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Is life over at 75?
Older age is often viewed as a monotonous period of physical and mental decline. But sometimes situations change, and we…
Murray-Darling Basin plan: foolish and unnecessary
Faced with an approaching election and constant media hype regarding the plight of our rivers during the Millennium drought, John…
Useful idiots on Armistice Day
In London, hundreds of thousands of these useful idiots demonstrated in favour of the terrorist organisation Hamas. They would not…
Glib advertising will not enable ‘that’ teacher
‘Be that teacher’ is a new $10 million advertising blitz by federal, state, and territory governments that aims to elevate…
Wong & Macron (et al) ignorant of Hamas mindset
Calling for Israeli restraint and/or a ceasefire, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has joined French President Emanuel Macron in demonstrating…
Optus offers a taste of the digital Dark Ages
Last week, Australia was given a reminder about the importance of cash. Waking up to the Dark Ages, around 10…
The unwelcome resurrection of David Cameron
‘Fresh start’ is not the phrase that comes to mind when I think of David Cameron, but it seems Rishi…
Judicial activism and the High Court
In the latest volume of The Western Australian Jurist law journal, James Allan, the Garrick Professor of Law at the University of…
The power of stories: insights from the ARC conference
In the heart of London week, a unique gathering of influential minds took place last week at the inaugural Alliance…
Hawaii, Tuvalu, and fires on the home front
In December 2019, former Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, went to Hawaii for a family holiday. In his absence, his…
Christians beware, Labor’s ‘religious exemption’ makes Misinformation and Disinformation Bill more dangerous
Following a tsunami of opposition – over 23,000 responses – Labor has temporarily withdrawn the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill to…
Bring back blackbirding
Tuvalu was first settled by Samoans, Tongans, and other Pacific islanders about 700 years ago. The Spanish were the first…
Metohija: why Serbia will not recognise Kosovo
The recent armed conflicts in Northern Kosovo and the reluctance of Serbia to recognise the existence of Kosovo as an…
Women pay the price for the Prime Minister’s productivity problems
Despite a rapidly declining birth rate across the Western world, new research out of the United States shows many people…
The Democrats have no choice
What do Presidents Joe Biden and Lyndon B. Johnson have in common? It isn’t a trick question, and no, the…
Douglas Murray and John Anderson: Islamic immigration
Douglas Murray is fired up about the impact Islam is having on the West and he’s not backing down. In…
Higher interest rates on the cards
The IMF recently warned the Australian federal government and Reserve Bank of Australia that they needed to take a more…
Whither journalism for the common people?
Who knew that news media services would become so partisan that they would support government agendas that conflict with the common people?…
Queensland’s parents deeply concerned over four day week
The obsession with a ‘four-day-week’ is underpinned by one unworkable fact: if you work fewer hours you must be paid…
London diary: Reflections for Remembrance Day
The famous English writer and critic, Samuel Johnson, once said: ‘If you are tired of London, you are tired of…
Tough crowd
Take a quick look at the reviews of Graham Linehan’s new book Tough Crowd and you will gather that he is what…
Judges shouldn’t be legislators
The Federal Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights is conducting an Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, including whether a…
The war against the West stirs on the eve of November 11
As we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom in two world wars, little did we realise that…
Hamas in its own words
I am heartily sick of the misrepresentation of Hamas by the mass media. Every individual and organisation should be heard…
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