What a difference a year makes. Sir Richard Dearlove, the MI6 chief (‘C’) from 1999 to 2004, was first interviewed on the UK’s excellent Planet Normal podcast almost exactly a year ago. His…

If you ever catch a cuppa with an Australian federal or state politician who is out of government and in…

For the first time in five years, an Australian politician has acknowledged a bleeding obvious fact about the way we…

Every cloud has a silver lining, and corona craziness is providing a unique insight into how the nawabs of nannying,…

Just because it’s Gay Pride Month—yep, there’s so many varieties on the LBTIQ+ spectrum they couldn’t just have one day—in…

According to its Code of Practice, the ABC “has a statutory duty to ensure that the gathering and presentation of…

Covid-19 has so far caused the deaths of near three and a half million globally and led to significant social and…

The Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, and reports that the Queensland Government will include mental suffering as a criterion,…

Not content with her discovery of the elusive “pizza box” strain of coronavirus, South Australia’s chief public health officer Nicola…

Soccer is one of the most popular amateur sports in Australia.  Out of the shadow of Covid-19, we’re expecting a…

The late Liberal leader Billy Snedden is well-known for his declaration after the 1974 election “We were not beaten. We…

Australia cannot ignore reality any longer: an unhealthy relationship has formed between Marxist activism and the Christian church. Whether it…

In the evidence he gave to the British parliament on 26 May, Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff Dominic Cummings…

High paid ABC TV current affairs presenter, Leigh Sales, likes nothing more than rattling off carefully compiled, pre-prepared questions to…

The reignition of Israeli-Palestinian conflict was as inevitable as it is tragic. Following the prompts of mainstream media, the world’s…

Here are a few quick thoughts on the Christian Porter saga.  First, though, let me say bluntly what regular SpecOz…

Why is it that Victorians, perhaps more specifically Melburnians, are having such a bad time with Covid in comparison to the other states? Why is this fourth lockdown occurring?  Already…

Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing new private capital expenditure rose 6.3 per cent in the…

The voters in Upper Hunter may have elected a pro-coal candidate nine days ago, but it remains to be seen…

The Milk Tea Alliance — originally some pro-democracy social media geekery in Hong Kong and Taiwan — is racing through South…

Today marks “World No Tobacco Day”, a World Health Organization initiative to draw attention to the dangers of tobacco, what governments…

Australia is a systematically and institutionally racist country; that is the story peddled by the Australian Human Rights Commission at…

When the American singer-songwriter, Jackie DeShannon, was played “What the World Needs Now” by the composers Burt Bacharach and Hal David,…

Cultural Marxism’s long march through the institutions is well-nigh complete. Emblematic of art imitating life, the 2021 Archibald art competition…