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Milo: right, but wrong
I’m pleasantly surprised that Sarah Hanson-Young condemned Milo Yiannopoulos for being a ‘paedophilia apologist’ – which he undoubtedly is. The…
We need to talk about China
Allen & Unwin’s recent decision to drop Clive Hamilton’s book on Chinese Communist Party influence in Australia — citing fears…
Has feminism jumped the shark?
In the much loved and long-running television series Happy Days, when the Fonz literally jumped a shark that a whole…
Why are the Greens giving domestic violence a green light?
Does anyone in the Greens actually engage their inner sage before they virtue signal? That may well be a rhetorical…
Triple J’s Australia Day problem
Someone else has recently conducted a non-binding plebiscite, which produced a 60 per cent result that divided a nation –…
Euthanasia laws: the true implications
The “voluntary Assisted dying” legislation appears set to pass both lower and upper houses in Victoria. However, let us call…
The God question
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Mark Kenny crowed. Australia’s “self-appointed conduits to the metaphysical” -– its Christian clergy — have been…
Ten thousand ways that will not work
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work — Thomas Edison The…
Labor Lite
Despite all his rhetoric to the contrary, Malcolm Turnbull really isn’t concerned about protecting civil and religious freedoms. In what…
Was Bennelong Kristina Keneally’s second choice?
Voters in Bennelong who need to front up to the polls once again may be surprised – and perhaps unimpressed…
Farewell speeches
The Zimbabweans spoke and that old tyrant Mugabe was forced to listen. His resignation speech stated that his decision to…
Time to end the election day circus
A sausage sizzle and a vote is an old Australian tradition. But as a wise man once said, those who like…
Wild rumour department: it will all be over by Christmas
More may be riding on today’s Queensland election than the premier’s job. A far more important role, in Canberra, appears…
Why the Palaszczuk government deserves to go
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government in Queensland is not the worst in Australia –- it’s not as offensively far-leftist like the…
The unknowns of assisted dying
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense during the administration of George W. Bush, famously spoke of different kinds of knowns and…
ABC = Anything (but) Biblical Christianity
When it comes to reporting on religion, Julia Baird is a great example of what is wrong with the ABC,…
Howard’s end? The enduring legacy of ‘Lazarus’
With the entrance to The Lodge turning into something of a revolving door since prime minister-elect Rudd bestrode the victory…
No matter the question, government is the answer
Earlier this week Menzies Research Centre boss Nick Cater carried out a skilful dissection of the Northcote by-election in Victoria.…
Yassmin, we’re just not that in to you
Yassmin Abdel-Magied has returned to Australian shores, and it seems she is even more out of touch than when she…
Not another lobbyist
Recently Jim Molan has been best known as Footy Show host Erin Molan’s dad, but that may be about to…
Our Yassmin, right or wrong
I don’t watch “The Project”, or TV generally for that matter, but fortunately News.com.au is here this morning to tell…
The misguided politics of virtue signalling
One of the most amusing ways of seeing how out of touch major parties and leading politicians are with the…
Homophobia AND cultural appropriation?
I know that every man and his dog in business wants to benefit commercially from the “pink dollar” and the…
Turnbull’s energy policy proposals: more steps forward than back?
The Government has now received but not yet released a report into the energy market plans it wants to put in place. …
Nanny, away from my drink
December 1 marks five years since plain packaging laws were introduced in Australia. The aim was to deter people from…
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