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How powerful is the proposed Indigenous Voice body?
There is significant confusion about how powerful the Voice will be. There are conflicting messages and disagreements between experts acting…
Police farce: NSW Premier Chris Minns must resign
Yesterday, NSW Premier Chris Minns made the decision to light up the Opera House sails as a symbol of condolence…
The sad story of failed ‘Voices’
The Hawke-Labor government established ATSIC in 1990 ‘so that aboriginals could be involved in the processes of government affecting their…
Australians for science and freedom
I was recently given the privilege of being asked to present on education at the Australians for Science & Freedom…
The girl from Sderot
Israel is at war. In 2014 I visited Israel, thanks to the NSW Board of Deputies and the Australia/Israel and…
The Voice, International Human Rights Law, and the UNHRC
The implications of a ‘No’ vote for Australia’s standing on the world stage has unremittingly stalked the referendum debate. This…
Our ‘culture of conformity’ makes it difficult to defeat the Voice
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, Australians will vote in a historic referendum on the proposal to entrench ‘The Voice’ in…
From the referendum booths this morning
An amusing and TRUE anecdote from a Spectator Australia ‘No’ volunteer at a Voice referendum booth this morning… Volunteer: ‘Vote NO…
Reflections of an old ‘No’ voter
Initially, I would like to acknowledge the contributions, however unwitting, to the ‘No’ campaign of Pearson, Burney, Davis, and Langton.…
Toxic legacy
Rarely has the resignation of a political leader in Australia been met with such resounding cries of collective rejoicing, but…
Victoria deserves a few moments of celebration!
For many Victorians, there is a lack of understanding regarding how traumatised the working class and democracy-lovers became as a…
Disinformation? Try ‘no’ information
The problem is not disinformation, Mr Ray Martin, it is that we have no information. Let me explain. Over a…
Hamas opens the gates of hell. ‘We are at war’ – Netanyahu
Throughout history the lesson remains the same: there can be no peace with neighbours that want you dead. We wake…
An end to pandemonium in New Zealand?
With the New Zealand 2023 General Election taking place very soon and voting now open both abroad and at home,…
Albanese’s heavy-handed government
The contrast between the ALP’s most successful government – the Hawke-Keating government – and that of Mr Albanese is easily…
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…
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