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Will NSW follow Dan Andrewstan and only consult allies over the transgender agenda?

24 January 2021 7:44 pm

Here’s an interesting insight into how the game of politics is played. Regarding the Victorian ‘Suppression (Conversion) Bill’ where the MP’s stated…

Happy Australia Day Daniel Andrews – you hideous hypocrite

24 January 2021 5:01 pm

There are many words I could choose to describe Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews. In the spirit of Australia Day, I…

War is a continuation of politics by other means – trade too

24 January 2021 2:04 pm

War is a continuation of politics by other means. The German strategist Carl von Clausewitz, who wrote the book on…

Australia’s news bargaining code is unworkable – and could break the internet as we know it

24 January 2021 7:00 am

America is the most innovative country globally because American businesses hustle to innovate and create new products and services. Competition…

She Who Must Not Be Named

23 January 2021 7:00 am

Australia’s greatest tennis player turned Christian minister is vilified every January for daring to hold a traditional view of marriage…

So what can we say about the Podium Poet?

22 January 2021 4:47 pm

So let’s talk about the poetry thing and the poet who read poetry at the inauguration. America’s National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman who recited the…

Australia versus Google

22 January 2021 2:31 pm

The out-going Trump administration finally woke up to a nasty little rort that the Australian government was planning on running…

Will Australia face carbon tariffs under the Biden regime?

22 January 2021 12:13 pm

Day 1 of the Biden Presidency saw the reversal of several of the Trump administration’s environmental policies, including tighter vehicle emissions standards, a moratorium on oil and natural…

Statistics on Indigenous women as perpetrators

22 January 2021 11:53 am

It isn’t easy to find data on Indigenous women’s violence. The numerous reports on Indigenous violence usually omit any mention…

Say that you love me

22 January 2021 5:00 am

The only thing politicians fear is the media. If they own the media, they have nothing to fear.  This is…

The mounting problem of, er, multi-racial whiteness

21 January 2021 7:00 pm

How are we to reconcile the fact that white supremacists are increasingly ethnically diverse? This oxymoronic conundrum has recently been…

Preening premiers have ensured our borders are bonkers

21 January 2021 4:43 pm

Oh 2021, what hopes we had for you.  When the clock chimed midnight on New Year’s Eve, a national sigh…

The worst President ever?

21 January 2021 5:00 am

The final days of the 45th United States president’s time in office saw a push from a number of organs of…

An early coronavirus vaccine rollout? Be careful what you wish for…

20 January 2021 7:13 pm

Following reports that 30 people died in Norway after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, the government, its health officers and Pfizer…

Trains, plains and escalators

20 January 2021 5:00 pm

Vladimir Lenin once said that there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. The events two…

Biden’s basement or Blofeld’s lair?

20 January 2021 2:30 pm

Former senator, strategist and Spectator Australia and Australian’s contributor Stephen Loosley wrote yesterday of what he called “conspiracy-saturated claims” about…

Will Albo be elbowed?

20 January 2021 12:00 pm

In 2005 American psychologist Philip E Tetlock published a book Expert Political Judgement in which he analysed 82,000 expert political…

Why are we wasting so much of Australia?

20 January 2021 5:00 am

‘Social distancing’ was the motto of 2020. However, with around 90 per cent of Australia’s population crammed into 0.22 per…

How will we feel about that nice Mr Biden when China next rattles the sabre?

19 January 2021 7:22 pm

I have attempted on a number of occasions to have a conversation with my family about Donald Trump’s presidency with…

Conservatives must be unafraid to speak out

19 January 2021 5:06 pm

Rarely do people seek confrontation. In fact, most people look for ways to avoid it. The opportunity for confrontation surrounds…

How have we missed Matt Damon’s true hypocrisy?

19 January 2021 1:09 pm

Aficionados of the high arts will remember the Matt Damon from the classic Team America, World Police, a moronic member…

How not to be a Twit

19 January 2021 5:00 am

Every once in a while, if you’re even a bit like me, you see something on social media that you feel is…

Covid-19 and the real problem with experts

18 January 2021 7:33 pm

The problem is not listening to experts. The problem is having experts who pay no price for their advice being…

The consistent inconsistency of Daniel Andrews

18 January 2021 3:33 pm

As Novak Djokovic today bewails the misery of the multi-millionaire whose minders fail to read the small print, The Age…

Why is so much big business leaning left – and what will it mean for jobs and growth?

18 January 2021 5:00 am

One of the truly remarkable developments over the past half-century is the reversal and the relative flows of electoral funding going to parties…