Flat White
What’s woke this week?
Animal crackers in my soup, racists and speciesists loop the loop, Gosh, oh gee, don’t I have fun, swallowing nonsense the woke…
Google and Facebook should abandon Australian news
Twenty-two years ago this year I first published On Line Opinion. We beat Crikey into cyberspace by a month or…
St George Illawarra tried to boost their premiership hopes recruiting Unapproved Opinions? Shocking!
I can’t wait for the NRL season to begin so I can watch my favourite opinions run out on the…
The Taiwan tango: a delicate dance for Australia
It is done. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr has been inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States and has his feet firmly…
It’s the right of Craig Kelly’s electorate to choose their MP, not the media
Tanya Plibersek underlined her leadership credential by buttonholing backbencher Craig Kelly in the Press Gallery corridors today, making sure journalists…
Move over, Dictator Dan: Marshal Mark is the new laughable Lord of the Lockdown
In his famous political discourse, The Republic, the great philosopher Plato deemed tyranny the “fourth and worst disorder of a state.”…
Please don’t eat me!
This just in. Scientists have taught spinach how to send emails. Idiots at MIT, who never watched enough sci-fi horror…
Vic Libs in a right muddle over Daniel Andrews’s conversion bill
It seems the Victorian Liberal-National Opposition is taking strategic advice from the same people who are advising embattled Collingwood Football…
Sprung! Meet our very own celebrity climate hypocrite
A fortnight ago it was Matt Damon. Now say hello to our very own celebrity climate hypocrite, Chris Hemsworth. Egregious…
An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: not as simple as some would have you believe
Advocates for an Indigenous Voice to parliament see the proposal for a legislated option merely as a stepping stone to radical constitutional…
Mothers of Sons fights for fair treatment of men and boys
Two years ago, a Canberra woman Sarah Jane Parkinson was sent to prison for making over 30 false rape and violence accusations against…
Daniel Andrews’ conversion laws: swimming against the tide
As the Victorian government stands poised to pass new laws based on LGBTI ideology, our global community is telling us…
Eddie McGuire tried to smoke an exploding cigar. Why is he surprised at what happened?
The Collingwood Football Club is like the man who ordered an exploding cigar and then smoked the exploding cigar only…
WA’s corona clampdown: all bluff – and blunder
If 2020 illustrated anything, it’s that there are far worse places than Western Australia to be trapped in. Sure, WA isn’t as fancy pants as places in the east but our beaches, food and weather are magnificent and you can…
The Greenhouse Effect vs. The Ultimo Effect
One of the most intelligent and insightful humans to have ever walked the face of the earth is American economist…
Whatever happened to the free speech party?
The communication revolution birthed by Big Tech began with the best of intentions – to provide anyone, even the most…
Kevin Andrews deserved better
Kevin Andrews didn’t deserve the vilification he received after losing yesterday’s Menzies preselection, especially from journalists who appear to have…
Surprise, surprise: chief health officer calls to keep QR codes after covid crisis fades
It had to happen somewhere, sooner or later. Hilariously, it’s occurred in South Australia, home of the notorious pizza box…
Twelve months is enough: we need a clear lead from the PM on freedom of movement
In 2019, the last full year before the pandemic, there were almost 22 million international arrivals into Australia. That’s Australians…
Trust the union movement to guarantee a sleazy start to the political year
Analysing and critiquing the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is one thing. It’s quite another insinuating that Prime Minister…
China’s bullying backfires: Australia ahead in trade spat
The events might come from a Hollywood script. School bully (China), annoyed over being left out of games (lucrative overseas…
Big Tech: private companies now wielding the coercive power of government like a one-party state
Anyone with siblings knows that trying to win an argument by yelling louder than your sister, or sticking fingers in…
Kevin Andrews’ defeat: a setback for ScoMo at the start of the parliamentary year
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received an unwanted spanner in the works ahead of Tuesday’s return of parliament with barrister…
Insiders is insiders. How can they speak for ordinary Australia?
This morning I watched Insiders; the first episode of the year. In the first 15 minutes, the three guests —…
It’s shameful being gay was a crime in Victoria before 1980. Daniel Andrews’ conversion practices bill is shameful too
Shamefully, being gay in Victoria was a crime in Victoria before 1980. It will be no less shameful that in…
