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Yes, Virginia, there is a culture war
Voters in the Commonwealth of Virginia just delivered a message that will radiate hope to Christians and conservatives in the Commonwealth of Australia. Parents’ concerns…
Glasgow and the greenhouse gap
As we watch the bureaucratic minions and the behemothic motorcades circulating in Glasgow, the ‘Greenhouse Gap’ appears to be growing. On one side of…
Forget the French fury and focus: Australia needs nuclear submarines now, not later
In the debate which has ensued since the federal government decided not to continue with the French submarine contract, it…
Albo, Macron – and the amazing Real Housewives of the United Nations tantrum
As a general rule, I’m a great admirer of the French. They have an effortless style, an endearing self-confidence, and a love of the…
The logic behind net zero
Tony Abbott once said, ‘climate change is crap’. What he should have said was ‘catastrophic anthropogenic global warming is crap’,…
The climate moaners need to get some perspective from history
Greta Thunberg rejects all ideas of the enlightenment. Despite what she wails, she is now living in the best times…
Sister Olive, 1921: the last filly to win the Melbourne Cup
What better time than Cup Day to mark a little piece of racing history? A century ago, in 1921, a…
Why the NSW Liberals must give the Modern Slavery Act effect
In June 2018, then-Premier Gladys Berejiklian told parliament there was “an undeniable moral imperative to take action in relation to all forms of…
Can Canberra be held accountable internationally for human rights abuses from state lockdown laws?
The Western Australia Premier has recently ordered 75 per cent of WA’s workforce to get vaccinated or face job losses or a…
Dateline Glasgow: the real costs of renewable energy
Australia has an embarrassment of riches. It possesses vast resources of high quality coal, both coking coal (for iron ore…
We now have a bipartisan blueprint to make the tax office fairer. Over to you, Josh
The key Parliamentary Committee overseeing the Australian Taxation Office last week released a report calling for major reforms to the way the…
Leunig – yawn – has done his dash
The Melbourne Age’s declining band of readers are being deprived of the principal reason many of them buy the paper, its veteran…
Net zero: a monument to delusion
World politicians are assembling at Glasgow to worship, with varying degrees of faith, the new religion symbolised by net zero.…
Milligan’s Island
Just sit right back and hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port…
Medical discrimination is not segregation. It’s worse
I’ve argued before that Australia has entered an era of segregation comparable to the racial segregation of America’s past. However, that was inaccurate.…
It’s madness for half our firefighters to be female
We are currently witnessing a ludicrous campaign aiming for fifty per cent female firefighters. Prominent male bosses have taken this on as a personal crusade,…
Trying to duck the climate fight has made the next election harder for the Coalition
Last week I received an email from federal Liberal director Andrew Hirst soliciting a donation because renewable energy lobbyist and…
The Greens: calling occupants of interplanetary craft
No one, but no one, will ever forget Bob Brown and his “fellow Earthians” speech. “Why aren’t the intergalactic phones…
Prime Minister, just how reliable are 30 year climate models?
I am not sure that there are many people over the age of 30 who are wildly rejoicing at the…
Will we all have to take the knee?
If test cricketers such as Quinton de Kok can be compelled to ‘take the knee’ by their employer in order…
Envy: the deadly sin of radical politics
I’m not so sure about money. Since the start of the twentieth century envy has been the source of all…
Remembering the Hungarian Uprising, 65 years on
The world gasped 65 years ago this week as Hungarian protesters were mowed down by the secret police, starting a revolution that…
EXCLUSIVE Assistant Attorney General: Daniel Andrews pandemic bill must not pass
The end of the pandemic is in sight. After two years of lockdowns, border closures, curfews and mask mandates, Australians…
Daniel Andrews, all-powerful Zeus?
When justifying the most recent hard Victorian lockdown that started on August 6, 2021, Premier Dan Andrews told the enquiring media pack…
How Canberra can open the borders of the corona crazed states
It seems as if the latest in-house polls have told Daniel Andrews that he is going to lose. With losing…
