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Retrieving Australia’s energy policy disaster
Australian governments are in denial but it’s clear that the great green revolution they planned for energy supply has failed…
Medicinal cannabis and government licensing
One of the more insidious aspects of government involvement in commercial markets is the practice of supplier licensing. As entrepreneurs…
The AMA are wrong about Dr Julie Sladden
Last week, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) publicly called for the disendorsement of Tasmanian Liberal candidate Dr Julie Sladden, accusing…
Retail outrage: Plibersek wants the clothes off your back. ‘I’ll be watching.’
To cope with the outrageous creep of authoritarian behaviour and inescapable globalism, sometimes citizens of the West refer to themselves…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E5: Plibersek’s war on fashion! Senator Malcolm Roberts, Marita Pushon, and Kevin Donnelly
When the World Economic Forum calls with a terrible idea, Labor dutifully obeys. This time, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has…
Queensland Supreme Court finds some Covid vaccine orders unlawful
The Queensland Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, found that mandatory Covid vaccination orders for that state’s police and ambulance…
MAGA Aussie’s insider experience at CPAC USA 2024
While all of Sydney was in the thrall of Taylor Swift, I went to a four-day concert that was more…
History is watching
Speaking to the Press recently, President Joe Biden made his case why the House of Representatives should pass the Bipartisan…
The war on children
On February 18, Elon Musk shared the documentary directed by Robby Starbuck titled The War on Children. The film is a…
Yes, minister… The Lowy Institute edition
What do you mean, ‘deliberative democracy’? Sounds like BS to me
Fighting academia’s feminist tentacles
As the toxic sludge of feminist claptrap seeps through the academic world, there are many principled researchers grinding their teeth…
Defence is the topic of the day
The Albanese government has acted true to form with a big announcement that sounds like a lot is going to…
Decolonising (or radicalising) the curriculum
It appears our educational elites have learned nothing from 2023’s referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Despite promises of a…
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E4: Campbell Newman and the Queensland crime wave
No, you’re not imagining it. Queensland is living in the grip of a crime wave that has left residents terrified…
Gaslighting AI chatbots over the Covid pandemic
I’m just going to come out and say it, I love AI chat programs. I believe that when employed judiciously,…
Sorry? Who, us? What for?
They were the divas of the pandemic bio-security theatre crowd in Australia, with their names set up in lights every…
Should Albanese rescue the nickel industry?
In 2020, Elon Musk issued a plea, ‘Please mine more nickel. Tesla will give you a giant contract for a…
To fix healthcare, doctors need to take a really good look in the mirror
Two weeks ago, the BMJ published research that reinforced the overwhelming evidence that the United Kingdom’s National Health Service should continue to…
Julian Assange’s predicament: protecting freedom of the press
The High Court of England is presently considering whether Julian Assange can be granted leave to appeal against an extradition…
Double Shot S2E4: Covid freedom fighters deserve the Nobel Prize! Ramesh Thakur, Hava Mendelle, and Saxon Davidson
We often talk about who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize… It’s history has been one of both extraordinary individuals and…
The urgent call for an equitable transition: a cry for help from the Kiewa Valley
In the serene landscapes of rural Victoria, where the Kiewa Valley’s rolling hills and verdant meadows paint a picture of…
The Carlson critique
Volodymyr Zelensky – the front-line president (Wilkinson Publishing) Andrew L. Urban & Chris McLeod Our new book (the 2nd on…
Swift justice for the political class
The question I asked after reading a report about Taylor Swift’s biggest-ever concert in Melbourne, which reportedly had over 90,000…
Switching on reality
When the lights went out last week for 500,000 Victorians, it wasn’t all bad. Most still had natural gas to…
Foreign policy fibs and half-truths
Despite frequent promises that they would be the most transparent and open government ever, the Albanese government has gone out…
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