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An open letter to the Honourable David Crisafulli MP
Dear Premier, First off, congrats! Here you are, keys to the kingdom in hand – and what a kingdom it…
German manufacturing is dying a green death
Volkswagen intends to close three factories in Germany. Their demise will see the execution of tens of thousands of highly-skilled…
The Great Global Greening Hoax: why we should fear a flourishing planet
In today’s world, where common sense has packed its bags and gone bush, we’re faced with a new, dire threat…
Visa warfare, a tool for censorship?
Are visas being used as weapons in the culture wars? Granting or denying a visa tarnishes the reputation of political…
Ten highlights from the Trump-Rogan interview
There can be little doubt that we are living in an age of disruption. One of the most compelling examples…
Debate is hate: Brazil’s tricky relationship with X
Justice Alexandre De Moraes announced the reversal of Brazil’s X ban earlier this month. In a decision published online, De…
Deaths of despair can be avoided
I have in front of me the final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. I am…
Painted into the climate change corner
While Anthony Albanese welcomed the King, warming to climate action the other day in Samoa, I was enjoying a BBQ…
Labor backs away from the scary green monster
The LNP’s decision to preference Labor over the Greens seems to have manoeuvred them out of power. ‘If Labor and…
Labor’s green gang is killing it
Much is being said about the Greens’ ‘failure’ in the Queensland election. At the time of writing, the Greens have…
Dissecting the socialist mind
When discussing the Queensland election with an acquaintance, I lambasted the transgressions of the Miles Labor government which has since…
Crisafulli will be the next Queensland premier
‘Tonight, Queenslanders voted for change. Tonight, Queenslanders voted for David Crisafulli!’ Or so went the new Premier’s intro and standing…
Is India BRIC(K)ed-in?
Despite joining the Quad alliance in 2022, (Australia, Japan, India, and the US), India continues to tread a difficult, non-aligned…
Astonishing cost, miserable return
It will take a long time to undo the damage done to our energy grid
Trojan horses aplenty at CHOGM
The King is at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) foolishly preaching Climate Change and tip-toeing around the incredibly…
The dawn of a post-national Australia
The globalisation of our economy is a 20th Century phenomenon that has attracted much commentary in the past, yet it…
A wonky prime minister and straw man treasurer
We don’t have a Willy Wonka and a Candy Man. We have a wonky Prime Minister and a straw man…
To defend the Crown is to defend Australia’s honour
The happy festivities that took place during King Charles III’s tour were a celebration of Australia, as it was intended.…
My campaign to protect cash
It’s one thing for retailers to go cash-only, but quite another for taxpayer-funded government agencies to blithely adopt the same…
Lidia Thorpe should not resign, but be removed from the Senate
Senator Lidia Thorpe’s behaviour recently is completely unacceptable and, in my opinion, should result in her being removed from Parliament.…
Dwindling delights and mobile frights
A former Liberal Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, told us life wasn’t meant to be easy, but his borrowed quote left…
International student export earnings overstated as problems grow
Mark Twain famously popularised the saying, ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ Here he referred…
Land tax is socialist and should be banned
Stamp duty makes it more difficult to purchase a home. Not only does it increase the initial outlay required, but…
Nearly everything you assume about colonialism and slavery is wrong
Nigel Biggar’s, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
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