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Rescuing hostages amid the Israel Defence Forces’ trial by media

11 June 2024 11:15 pm

Over the weekend, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) pulled off a daring daylight raid to rescue four hostages held by…

Government regulations are responsible for unaffordable housing

11 June 2024 9:46 pm

The Australian house building (though not apartment building) industry is mainly non-unionised and therefore has low costs. But building a…

The Sneering Hubris Awards aka The SMUGGIES

11 June 2024 9:04 pm

The Sneering Hubris Awards, nicknamed the SMUGGIES, were announced in the wake of the King’s Birthday Honours where the Companion…

Censorship silences necessary debate

11 June 2024 4:01 pm

Last week I asked the eSafety Commissioner a simple question, ‘Are Australians allowed to call a violent male rapist who…

My message to UK voters considering voting Reform – don’t do it. You’ll regret it

10 June 2024 1:47 pm

For the last couple of years, I have been a fierce critic of the UK government. I am right-wing from…

Dutton’s praise of the e-Safety Commissioner spells disaster for the Liberals

10 June 2024 11:18 am

There are days when I wonder if the idiom, ‘You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make…

Beyond Mad Max with dystopian AI

10 June 2024 3:20 am

The dystopian future predicted in the Mad Max movie franchise may be closer than ever and it won’t take world…

WA needs public safety, not paperwork

10 June 2024 3:00 am

One of the bravest people in Western Australia is Ariel Bombara, the daughter of the Floreat murderer. With deep insight…

Julian Assange: when two contradictory things are both true

10 June 2024 2:30 am

This is my contribution to Alexandra Marshall’s challenge on Julian Assange… In the last year or so I’ve had a…

The uranium paradox

10 June 2024 2:00 am

Australia’s uranium reserves are nothing short of colossal

North Korea trash politics sky-high while our pollies are distracted

8 June 2024 11:43 pm

From Baengnyeongdo, South Korea: Here at what the Americans call PY-Do in the Yellow Sea, we are closer to North…

Democracy, sovereignty, and the common interest

8 June 2024 10:12 pm

The 19th Century Dutch Prime Minister and theologian, Abraham Kuyper, developed the theory known as the ‘sovereignty of the spheres’.…

Australia’s ‘triple-demic’ of Covid, flu, and RSV – experts baffled

8 June 2024 2:04 pm

The Covid policy wizards are baffled again. In Australia, some 98 per cent of the population have had at least…

The big renewable energy lie 

8 June 2024 1:25 pm

The biggest deliberate transfer of wealth ever seen?

Why doesn’t the law protect more women from violence?

8 June 2024 1:17 pm

It might have to do with semiotics

We didn’t want Airbus Albo, but did we need him?

7 June 2024 2:30 am

Around 32 per cent of Australian voters gave Labor their first preference in 2022. No ringing endorsement, despite a decade…

‘No means NO!’ The WHO’s power grab fails

7 June 2024 1:52 am

We cannot and will not allow the WHO to create a health dictatorship

Renewable energy subsidies undermine our economy

6 June 2024 12:53 am

Australia has seen a 20-year downward trend in productivity. Many other nations have seen similar trends and the cause is…

Labor’s ‘soft’ student caps don’t go far enough

6 June 2024 12:06 am

1 in every 37 people are foreign students

Human rights in the firing line?

5 June 2024 11:47 pm

As many readers will already be aware, the WA Labor government is currently attempting to make sweeping changes to Western…

ACTU: imposing union control over AI?

5 June 2024 11:34 pm

The ACTU apparently perceives AI as a ‘very big threat’ to workers, yet simultaneously aims to leverage it for higher…

Back to the future: workplace reform takes centre stage again

5 June 2024 2:45 am

The industrial relations scare campaign has begun, as we count down to the next federal election. The recent leaking of…

Are the new weight loss drugs headed for listing on the PBS?

5 June 2024 2:45 am

Ever since Covid, I’ve avoided making reference to the World Health Organisation (WHO) given how wrong it seemed to be…

A national crisis? Stop marching and start working

5 June 2024 2:00 am

It was difficult to watch Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan join the national marches against gendered violence last month knowing she…

Net Zero burial of carbon dioxide?

4 June 2024 10:11 pm

The Queensland government recently placed a ban on pumping and dumping carbon dioxide into the rocks of the Great Artesian…