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Our major parties need more conservative voices
Less than three weeks ago the people of Bennelong went to the polls to decide their next Federal Member. The…
Another year, another failure to close the gap
A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the most disadvantaged Indigenous people, 2018…
African community leaders can’t shift the blame
This is how I would like you to think of the growing youth crimes from a small group of young…
Transtrending: the real transgender madness
The concept “transgender madness” is a misnomer. The phrase ‘transtrender madness’ would more fairly represent the madness in question. So…
Will 2018 see GST magic?
Reforming the system of GST distribution among the states – horizontal fiscal equalisation, or HFE – is unlikely to be…
2018 will see modernisation of the monarchy – or its doom
Our Royal Family can either be traditional or modern, that is to say, it can either survive or pursue its…
Republic calls based on a blatant untruth
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11 This biblical proverb is,…
In defence of Israel
Gough Whitlam coined a memorable political phrase when he said, “only the impotent are pure”. It’s memorable because it’s so…
Not another postal ballot?
Barely had the last flutes of champagne been emptied, the last fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but a…
Gangsta rap and our African crime wave
In 2007, the then minister for immigration, Kevin Andrews, banned from entry into Australia famous gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg on…
Give us the tools to tackle terror
The recent terrorist outrage in Melbourne, as well as the too-frequent rampages by immigrant criminal gangs in that city, will…
The Week Before Christmas
T’was the week before Christmas And all through the House No person was stirring, not even a mouse. The files…
2017: a year to acknowledge the leaven of faith in Australian politics
With Australian politics becoming somewhat top-heavy with careerist party-hacks and apparatchiks who view power for its own sake as the…
But it’s not terrorism
From The Age this morning: The horrific attack on pedestrians at a busy intersection in Melbourne’s CBD is not believed to be…
Star Wars and the Christmas story
The cinema was packed, but we just had to see ‘The Last Jedi’ for ourselves. We were so fixated we…
Heading home this Christmas
Some will head home joyfully this Christmas. Others? Not so much. As the latter will tell you, if home is…
Do the Jedi look a lot like Islamic State?
Imagine this: a poorly educated kid from an isolated rural area is enticed by a message from a woman he…
BYO gender, BYO race
I often seek out BYO restaurants, to avoid paying exorbitant prices for wine, and turn up at the appointed dinner…
With political pistol firing, Barnaby makes a big boo
Captain Barnaby Joyce has steered the good ship National Party into choppier waters with the dumping of Darren Chester from…
Star Wars has always been a leftie fantasy
The latest of the Disney “Star Wars” franchise is out, and it’s already dividing the audiences – and not just…
Cultural Marxism’s war on freedom
One of the things that characterise Left-leaning journalists is their Cultural Marxism. And one of the chief ways in which…
Net neutrality? Bahaha!
Another reminder that “net” is never neutral: Twitter began a massive purge of users on Monday the company claims violate its…
Holt anniversary barometer to slide in standards
Beer is flowing at pubs and clubs and fuel is available at the bowser even if prices may be opportunistically…
“Citizen jury” rules against High Court
The MP citizenship debacle that was swept the ranks of political parties in federal parliament throughout much of 2017 and…
Bennelong win doesn’t cure dying Liberal culture
While voters went to the polls in the Bennelong by-election, in Melbourne I attended the memorial service of a local…
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