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Time to tackle Tax Office tyranny
If there’s a connection between the Australian Taxation Office and COVID-19, it can be described in one word:‘dictatorship. For freedom…
Daniel Andrews is getting away with it
Last week I warned how Daniel Andrews can come out on top of the coronavirus crisis he inflicted on Victorians…
Leftist meltdowns on broomsticks
It’s a very troubling state of affairs when an angry pack of left-wing activists are campaigning to see hard-working Aussies…
Queensland poll post mortems are missing the bigger picture
The ALP in Queensland has just won its third election in a row under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, stunning almost all…
Contracting out High Court appointments to Ancestry.com
When I was young I played a lot of competitive team sports. One of them was baseball on teams coached…
Bordering on the absurd
November 3 is shaping up as a big day in the 2020 calendar: the US elections; the Melbourne Cup; and…
Will dislike of Trump vaudeville push the President out?
Tens of millions of American youngsters are this week facing the ballot box for the first time and their choice…
Education in reverse
Just when you thought radical cultural-left ideology and political correctness could get no worse along comes its most recent manifestation…
Holgate’s parachute packed
Christine Holgate, Australia Post’s MD and CEO, has packed her parachute and is preparing to jump or be pushed from…
Donald Trump, American Churchill
It is no exaggeration to conclude that humanity is approaching a crucial turning point, with one path leading us further…
When the going gets tough, the votes get going
Ever since Pauline Hanson first appeared on the national stage a quarter of a century ago, her detractors and the…
Getting on with the job? What job, precisely, Prime Minister?
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrision said it was ‘the right decision’ of the Victorian Premier to impose lockdown draconian…
A true tale of Halloween horror
The SpecOz receives some curious media releases with curious punctuation, but this one might just take the cake — or…
Gold, gold, gold as Victoria wins in treachery, lying and incompetence
After one of the worst ever years for Australians, our state governments are lining up for medals for collectively delivering…
Danspeak decoded
Daniel Andrews this week insisted spin doctors had not helped him to craft key phrases that he has used during…
Who’s going to win the Queensland election? It’s complicated
If polls really could foretell the future, rather than just being an imperfect model of the present, then the LNP should currently be cruising…
What’s woke this week?
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean…
Men have a penis and women have a vagina. Oh. Wait…
Men have a penis and women have a vagina — but only a crazy brave person would say so. Perth…
Forget the Cartier watches. We should be talking about privatising Australia Post
Australia Post CEO and managing director, Christine Holgate, has been caught between the conflict of running a government business enterprise…
The Liberal Party: caught in the gender trap?
While Australians are worried about actual problems like rising unemployment, the Liberal Party is worried about gender imbalance among its…
Marx’s zombies
It is time we start listening to our kids. No, I haven’t lost my mind… Social discord, previously dismissed as…
Queensland can do better than Annastacia Palaszczuk, but the LNP must lift its campaign game
This Saturday’s Queensland State Election will see the LNP not only with top weight, but a wide barrier draw and…
Liberalism is in trouble
Liberalism is in trouble. This is not a comment about political parties which may use the Liberal name, but about…
Scott Morrison: dismal with Daniel Andrews, feeble on freedom
Ahead of question time in federal parliament yesterday there were two contrasting speeches given. In response to a motion moved…
Don’t trust the polls? Follow the money
If publicly available political polling stinks – and it does both in Australia and in the case of the US…
