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The ooga booga school of anthropology
Aboriginal anthropologist and activist Dr Marcia Langton is probably the most influential figure in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum…
The fatal flaw in the ‘Yes’ case
The pamphlets to be sent to all households in Australia setting out the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ cases for the referendum…
Ruining the world to ‘save the planet’
The late morning sun danced off the Mediterranean as I took a chair facing Al Gore on the rooftop terrace…
The ABC rots from the head
They say a fish rots from the head. The writer is not sure if it’s true about fish, but it…
Oh Danny boy, what have you done now?
When he was first elected in 2014, more than a few members of the Victorian Coalition must have asked themselves…
Only some black lives ‘matter’
In a recent edition of the Spectator, Douglas Murray wrote about Nahel Merzouk who was shot and killed as he…
Has Australia lost its collective mind with the Voice?
The Voice is probably the greatest confidence tricks ever attempted to be played on the Australian people. Why would any…
‘Far Right’ or Traditional Liberal?
When it comes to avoiding the intellectual rigour of constructing and prosecuting a cogent argument, those who occupy the left…
Double Shot Ep12: Senator Babet on the scourge of censorship
Special guest Senator Babet of the UAP talks about the government’s new censorship bill to silence the public on social…
Misinformation: as meaningless and misused as masks
Nearing the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched stated, ‘The best thing we can do is to…
What a topsy-turvy land
From a literary landscape once carved by iconic texts like the Magic Faraway Tree, with characters Moonface, Silky, and Saucepan…
How to silence a climate change zealot
I’ve never understood the fascination dogs have with the wheels of cars which is demonstrated as they come running out…
Labor has been hostile to the Constitution since the 1890s
Many in favour of the Voice fail to understand the purpose of a nation’s Constitution. Before voting, Australians need a…
‘Set by human hands’ – are arsonists burning Rhodes?
Whenever a fire starts and it’s hot, usually in summer, the climate change zealots come out to gloat about how…
WA backlash against Aboriginal Heritage Laws favours Liberals
Voter fury over heritage laws smashes Cook as Labor left reeling in post-McGowan era, or so went the subheading on…
Teachers cannot teach what they do not know
Well, here we are with another review of teaching. Australia has itself a bit of déjà vu with a well-meaning…
The $10 billion cabal of renewable subsidies killing coal
At this time, the attack on fossil fuels, particularly coal, is at a crescendo. In North America with the dishonestly…
Book reviews: the new parental activism
Outrage from parents and citizens last week saw a children’s book Welcome to Sex! pulled from the shelves of select…
Robodebt scandal: Parliament needs to take charge of the bureaucracy
It appears the Robodebt scandal is being used for gutter political point-scoring. But what’s new about that? Every side in…
Coutts’ apology to Nigel Farage is worthless
Remember when Coutts was worried about risking its reputation? We’ll call it ‘karma’ that their name hangs in shreds, draped…
Review: the courage to care
We hear little about the Holocaust in Hungary. In a murderous 56-day period in Hungary during 1944, some 430,000 Hungarian…
The broken logic of a champagne socialist
The hypocrisy of the hard-Left centres around being tricked by lofty arguments made by agenda-driven powerbrokers. These ideas are devoid…
Just Stop Oil told to ‘just p- off’ by pranksters
‘Disrupt’ has been the mantra of environmental movements for a long time, upscaled considerably by Extinction Rebellion, an outfit that…
Lesbian domestic violence proves it’s not just a male problem
You may recall the campaign running on national television a few years ago. The ads were part of the Australian…
The book wars in the children’s section
If you don’t think there’s a war being waged against our children right now, you haven’t been paying attention. Or…
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