In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Why this atheist celebrates Christmas
I believe in Jesus, but I don’t believe in god. I don’t go to church, but I do celebrate Christmas.…
Capacity Investment Scheme hog-ties nation to energy woes
Market regulation is designed to modify the outputs of, and inputs to, goods and services. In doing so, they will…
Education destroyed by self-serving educrats
Such is the parlous and substandard state of Australia’s education system, if those in charge managed a major corporation like…
Vaccination rates fall… ‘Quick, let’s vaccinate more people!’
There’s a recent report running around calling for the government to spend lots of money because vaccination rates are not high enough,…
CIS 2023 Nanny State Awards
The Centre for Independent Studies had intended to follow the rules for US presidential polls and ban any candidate from…
We are in the fight for our life
It is difficult for the non-Jewish observer and commentator to fully understand how the trauma of the Holocaust and 2,000…
Don’t get comfy
With Christmas dawning upon us and CPI down from 5.6 to 4.9 per cent, it is without a doubt time…
The enduring relevance of natural law
It is impossible to understate the malaise that has engulfed Australia in 2023. Indeed, it has been a tumultuous year…
Adding workplace rules won’t make Australians richer
According to the federal government, the Closing Loopholes legislation is a commitment ‘to getting wages moving and strengthening enterprise bargaining’.…
Could Japan’s experience with post-war propaganda help Australia?
Australia is caught in a history war that pits marginalised minorities against oppressive majorities. When politicians and commentators on both…
The hypocrisy of the pro-Palestine mob
Something that seems to have escaped the attention of the left, so eager are they to condemn a war by…
Queer Theory in the public schools is anti-science mumbo-jumbo
I have been reading through some training aid documents from ClickView titled Understanding Gender with various subtitles Talking about Gender and…
Activists have severely damaged the arts in Australia
Some of our finest cultural institutions have been hijacked by political activists. Captive audiences have been subjected to political activism while artists…
Unravelling UNRWA
UNRWA, which describes itself as a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has…
Gallagher’s Digital ID announcement fact-checked for misinformation
Labor has decided to rush one of its most hazardous policies through right on Christmas hoping this would strip the…
The Bowen Shock in your energy bill
My recent electricity bill was informative but menacing. It had several bits of statistical info, including the variation in consumption…
Still lost in China: conservatives must help liberate imprisoned patriots
Australian conservatives are in an uproar about the state of discourse on university campuses, especially after instances such as Harvard students’…
Albo’s dangerous Loophole Bill is struggling but far from dead
The Albanese government’s attempt to revolutionise Australia through its industrial relations Loophole Bill is struggling. The government wanted to ram the Bill…
Alan Jones: Covid vaccines to haunt the next election
Covid vaccination, which was previously made compulsory and denied employment to the unvaccinated, may well become an election issue. Let…
Why isn’t the media challenging the $60 trillion Net Zero cult?
Those who believe renewable energy will save the planet generally have very little understanding about what the apocalypse is meant…
Deadline crossed for first International Health Regulations
Australians, all 55,697 of us who put our names to Petition EN048, have received half-truths and outdated information from Mark…
The tragic story of 2,500 empty shoes
Australia’s suicide prevention policies are failing. We are falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to suicide…
Journey to Bethlehem
Humour, a brilliant musical score and star actors bring the glitter and glad tidings of the first Christmas to life in Journey to Bethlehem
Time for Climate Exit
The world’s rich and famous – plus an army of publicists, hangers-on, and mendicants – are attending the COP28 meeting…