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The great koala capers continue
Multinational green corporations such as World Wildlife Fund are taking millions of dollars from well-meaning and naive people concerned about the welfare of…
Ita Buttrose: Emma Alberici, eat your heart out
In case you managed to miss Ita Buttrose’s stirring speech in defence of her well-remunerated job, sorry, the ABC, here’s…
Clive James, sex and revolution
One year ago, on November 24, 2019, the great man of letters, comedian, and raconteur, Clive James, died. I won’t even pretend to be impartial. Ever since I was fourteen,…
Mourning the non-existent transexual murder epidemic
Imagine a funeral where mourners stand grieving around an empty coffin. Those gathered for the service are inconsolable. That there…
Those small-l liberals and their ABC
In his recent appearance on Insiders, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vehemently declared that: The Guardian is an avowedly, small-l liberal,…
The Sword of Damocles hangs over the heads of some SAS troopers
Central to the Special Air Service badge is a dagger, surmounted by wings. It was inspired by SAS founder Colonel…
Where is Australia’s conservative intellectual movement?
“There are right-wing commentators aplenty on the ‘op-ed’ pages of the newspapers and in journals of opinion, but they are…
Just how voluntary will any coronavirus vaccine be, given the ethical concerns?
Over the last couple of weeks there have been several developments with regard to a potential coronavirus vaccine. On 16…
Don’t our special forces need a fierce warrior culture, General Campbell?
I do not know of anyone currently in the armed forces or anyone who has done a tour of duty in Afghanistan,…
What’s woke this weekend?
Hallelujah brothers, sisters and — of course — the gender non-conforming! Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies…
How coronavirus has made our democracy sick
Panic by our governments has squandered Australia’s good fortune of being so lightly touched by Covid-19 (and natural isolation). Panic…
South Australia’s corona fiasco: there should be a new Marshall in town
It would be fair to say that virtually none of the Premiers have had a good pandemic. Daniel Andrews, short…
Lockdown lunacy and Big Public Health’s jackboot tendencies
Have you ever wondered why some public health efforts seem useless? How about something excessive? Personally, I believe that most…
The compulsory super scam: why get in to bed with the devil if you only want to cuddle?
Reported in the Oz: Scott Morrison will delay a decision on whether to ditch next year’s scheduled rise in the…
There was nothing like this Dame
It’s barely raised a ripple in the media, but senior Fraser government minister Dame Margaret Guilfoyle died on Remembrance Day,…
ABC director defends the indefensible
When directors of taxpayer-funded boards start defending the indefensible you know there’s a serious problem. In this case, the problem…
The great Great Reset and technocrat tyranny
It really would be nice if the Great Reset was just another conspiracy theory. Sadly it is not, however, and…
The tests are in – and Kev’s caught bots
Poor Kevin Rudd, standing there in front of Twitter, holding up his little bot-infested petition. I was going to write…
How LGBTQI does a member of the LBGTQI community need to be?
How LGBTQI does a member of the LBGTQI community need to be? Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan will…
Victoria returns to the rustbelt under Daniel Andrews
Dig into the detail of today’s unemployment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and one figure leaps out; one…
War crimes? The buck stops at the top
MEMO: Foreign Minister Marise Payne, cc Defence Minister Linda Reynolds. Ministers, in a long life not always perfectly, although generally,…
A pledge this International Men’s Day
Slithered between overbearing, relentless discussions about the Liberal party’s “women problem”, obsession with cancelling Pete Evans, and ongoing Trump Derangement Syndrome, politely and quietly sits…
What to do for Woke-a-thon 2020
Send a postcard of barefoot Aussie cricketers supporting BLM to remote Aboriginal communities: ‘Wish you were here’. Donate your copy…
No, a backlash to the Four Corners sexism special didn’t sway the Victorian Bar elections
A medium-sized but pious and shrill twitterstorm erupted shortly after the Victorian Bar published the results of its Council election…
NSW budget blazes the trail for post-covid economic reform
New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and the Berejiklian government should be commended for the structural reforms in yesterday’s state budget. It…
