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The end of Woke is nigh
People used to refer to Paul Keating as the best Liberal Prime Minister we ever had. When Malcolm Turnbull became…
UnAustralian Australian of the Year Awards 2024
The unAustralian Australian of the Year Awards provide an opportunity on Australia Day to recognise members of the Australian community…
10 reasons to celebrate Australia Day on January 26
Despite what the cynics and activists might say, Australia is a nation worth celebrating – and January 26 is the…
It’s time for a new era in Australian politics
The political landscape is set to undergo another significant shift with the announcement of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s departure…
Medical education: a hearts and minds operation
Modern medicine has a smorgasbord of problems that need immediate attention for the sake of public health. On the priority…
DeSantis makes peace, looks to the future
After all the ugly sideswipes, Ron DeSantis has still endorsed the 2024 Trump Train for a 2020 rerun. DeSantis suspended…
Victoria, the apartheid state under the shadow of treaty
On December 6, 2023, Victoria became known as an apartheid state. It could not have been said before. It would…
The café owner and the public servant
What I thought was going to be an irritation turned out to be a source of admiration. Even inspiration. At…
It’s not just cricket
As if we needed more evidence that political and corporate elites were completely out of touch with middle Australia, along…
Lockdown debt leads to Kenya safari cash-grab
A High Court battle will take place in Kenya on February 7, as safari operators and Kenyan officials clash over…
The Covid show must go on!
Like all other establishment institutions, the think-tank industry in Australia was wholly compliant with the official Covid narrative so it…
Howz that?
If the great Australian dream dies, all the smoking ceremonies in the world will not pull us out of an impending spiritual doom
Creepy e-bike graveyards
Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of e-bikes were photographed piling up in what has been unofficially dubbed, ‘China’s e-bike graveyard’. It…
Will the real Australia Day please stand up?
Australia Day is celebrated as the official national day and is marked by national celebrations, community and family events, and…
Cost of living crisis? You get what you vote for
If the value of something is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it, who is left in…
A choice between two Aboriginal schools or Victorian treaty: it’s a no-brainer
The recent failure of the Voice to Parliament referendum has given conservative voters in Victoria some glimmer of hope that…
When gold’s real price breaks out
As the Austrian School economists know, inflation distorts price signals unevenly. It may be tempting to try to filter out…
Feeding the fetish: an unintentional exposé
Since entering into the world of feminist politics, I have tried to avoid, as much as possible, taking a deep…
The painful legacy of anti-nuclear campaigns on clean energy progress
On May 7, 1966, Martin Litton, a member of the Sierra Club’s board of directors, cast a fateful vote against…
What happened to Labor’s two big election promises?
The two most notable Labor promises before the May 2022 election involved ‘getting wages moving again’ and the promise to…
Javier Milei: The Western world is in danger!
Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s speech to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Meeting 2024. Today I am here to tell you…
Open letter to the Minister for Immigration
1 in 36 people in Australia today arrived last year. This is the largest migration intake in Australian history
Jordan Peterson: ‘You have won the battle, minions of the deep state – but not the war’
Jordan Peterson upsets academia. Their determination to ‘shut him up’ has little to do with arguments about free speech and…
Alarm bells ringing on the waterfront (again)
In the throes of a four-month waterfront dispute featuring the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and Emirati global logistics…
Iran is at the centre of Middle East crisis
2024 commences with the worrying spectre of Iran-backed groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and…
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