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The secret life of Bitcoin
The point of this article is to address two common criticisms of Bitcoin. The first is that it’s created out…
Francis of Rome
Dear God, Forgive your earthly mouthpiece, Francis of Rome, for he knows not what he is talking about when he…
The cycle of war: Ukraine’s futility and America’s endless profiteering
War never changes. It features different people in the same predictable patterns. Those with power manipulate those without to serve…
What comes after the Voice?
Voice architects who think the ‘No’ campaign has tapped into a ‘deep well of racism’ could not be further from…
Australia’s worker shortage crisis: a handbrake on economic growth
It has become clear since the release of the federal government’s much-touted Employment White Paper that there is no comprehensive…
Laurence Fox: sacrificed to the gods of eco-fascism
The BBC and its kin will insist that Laurence Fox’s ‘crime’ involved taking an on-air dig at a female journalist…
BLM Bambi?
It was the shot heard around the world. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was curled up on…
Three strikes for the Yes23 campaign
The Australian Electoral Commission’s Twitter account has made for interesting reading in the lead-up to the Voice referendum. The social…
No special schools? Pull the other one…
Some commissioners have suggested removing special schools. They mustn’t have worked in the good ones! At one point in my…
There’s a critical flaw in the Voice
There’s a very important message I want Indigenous Australians to hear. If the ‘Yes’ vote is unsuccessful in the Voice…
Why I will vote ‘No’
Australians are being asked to approve a permanent change to our Constitution. This change is racist in intent and divisive…
More like $50 billion: Kamahl’s $40 billion figure on Indigenous spending wasn’t too high
The Sunday Project’s Hamish McDonald’s face expressed all the earnestness of an 18-year-old first-year university student naïvely trying to convince their…
Welcome to country: the racism of ‘arrivalism’
Recently, I attended an outdoor painting festival. At the opening of the exhibition, the white Caucasian blonde MC did the…
The niche, elitist research of universities: a waste of money
Each year more than $12 billion disappears into the abyss vaguely described as ‘research and development’ in the higher education…
UK Home Secretary: multi-culturalism has failed
Suella Braverman didn’t mince her words when declaring that multi-culturalism has been a failure for the United Kingdom. The UK’s…
Victoria’s new Premier likes red shirts
For his supposed sins, Jesus died on the cross at 3 pm. Crucified by the mob, a crown of thorns…
mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
As questions mount across the world regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid vaccines, the Nobel Prize in…
Children’s Health Defense Australia: saving our kids after Covid lockdowns
Few would disagree that the health of the children today foreshadows the health of the population tomorrow. With that in…
How dare you?! Rowan Dean on Noel Pearson’s speech
We had two speeches recently for the ‘No’ side of the referendum. Warren Mundine’s speech – which was superb. Tony…
Don’t sit in silence. It’s your voice. Use it!
We all have a voice, but perhaps the greatest challenge to humanity right now is that our voices are being…
Travels through the ruins of culture
The uneasy groan, stutter, and clunking of the modern age rises through the square in Italy’s coastal port of Trieste.…
Daylight saving be damned
I don’t like daylight saving. Never have. I was intolerant of it when I had to endure it from November…
Which premier is next?
Political power is seductive. Just ask Victoria’s and West Australia’s now departed Premiers – Daniel Andrews and Mark McGowan respectively.…
Daniel Andrews was not a political genius
I have heard commentators from all kinds of political positions commenting that the retiring Premier of Victoria was a person…
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