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We are all socialists now, but weren’t we always?
Before the 2007 federal election I posited that ‘Australians are all conservatives now’ (The Australian, 20 April). It argued that thanks…
The way democracy should be
In the last two years the people of Australia, like most citizens of free and open democracies, have seen their…
The naughty underground non-compliers
You wouldn’t know it but there are thousands of naughty non-complying Victorians enjoying access to their taxpayer-funded amenities and venues.…
Small businesses languish while the government grows fat
One of the many negative corollaries of the various draconian governmental measures is the damage to small businesses. One would…
Scandalous deceit of parliament and the public
Last year the New South Wales Parliament was hoodwinked into passing draconian legislation as a result of false statistics about…
Diversity or uniformity? Muslim footballer Haneen Zreika to miss ‘Pride’ match
Haneen Zreika was the first Muslim to play in the AFLW. Debuting in 2019, the Greater Western Sydney Giant has…
My questions for the Royal Commission into Covid…
Senator Pauline Hanson has been pushing for a Royal Commission into the government’s handling of Covid, and demand for one…
Women’s fashion – I mean – football…?
Every sensitive new age man knows that when working with women you may comment on their professional performance, but never…
Campbell Newman is asking tougher questions than the corporate media
The last two years have seen unprecedented use of the word ‘unprecedented’ by Australian journalists. Conflating the limits of their…
Victoria’s pandemic of political failure
The government’s handling of the Covid pandemic in Victoria has been deplorable. But while the temptation is to blame Daniel…
Feminism’s embarrassing fall from ‘Grace’
If the past couple of years has taught us anything, it is that the current wave of feminism has become…
Summer’s worst political commentators…
So how is your summer going? Trousers off, melting ice cream on the car seat, screaming children in the back,…
Serbia’s revenge: Rio Tinto pays for Morrison’s hubris
There may be no ‘official’ connection, but it’s impossible not to side-eye the sudden decision by the Serbian government to…
Triple J’s Hottest 100 – there’s an elephant in the room
As most people know by now, a few days ago The Wiggles became the first ever debutant band to win…
Where is Tennis Australia’s credibility?
Tennis is a pretty simple game. Two people take turns to hit a fuzzy ball over a net. That’s it.…
ScoMo in SloMo slide toward fatal collision at next election
The next federal election will be held no later than May 21, 2022. It looks like a re-run of 2007…
Is constitutional recognition a good idea for democracy?
Janet Albrechtsen has a piece in Wednesday’s Australian concerning the proposed Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.…
The re-enthronement of capitalism: are ‘woke’ investment funds falling behind?
Over many years now, superannuation funds have been orientating their investments towards options that avoid unapproved Environmental and Social goods…
Always was, always will be a smokescreen
As Roger Scruton wrote: ‘The fictions were far more persuasive than the facts, and more persuasive than both was the…
A truckie’s view – my view
It will come as a huge surprise that everything in your house, on your street, in your supermarket, in fact…
Madman Mark McGowan – the tinpot dictator of Australia
Throughout the era of Covid, we have made numerous comparisons of governments and the restrictions they impose to past regimes…
Tony Abbott for PM – of Britain!
The conservative stalwart broadcaster Mark Steyn has made the suggestion, in apparent seriousness, that the British Tories should draft Tony…
Omicron roars through, but I only hear crickets
Since Omicron has spread so vigorously throughout the fully vaccinated and unvaccinated alike, and considering too that the unvaccinated (or…
Big tech eugenics
Just when you thought the all-pervasive power of the State could not get any more intrusive, governments have begun manipulating…
An empire for me, but not for thee
Every January, Australians are reminded by the chattering classes that they should hang their heads in shame about the very…