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The closing of the Australian mind
The quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, probably hopes the Albanese government won’t…
Sri Lanka: aftermath of a political tsunami
Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, people like my family, have been noticeably quiet about the upheavals in their former…
The Governor-General is Australia’s Head of State
Some journalists, politicians, academic lawyers, and supporters of an Australian republic continue to claim that it is obvious from reading…
Quotas for - uh - merit?
It’s back. The discussion of gender quotas in parliament is back in a conversation being led by those who would…
Australia’s power paradox
Energy, energy everywhere, And all the lights did dim; Energy, energy everywhere, Nor any watts to glim. Or so…
Albanese: putting Australia last?
In the lead-up to the federal election that resulted in him becoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese made a speech in…
Evolution is preferable to revolution
Grace Baldwin, in Monday’s Herald Sun, joins a long list of commentators arguing in favour of rising Wokeness saying, ‘If…
#MaskUp or ‘mask-off’?
Before Covid hit, we could barely imagine a reality where the world went into shutdown to safeguard ourselves from a…
Alberta’s anonymous silent killer
The province of Alberta in Canada puts outs annual statistics on causes of death. This data for 2021 was released on June…
Damaging women in the workplace with ‘quotas’
Identity politics is driving terrible division in our society. Immutable identity is a feeble, hopeless way of judging the ability…
The power of cancel culture reduces women to ‘a vibe’
How powerful is cancel culture? Ask singer Macy Gray. Just 72 hours after telling Sky News that a woman is ‘a human…
Regions vs. Cities: an insurmountable electoral divide
With the election result now established, it has been interesting to see how many commentators, politicians, and other experts have…
Salvation in theology for Australia’s declining churches?
The lunatic left will rejoice at the results of a recent American Gallup Poll which revealed that belief in God…
The world women and children deserve
The magnitude of what has just happened in America is still setting in, and while there are those of us…
Can you feel the empathy?
This week the newly minted Teal Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan gushed on social media about meeting New Zealand Prime…
The (expensive) brave new world of ‘clean energy’
The market was working pretty well 20 years ago and is not expected to be much larger by 2030. It…
Labor: your kids belong to us
The Australian Labor Party believes that children belong to the State. Parents are mere babysitters. Think I’m exaggerating? The Victorian…
We must fix this politician-induced cost of living crisis
With interest rates rising again this week, inflation pushing up the cost of everything, and housing unaffordable for young people, families are…
The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’
My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas…
BoJo – the schizophrenic conservative
Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Boris was a great friend of Australia who even spent…
Listen to Reagan: governments don’t solve problems
It was the astute Ronald Reagan who gave us the quote: ‘Government does not solve problems; it subsidises them.’ I…
Challenge to WA vaccine mandate set for July 13
After six months and some delays, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA mandatory vaccine directions is due to…
Australia’s true ‘voiceless’
The Aboriginal bureaucracy, and possibly some Indigenous people themselves, have been agitating for a ‘Voice’. Surprisingly, these advocates think that…
Water: it’s always too much, or not enough
Australia has, throughout its history, been a land of drought, floods, and fire. It is recognised as the driest inhabited…
Munchausen’s by proxy: the UN & WEF made the world ‘sick’ for profit
Abusive parents have been known to make their children appear sick in order to gain attention, fame, and fortune. Sometimes…
