Flat White

The politics of tea

25 October 2022 7:00 am

There is no greater beneficiary of ‘evil colonialism’ and British Empire than the local Woke tea shop. That doesn’t stop…

Confidence through censorship: The (medical) Ministry of Truth

25 October 2022 4:00 am

On Wednesday, October 12, the Queensland Labor government – with support from the LNP opposition – passed a dystopian and…

Victoria’s rotten body politic

24 October 2022 11:00 am

Democratic government is no longer about delivering election promises. Forget the promises. Forget even the broken promises – there are…

The failed war on pot

24 October 2022 10:00 am

It’s hard to overstate the social upheaval associated with the prohibition of alcohol in America a century ago. The sorry…

Andrews’ Leninist approach to power

24 October 2022 7:00 am

Last week, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews paraded his inner Lenin. He attacked Victoria’s privately owned coal generation businesses, claiming that…

Mike Cannon-Brookes: energy tunnel vision

24 October 2022 4:00 am

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the son of a global banking executive, and co-creator of the Atlassian empire, has weaponised his shareholding in…

Baby steps

23 October 2022 8:00 am

In a previous article, I argued that those now coming out as opposed to lockdowns first need to apologise for perpetrating…

Australia cancels Jerusalem, ignores CCP South Pacific expansionism

23 October 2022 7:00 am

Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, has cancelled a Morrison government initiative recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Labor frontbencher announced the decision in…

Time and tithes of the Voice

23 October 2022 5:00 am

These things are always about money. How much will you pay to apologise for the colour of your skin?

The rings have lost their power

22 October 2022 12:43 pm

Amazon Prime’s Rings of Power sinks into the pit of Woke oblivion

Floods and droughts are nothing new

22 October 2022 12:09 pm

There is nothing unusual about floods, fires, droughts, homelessness, and hunger – they have always been part of the human…

NDIS: improvements that make things worse

22 October 2022 6:00 am

Sometimes, when English is insufficient to describe a particular situation, we have to turn elsewhere. German has a terrifying phrase ‘verschlimmbesserung’ or…

Mount Warning banned! Which park will be next?

22 October 2022 4:00 am

NSW Liberals betray Australians over National Park lock-out based on race. We are looking at widespread racial discrimination enforced by the state government

Australia’s dumbed-down schools are going nowhere

21 October 2022 10:00 am

Over the last month, there have been yet another two initiatives designed, supposedly, to improve the performance of Australian schools,…

Dirty dependency: superannuation and ESG

21 October 2022 8:00 am

There is nothing green about the big end of town pursuing ESGs instead of energy solutions

Sportspeople should know their limitations

21 October 2022 6:00 am

Clint Eastwood, in the character of Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callaghan, delivered what may well be one of the most underrated…

Trans rights or dangerous ‘agency capture’?

21 October 2022 4:00 am

In a startling development this week, Paul Barry suggested that the ABC should review its relationship with the AIDS Council…

Thorpe: Boyfriend – bad. Rabble-rousing – okay!

20 October 2022 4:43 pm

Today, diminutive Greens leader Adam Bandt finally acted against firebrand Victorian senator, Lidia Thorpe. Bandt punted Thorpe from the Senate…

Reflections on the revolution in Britain

20 October 2022 1:23 pm

Like periscoped sheep, the palace hordes startled back and forth, lunging the gates, devices bobbing – flopping above the fray…

Was it worth it?

20 October 2022 10:00 am

For the last two and a half years, we have been subjected to some of the worst perversions of human…

Has Labor invited terrorism?

20 October 2022 8:00 am

The threat of terrorism is returning to Australia. The impending release of convicted terrorists at the end of their sentences,…

Dam or be damned!

20 October 2022 4:00 am

Australia: the land of droughts and flooding rains. Dorothea Mackellar was clearly not just a poet – but a handy…

Stop infantilising victims

19 October 2022 11:00 am

Everything in this current era appears to be about feelings. There is feelings-based feminism and feelings-based hashtags. If the fembots…

‘Woke’ poisons everything

19 October 2022 10:00 am

If the intention of Woke acolytes is to make everything a lot worse, they should be given a gold star…

Old habits die hard

19 October 2022 8:00 am

Labor’s uncosted infrastructure