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‘Green’ hydrogen or environmental destruction?

30 December 2021 4:00 am

What is the link between large-scale environmental destruction and a relatively insignificant gas? The answer lies at the intersection of…

Whatever you do, don’t mention ‘Court’ to Morrison

29 December 2021 12:00 pm

On 21 January 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along with then Sports Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie, announced a grant of…

Whirling ‘Triffids’ are now cluttering our coastlines

29 December 2021 4:00 am

‘I saw them now with a disgust that they had never roused in me before. Horrible alien things which some…

Sweden puts vaccine passports under our skin

28 December 2021 11:00 am

Swedish startup Epicenter has created a microchip to store Covid vaccine passports. The device is inserted under the skin on…

Senior Constable wins injunction against vaccine dismissal

28 December 2021 4:00 am

On December 24, Senior Constable Ben Falconer was given an earnestly hoped-for Christmas present. Following a hearing the previous day,…

Australia must increase housing supply to improve affordability

27 December 2021 4:00 am

The intent underpinning the federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is well placed, but good intentions do not necessarily translate to…

A dangerous tone has crept into medical discourse

26 December 2021 4:00 am

A dangerous tone has crept into the medical discourse. Over the last year, it has become increasingly common to encounter…

In a world of dogma, is Christmas the ‘truth’ that matters?

25 December 2021 6:00 pm

Christmas is a dogmatic truth grounded in a historical fact – no wonder some people hate it. Our modern world…

My Christmas wish…

25 December 2021 4:00 pm

In a previous piece for this esteemed publication, I mentioned an inspiring sermon given by the celebrant of Christmas Midnight Mass back…

The wonder of Christmas

25 December 2021 4:00 am

As the song says, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. For many families, this is true. You…

Chin up, it’s Christmas!

24 December 2021 12:00 pm

My parents always taught me to remember that I have a lot to be thankful for. And it’s true, of…

Ambassador Kennedy – an alternate view

24 December 2021 4:00 am

William Shakespeare captured literature’s most famous feud – the Capulets vs the Montagues – with the immortal line, ‘What’s in…

The unholy Trinity of vaccine mandates

23 December 2021 12:50 pm

Vaccine mandates are everywhere. Now, they are infecting the Christian churches even though they are illogical, ineffective, and un-Christian. If…

What the race hustlers reveal about America

23 December 2021 10:00 am

After the maelstrom of George Floyd’s death, America’s supposed incurable heart of racism, according to most of the media, is…

Thinly veiled corporate wokery erodes business confidence

23 December 2021 4:00 am

A federal parliamentary report tabled last week highlights an issue which has been quietly eroding business confidence for many operators…

The end of the green revolution

22 December 2021 12:00 pm

The announced closure of Incitec Pivot’s Gibson Island fertilizer plant is a sobering reminder that there is a global trend…

What’s in a name? How Covid is changing our language

22 December 2021 9:00 am

I have had most vaccinations available in Australia because I have travelled extensively and have always wanted to do so…

A pandemic of the under-dieted and under-exercised

22 December 2021 4:00 am

‘Your refusal has cost all of us,’ President Biden said to the unvaccinated in September, announcing a new Covid vaccine…

Australia’s national identity deserves to be preserved

21 December 2021 3:13 pm

Nation-states not only have a distinct way of life, they typically do all they can to preserve it. Without it,…

Christian Kerr’s funeral - livestream

21 December 2021 10:08 am

Christian Kerr’s funeral is being livestreamed today. Service at 11 am. Click on the link below to watch: https://livestream.com/accounts/8710393/events/10002428 Got…

Et tu, Italy

21 December 2021 10:00 am

The first time I set foot in Rome was on a stopover at the airport. I was on the way…

Is Frydenberg’s post-Covid economic optimism justified?

21 December 2021 4:00 am

Josh Frydenberg was pleased with last week’s midyear economic review issued by Treasury. He preened himself, opining that the Covid…

Bandt and the choofing Greens are at it again

20 December 2021 4:00 am

Everything the Australian Greens do starts well enough, before descending into farce. Caring for the environment ends with farmers having…

A different take on the Jesus story

19 December 2021 12:00 pm

My favourite Christmas story … stop me if you’ve heard it. According to the late Sydney theologian Dr Barbara Thiering’s…

Diary of an unvaccinated person

19 December 2021 9:00 am

I’ll let you in on a secret, I haven’t taken the Covid vaccination. For a lot of people that doesn’t…