Flat White
Our monetary mandarins must be reading the SpecOz
In March of this year, I wrote in this august publication: For the economic benefit of the nation, let’s end this…
We can respect each other’s choices and beliefs… (allegedly)
We forget that the Greens are a party founded on opposition to renewable energy — Bob Brown wanted a coal-fired…
Why are bureaucrats against teaching children to save?
All three of my children are/were part of the CBA’s school banking program, and I volunteered as the school banking coordinator…
The Red planet
The last thing Mars needs is Communism. When the Zhurong rover landed on Mars in May 2021, it created a state…
So does Clementine Ford also endorse the Mad Mullahs’ views on women?
Clementine Ford is certainly an expert on conflict — picking or provoking fights, anyway — but we didn’t know this…
Jews pretending to support Israel
Israel is at war. I have many friends and relatives in Israel of all ages and they rush to assure me that…
Our cricket whingers are talking balls
The indefinite shutting of Australia’s international borders is bad policy, no matter how electorally appealing it is for our national…
Will we get mugged by the return of inflation?
The recent lift in the United States annual inflation rate to 4.2 per cent, the highest in ten years, has…
What’s woke this week?
The overarching theme of this week’s woke stories is diversity and inclusion from the tiniest insect to multi-billion dollar corporations. White privilege and bus-stop seating are joined by…
On ‘chestfeeding’
Following the controversy over the “gender-inclusive” move of the Australian Breastfeeding Association to include natal males in their purview, I…
What Men’s Sheds and the Gay Games have in common
Recently, I was one of four female panellists at a Menzies Research Centre event in Melbourne. Our discussion point was…
‘We’ll get you there, though some people may die’
Like-a-Virgin Airlines has launched a new advertising campaign to encourage people to travel overseas despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The “We’ll…
Australian political journalism is crap
‘The Coalition has abandoned debt and deficit in a monumental shift to its political narrative.’ That’s the refrain we’ve basically…
The woke comes preassembled at IKEA
For those of us who are still sane, we fully expect the lunar left to doggedly push ever more insanity…
Stop the shaming of boys in schools
Another week, another shaming of boys in schools. Last Monday a teacher at Como Secondary College in Perth stormed into a change room…
Auntie’s fudge
I saw this on Twitter. It led me to a Guardian piece: ABC demands rightwing thinktank correct ‘misleading’ claims on public…
WA Labor’s cynical power grab
I grew up in a small town in regional Western harvesAustralia. When I was a kid, we had a doctor in…
Thanks, Joe Biden
Is there no end to the litany of cock-ups that can be laid at the feet of the 46th President of the United States of…
How accurate are PCR tests?
With the revelation that passengers were barred from boarding the first repatriation flight to Australia from India on the basis of…
Spectator Australia TV: The budget horrow show
Today on Counter Culture we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the horror show that is this week’s…
Towards a kinder, woker Queensland Police
Criminals have described a decision to scrap gender quotas designed to get more women into the Queensland Police Force as…
Throw another bundle of banknotes on the barbie
If I may plagiarise Anthony Albanese — who plagiarised Michael Douglas in The American President — “In Australia, we have…
Tough love: we are letting ourselves get really dumb.
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
Why does the Left keep making the same mistake?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s a cliché and it’s misattributed…
No, the government can’t sprinkle sherbet on everything
I love the federal budget. And I’m unapologetic about it. But there is one part of budget week that annoys me…
