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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Wokeism complicates the raising of kids

20 September 2023 4:30 am

One of the dilemmas raising children in an era when Wokeism dominates every institution is whether to bluntly express your…

Unions are stealing the Voice of members

20 September 2023 4:00 am

Members of Labor Party-aligned unions have no choice but to sponsor ‘the Voice’. By controlling members’ money, biased union bosses funnel millions into social agendas the majority of members disagree with.

The Voice: a state-empowered race collective with strong communist leanings

20 September 2023 12:28 am

Last week, we were treated to ‘Yes’ activist Thomas Mayo addressing a crowd of CFMEU members about the Voice to…

Activists silent as communists parade at ‘Yes23’ rally

19 September 2023 3:54 pm

If Australia’s Left-wing hegemony were sincerely concerned about injustice, they’d be out in force condemning the ‘Yes’ campaign’s association with…

Labor’s immigration hypocrisy: young and vulnerable hit hardest

19 September 2023 5:00 am

Chris Minns – who lives in a house – seems to think you should live in an apartment, and the…

Welcome to a country of crony capitalism

19 September 2023 4:00 am

There’s a new welcome uttered around the Albanese government offices: ‘We acknowledge the fawning directors present and emerging of the…

Hello darkness my old friend

19 September 2023 3:00 am

The other night my wife and I sat down to a nice candle-lit dinner and a glass of wine, but…

Decarbonise the planet, are they mad?

19 September 2023 2:00 am

The lunatic scheme to sequestrate carbon dioxide (CO2) several kilometres underground has been initiated by government programs, including Australia, with…

In plain sight: Disease X and the countermeasure cartel

18 September 2023 6:00 am

As a Gen Xer, I’m old enough to remember the Cold War and US-Russian tensions in the ‘arms race’. I…

If I were as brave as Jacinta

18 September 2023 4:30 am

This week, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price demonstrated her credentials as a potential Australian Prime Minister. She is a member of…

New College of Florida is right to abolish gender studies

18 September 2023 4:00 am

Predictable accusations have greeted the announcement by Manhattan Institute fellow Chris Rufo, trustee of the New College of Florida, that the…

Stopping the ChatGPT cheating epidemic is racist…?

18 September 2023 3:30 am

While at a grocery store over the weekend, I came across a pair of Year 10 girls from a nearby…

Is Australia self sufficient?

18 September 2023 3:00 am

Australia’s unsettling lack of industrial and productive self-sufficiency was accentuated throughout Covid, with the ramifications of vulnerable international supply chains…

Desalination… Will it work this time?

17 September 2023 4:10 am

With the return of Premier Palaszczuk, overdue decisions will need to be made about water supply for the South-East corner…

Unexpected costs

17 September 2023 4:00 am

Manipulated estimates of Levelised Cost of Energy tables showing wind and solar to be the cheapest supplies of energy are…

Empty shelves, desolate minds: Canada’s ‘equity book-weeding’

16 September 2023 10:10 pm

At least in previous centuries a trail of smoke loitered in the air after the censors were done burning books.…

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s speech a ‘turning point’

16 September 2023 2:10 am

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent speech at the Australian Press Club could well be a key turning point in the wider…

Apartheid at the opera?

16 September 2023 2:00 am

I have been alerted to The Australian’s appalling report that arts organisations and institutions across the country are offering subsidised ticketing…

G20 and our evolving ties with India

16 September 2023 1:15 am

The recently completed G20 summit in New Delhi brought with it some noteworthy developments. As an organisation, the G20 is…

Can a Frasier reboot survive in a new politically correct world?

15 September 2023 7:00 am

You are frequently cautioned against using the word ‘classic’ too liberally as a critic. But when it comes to television,…

Koalas defy rumours of extinction by … doing extremely well

15 September 2023 5:00 am

New South Wales Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said, ‘The creation of the Great Koala National Park is essential to saving…

Why I am voting ‘No’: an Asian perspective

15 September 2023 4:30 am

On October 14, 2023, Australians will go to the polls to vote on enshrining the Indigenous Voice to Parliament in…

Australia’s Brexit moment

14 September 2023 6:30 am

The longer the Voice campaign goes on, and as more and more Australians say ‘No’, it’s obvious Prime Minister Albanese’s…

Planning for power failure

14 September 2023 5:00 am

In south-eastern Australia, the capacity of conventional power has run down to the point where there is just enough to…

Healing from the Voice will take years

14 September 2023 4:30 am

When goodwill prevails, the most prominent voices will be those who support reconciliation, solidarity, and a positive way forward. When…