
Most of us were lucky enough to make it through the education system largely unharmed. Today, parents are terrified that…
Victorian budget blues
The best thing that can be said about the 2024 Victorian Budget is that it’s not as bad as recent…
To stock the book or not?
A Sydney council is currently under fire for passing a motion to ban same-sex parenting books from the shelves of…
Campus sit-ins
Let’s be clear. Supporting free speech does not require you to allow people to trespass or to shut down public…
Victoria’s Budget reveals a state strangled by Labor
Forty years ago, John Cain’s Victorian government commenced an era of extravagant expenditure turbocharged by the Victorian Economic Development Corporation (a…
Home-schooling seeks to avoid the cluttered National Curriculum
The Queensland government has declared war on the ever-growing number of parents across the state who have decided to home-school…
Kill comedy, kill truth
French playwright Moliere once said, ‘The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.’ As the share of television…
Free speech … for how much longer?
US President Franklin D Roosevelt, in 1941, pronounced the four fundamental freedoms necessary for life: freedom of speech, freedom to…
The World Health Organisation’s plan for you this May
Most Australians are likely unaware of the proposed new World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Pandemic Treaty or the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR)…
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