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$1 million per month: more secret costs of vaccine failure
The Innovation Australia website has another cracking story. What’s the reward for the government’s vaccine rollout failure? A million dollars…
WHO throws vapers under the bus… again
With the constant deluge of pandemic-related coverage, it’s easy to forget that tobacco smoking continues to kill over 8 million…
Is a Dan Andrews senior shinybum in contempt for trying to stop state parliament sitting?
Yesterday, Dr Ramona Muttacumaru, the Acting Executive Director, COVID-19 Strategy and Policy, COVID 19 Response Division of the Victorian Department,…
ABC Four Corners does longevity well, accuracy badly
It’s no secret our national broadcaster is fond of self-congratulation. This week, the carefully choreographed ‘back-slapping‘ reached dizzying new…
There’s ‘literally a war’ – but in Kabul, not Sydney
At her daily press briefing on Saturday, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said: ‘This is literally a war, and…
Local Magnitsky laws a good move – handled wisely
In a move to bring Australia into the Global Magnitsky Movement, Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching has introduced the International Human…
You want to talk about female oppression? Talk about Afghanistan
You don’t need to be a foreign policy expert to take one look at the heartbreaking developments in Afghanistan and…
Who have we left behind, Dutton?
Just over four weeks ago, Defence Minister Peter Dutton told Sky News Australia of the importance of “getting the balance…
A tragedy for Afghanistan, a tragedy for the United States – and a tragedy for Australia
It’s not true that failure is an orphan. Afghanistan today is like Freddy Krueger, “the son of a hundred homicidal…
Fair Work Australia won’t protect workers from unfair vaccination rules
None of us should be surprised that the union movement has sunk back into its favourite communist swamp. The abolition…
The Lord of the Dings
Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This. Adam. Bandt. Seriously. Tweeted. This.…
Elephants afraid of mice: how Coalition cowards plan to legislate against the Liberal Democrats
Australia’s electoral system has been designed by politicians for politicians, gently tweaked — usually with the support of both the…
EXCLUSIVE: New polling shows strong belief media Covid coverage has been alarmist
Covid-19 is addictive, not just for the political class but for Australia’s mainstream media. At the beginning of the pandemic,…
What’s woke this week?
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics produced some great woke stories. Simone Biles’ withdrawal from gymnastics competition was labelled ‘courageous’ and ‘brave’…
Vaccination certificates: an idea whose time must never come
Chris Richardson of Deloitte Access Economics wrote in the Australian Financial Review on 10 August: ‘Delta is so infectious that the vaccination rates we…
The IPCC buries two millennia of fluctuating temperatures
Probably nobody in the world has read the 3,949 pages of the latest IPCC report. But many people have studied the 41 page politically determined, Summary…
Every industry has its own safety responsibilities, so why the fuss over jabs?
My kids’ grandparents all had small scars on their upper arms from compulsory vaccinations. They were delighted to receive them…
New Zealand’s energy emergency
Regardless of the spin Jacinda Ardern’s government is putting on the fact that parts of our North Island cities have…
What else might our governments lock us down for?
According to our politicians and poohbahs of public health, Australians will all be subject to some form of house arrest…
A tax-and-ban strategy won’t help tackle obesity – as Britain shows
Gyms may be closed thanks to lockdowns, but that hasn’t stopped the Australian government from lecturing its citizens about our…
The Morrison government is in a bind as base gets restless – and that’s before we get to climate
At the outset of the pandemic, there were those hoping it would be the spark for their versions of economic…
The dishonesty of the political class
Good public policy-making requires a wide swathe of opinions being stirred in the cauldron of competing ideas. The jurisdiction in…
Most Covid patients at Israeli hospital fully vaccinated? What does this mean for Australia?
Israel has been held up as the “gold standard” of how to conduct the coronavirus vaccine rollout. It has seen approximately 70% of its…
Funny how climate activists don’t seem to know how the climate works
If you listen to this week’s IPCC’s report launched in Glasgow (and to the hysterical activists burning prams outside Australia’s…
Sliding towards tyranny, one ‘Look at me, I’ve been vaxxed’ Facebook post at a time
I used to think Big Brother represented the failings of a centralised government, but as COVID accelerates our move towards…
