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Will NSW follow Dan Andrewstan and only consult allies over the transgender agenda?
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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…
Following reports that 30 people died in Norway after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, the government, its health officers and Pfizer…
Trains, plains and escalators
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?
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?
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?
‘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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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?
One of the truly remarkable developments over the past half-century is the reversal and the relative flows of electoral funding going to parties…