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Advance Australia Bare

20 June 2024 2:50 am

Albo the great apologist has recently informed the nation that the incoming Governor General was appointed for a ‘modern Australia’.…

Straight from the Dastyari playbook

20 June 2024 1:20 am

Australia’s own Peter Perfect Premier Mr Malinauskas has faltered, revealing a true agenda to stifle political opposition in South Australia.…

Has Julie Inman Grant undermined the Office of the eSafety Commission?

20 June 2024 1:00 am

There are credible arguments for the existence of the Office of the eSafety Commission, provided it acts as intended. In…

New Zealand’s carbon sequestration problem

19 June 2024 3:10 am

Ongoing concern about climate change has fuelled debate about the part carbon sequestration might play in reducing New Zealand’s net…

Recognising ignorance

19 June 2024 2:45 am

In March this year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked the Productivity Commission (PC) to assess competition-enhancing reform options to reinvigorate the…

The Global Peace Summit hurt Ukraine

19 June 2024 2:15 am

Neighbours from all over gathered after a violent house invasion and wrung their hands. There were 90 of them. They…

Dutton opens debate on the Paris Climate Agreement

19 June 2024 2:00 am

According to certain sections of the media and the federal government, Peter Dutton’s commitment to scrapping Australia’s unachievable 2030 emissions…

Bannon behind bars

18 June 2024 10:34 pm

Former Trump administration aid, Steve Bannon, will serve a four-month prison sentence beginning in July. Bannon was charged as follows…

An interest rate cut for the Bank of England pre-election?

18 June 2024 3:00 am

With inflation having fallen fairly fast in Europe and the ECB having been the first to cut interest rates, surely…

Taiwan and Australia: She’ll be right, mate?

18 June 2024 2:30 am

From Taipei: One of the first things that struck me about Taiwan is that I felt like I was in…

Who needs a country anyway?

18 June 2024 2:00 am

Whenever a commentator – especially a politician – begins to wax lyrical about cutting immigration for economic reasons, I become…

I’m a huge fan of Nigel Farage, but not as Clacton’s MP

17 June 2024 10:19 am

For a long time I have been a massive fan of Nigel Farage. I have had the pleasure of being…

Rebadging the Liberals

17 June 2024 3:00 am

Alexandra Marshall recently noted Peter Dutton’s support of the e-Safety Commissioner where he said, ‘Julie Inman Grant is one of…

We should keep an eye on Bird Flu

17 June 2024 2:30 am

800,000 chickens have been culled or severely affected by Bird Flu, following an outbreak of the pathogen amongst the farming…

The polar bears are fine: PEA Club v The People

17 June 2024 2:00 am

The trigger for this article was a news report that I read over breakfast. It was a hit of déjà…

Queensland’s shock and awe Budget

15 June 2024 1:28 pm

The Queensland Budget released this Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2024 state election campaign. The nine-year-old QLD Labor government…

Farage factor anchors Reform’s fight to save Britain

15 June 2024 1:20 pm

The Farage factor is inbound and on board for the July 4 UK General Election in what is fast becoming…

Results are in: don’t date Woke

14 June 2024 7:59 am

It was an odd choice of venue, but I accepted it, perhaps the invitation was meant ironically, a joke, something…

Why universities are always political losers

14 June 2024 7:33 am

Universities have become a political football. Again. In many countries. The latest, albeit recurring, flashpoint is international students. There are…

Energy for the future

14 June 2024 1:43 am

It is critical that we review the whole story of ‘Climate Change’ as this is underpinning the government drive for…

2024: The year of digital harms

13 June 2024 10:09 pm

On Sunday the April 21, Peter Dutton told David Speers of the ABC Insiders program that when it came to…

Dutton’s disaster: facial recognition to access social media

13 June 2024 12:26 pm

In writing this, I am probably burning my political bridges and dis-inviting myself from future politics. And yet I do…

Musk: Freedom of speech is worth fighting for

13 June 2024 2:23 am

The eSafety Commissioner recently dropped her case against Elon Musk, who faced fines of $782 500 a day, for having…

I like the idea of Xavier Herbert

13 June 2024 1:01 am

Men no longer write long fiction. The days of the million-word book are gone. At 850,000 words, Xavier Herbert’s Poor…

Multiracial? Yes. Multicultural? No.

13 June 2024 12:14 am

Multiculturalism doesn’t work. It is a failed experiment that has served only to dilute what is great about Western culture…