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Unravelling UNRWA

5 December 2023 12:55 pm

UNRWA, which describes itself as a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has…

Transylvanian gold

30 November 2023 3:00 am

Why is everyone arguing about the validity of Roman gold found by a peasant in Transylvania? More to the point,…

It’s amazing how profitable the end of the world has become

27 November 2023 1:50 am

The Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC – or ‘COP28’ – is almost upon us. Like an expensive holiday…

All roads lead to Microsoft: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Albanese’s Digital ID

22 November 2023 1:42 am

The world of AI experienced a frantic meltdown and sudden rebirth after the surprise sacking of OpenAI co-founder and CEO…

Moira Deeming’s fight to clear her name continues

20 November 2023 11:00 pm

Moira Deeming’s announcement that she intends to engage in legal action and lodge a defamation case against John Pesutto, Leader…

Christians beware, Labor’s ‘religious exemption’ makes Misinformation and Disinformation Bill more dangerous

13 November 2023 8:57 pm

Following a tsunami of opposition – over 23,000 responses – Labor has temporarily withdrawn the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill to…

Queensland’s parents deeply concerned over four day week

12 November 2023 2:03 am

The obsession with a ‘four-day-week’ is underpinned by one unworkable fact: if you work fewer hours you must be paid…

Just Stop Oil: the locusts of politics

7 November 2023 2:25 am

Swarms of attention-seeking activists with nothing to contribute to the world except grandstanding, vandalism, and inconvenience are back to their…

Victoria’s bonkers 30cm grass height rule to be ‘revised’

5 November 2023 3:43 pm

You can always count on the former Republic of Danistan to come up with a deranged idea. Last week, they…

Killing koalas to save wind farms?

4 November 2023 9:38 pm

‘Protecting koalas’ has been the favourite mantra invoked by Green groups and local councils to prevent basic services being built.…

Airbus Albo has forgotten Alice Springs

31 October 2023 6:10 pm

It is unlikely Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will return to Alice Springs now the referendum is finished and there is…

Statement from our former Prime Ministers

30 October 2023 10:04 pm

Six former Australian Prime Ministers, notably excluding Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, have written and signed a two-page letter condemning…

Victoria’s culture police

29 October 2023 9:00 pm

Imagine there is a Colonial Heritage Council funded by the Victorian state government which has been awarded powers to enter…

Zoo life with Tanya Plibersek

25 October 2023 9:16 am

We’re going to call it the ‘Jurassic Park Approach’. When faced with the potential extinction of a critically endangered ancient…

Nasty weather: renewable energy poses a national security threat

24 October 2023 1:09 am

The least efficient way to handle energy is to store it. Imagine a bucket with a mosquito net for a…

Police farce: NSW Premier Chris Minns must resign

10 October 2023 6:12 pm

Yesterday, NSW Premier Chris Minns made the decision to light up the Opera House sails as a symbol of condolence…

Hamas opens the gates of hell. ‘We are at war’ – Netanyahu

8 October 2023 3:48 am

Throughout history the lesson remains the same: there can be no peace with neighbours that want you dead. We wake…

Three strikes for the Yes23 campaign

4 October 2023 4:37 pm

The Australian Electoral Commission’s Twitter account has made for interesting reading in the lead-up to the Voice referendum. The social…

mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

3 October 2023 3:40 am

As questions mount across the world regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid vaccines, the Nobel Prize in…

Daniel Andrews resigns: good riddance!

26 September 2023 2:32 pm

As of 5pm tomorrow afternoon, Victoria’s longest-serving Labor Premier, Daniel Andrews, will be gone. He has announced his intention to…

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…

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…

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.…

Lithium battery fires will cause a tragedy

13 September 2023 6:40 pm

Lithium batteries in electric vehicles are going to cause a major disaster – it’s only a matter of time. I…

Race-based land grabs must end

11 September 2023 6:00 am

Most Australians were brought up believing that Crown Land is public land – shared for present enjoyment and preserved for…