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Wokus Pocus and the Culture War
‘As we fight to tackle the climate crisis and the inequality crisis, we should be campaigning side by side with…
Whatever happened to 1.5°C?
On the Kenny Report recently, fill-in host Chris Smith railed against the Greens’ demands that we ‘do much more to cut…
Energy policy: where parallel universes are set to collide
There are parallel universes in energy policy and they are about to collide. In one universe, the governments of Australia…
The politics of a cult
The Left’s entire political corpus is built on a fantasy
Biden’s humiliating Middle East excursion
Anyone anticipating significant progress or even directional clarity arising from the 13-16 July visit by US President Joe Biden and…
Forced public affirmation is not ‘inclusion’
‘It’ll be an inclusion game,’ they said. ‘It’ll celebrate diversity,’ they promised. And so it was. Except that the Manly…
Has the BBC’s diversity push led to racism?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the public-funded national broadcaster of the UK, has been wandering into territory many wouldn’t hesitate…
Let the games (and the business) begin!
Today, over 5,000 competitors from nations as far afield as Malaysia to Jamaica converge on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.…
Australia: apathetic or activist?
A commonly-held view is that we are living through diabolically fractious times. Indeed, even a cursory reflection on the recent…
Can conservatives embrace the arts?
Conservative political thought’s fractured history and philosophical developments should make for compelling artworks and literature. However, the Right is often…
The tyranny of minority activism
Yesterday, federal parliament opened to the now-usual Welcome to Country by Aboriginal elders, followed by the chanting and dancing of…
The World Economic Forum: heroes or villains?
In movies and television shows, we are often exposed to the story of good vs. evil. Typically the plot involves…
Volcanoes, oceans, and weather
Despite Green/ABC propaganda, recent Australian floods were not caused by coal, cattle, or cars. Weather is driven by winds; solar…
Qantas: a disappointing answer to customer care
On 5 July, reacting a news report that Qantas intended to maintain its ban on unvaccinated people for all international…
Moira Deeming: a damning case of radical common sense
If you want to understand how far left the Australian mainstream media has gone, consider this article in The Age…
Five is too young for radical gender theory
The Sydney parent of a 5-year-old child attending Roseville Kids Care complaining about his child being indoctrinated with radical LGBTQ+…
Liberals: stop chasing the Left into the abyss
There is an old saying that my supervising partner said to me when, in a previous life, I was employed…
WorkSafe takes a second bite of the cherry
WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational…
Danistan: extending or exiling an era
An era is about to continue or end in Victoria. I preference the latter. Victorians are a measured lot and…
Bill Shorten is right about mothers
If Australian government records are to be believed, 55 men gave birth to babies in 2014-15. Those are the official…
Politicians destroy nuclear when the world needs it most
Human advancement has rested on harnessing increasingly dense sources of energy from non-human origins. Animal power, burning wood, wind technology,…
Inequality resides at the heart of the sexual revolution
The thesis of the sexual revolution was a fantasy. We need to return to reality.
Big Pharma: a petroleum-dependent industry under attack by climate warriors
There is a war brewing between the socialist-lite mask-wearing kids who demand free healthcare and the socialist-lite mask-wearing kids gluing…
Hero or Villain? The plot to cancel Captain Cook
Attempts are being made to cancel Samuel Griffith from his prominent role in Australian history, inevitably pushed by the university…
Novak Djokovic versus the Rule of Law
Earlier this week, our magazine weekly columnist, Ramesh Thakur, made an impassioned defence of tennis champion and unvaccinated Serb, Novak…
