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Seduced by communism
The communistic approach, which underpins much of the West’s ‘good people/bad people’ political thought, is right – the haves are…
The King’s Speech
Standing in front of a Christmas tree adorned with ornaments dedicated to sustainability, His Majesty King Charles III used every…
Peter Dutton’s Christmas message: we live in the best country in the world
Australians will be looking forward to this Christmas; 2023 has been a year of hardships at home and adversity abroad.…
There you go. I said it. ‘Christmas!’
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. There you go. I said it. ‘Christmas!’ Isn’t it strange how…
Carols by Candlelight: a true Australian tradition
The tradition of Carols by Candlelight in Australia finds its roots intertwined with the arrival of the Cornish Methodist miners…
Merry Wokemas
‘Rejoice in the birth of a brown-skinned, Middle-Eastern, undocumented immigrant.’ You might have seen this message around the place in…
Tasteless: fake meat faces extinction
The fake meat industry is dying. In August, Wired ran the headline, Fake Meat is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet after weak…
Is Wikipedia struggling to maintain neutrality in times of political unrest?
In the realm of social media, Wikipedia isn’t a platform that comes to mind. It isn’t thought to possess hate…
A victory for commonsense!
In a win for commonsense, education ministers across the country have recently signed off on measures requiring universities to include…
Volcanoes, another end-of-the-world scenario
Those who think we can control the power of nature are deluded. The latest threat comes from Iceland. After a…
Swimming between the Woke flags
One of the things that makes Australia so great is the fact that more than a quarter of Australians aged…
1.5 degrees of idiocy
There is not a lot of rigour in the COP process. This year’s extravaganza has predictably produced a platitudinous wish…
Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad thanks Australia
Ghazi Hamad, leader of the terror group Hamas, appears to have warmly welcomed Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister…
The yellow bus to nowhere
The middle Melbourne rail loop – Cheltenham to Box Hill for starters – will go on through the west and…
Cyclones, dunnies, and a belated confession
As far north Queensland mops up after the flooding and mayhem largely resulting from unpreparedness in the wake of Cyclone…
Albanese all at sea over Houthi rebels
What has long been regarded as a nuisance in the Red Sea escalated in recent days to a serious economic…
From West to East: shifting global power via Net Zero
The 28th annual scourging of fossil fuel users, the Conference of Parties (COP28), has been and gone. Like the previous…
Godzilla Minus One: an absolute riot!
In 1954, Ishirō Honda released Gojira. The movie centres on Godzilla, a gigantic reptile that is brought to life after being…
A year of failure for Albanese and Labor
During the election campaign of 2022, one got the impression that Labor Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese, didn’t take winning the…
The politics of envy
One of the defining moments of the 2004 federal election was Mark Latham’s hit list of wealthy non-government schools and…
Science is a political dystopia
There was a time when science was seen as the domain of the nerdy few. When the topic of careers…
‘Little Bird Bookshop… You can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!’
I had arrived at work on what I hoped would be one of the three busiest Saturdays of the year…
Weather apocalypse-mongering has endangered Queenslanders
You hear plenty of strange things when you work in retail, but I can’t forget the afternoon I received an…
Victoria: rotten to the core
The evidence is in. Victoria’s public service has become massively politicised, confirming what many suspected after nine years of Labor…
Albanese government: highest taxing since 1959!
What I’m about to say is probably not fair, but I’ll say it anyway. When working in party politics, you…
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