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Cut red tape, green tape and taxes – as only the private sector can get us out of recession
All eyes were on the headline economic growth figure in the national accounts released on Wednesday, which shows the first…
Are protesters now essential workers?
One minute the media are telling us coronavirus is so lethal that we dare not leave our homes. The next…
Welcome to recession – with a ticking personal debt bomb
My family migrated to Australia in the 1950s with barely enough cash to bless themselves. Such is the story of…
America or Australia: #AllLivesMatter
To anyone who thinks that the recent race riots in the US is about racial justice and not police brutality…
Anti-police protesters don’t have a clue
Recently I returned to the coast after spending almost a year reporting the news in Mount Isa. The Aboriginal and…
ScoMo’s renovation rescue needs a rethink
When the Morrison Government’s home renovation cash grants were announced on Monday, one couldn’t help but think about the wealthy…
This is not America, so don’t play at riots here
Australian eyes are turned across the Pacific, gazing in dismay as the United States once again engages in destructive domestic…
It’s not just Canberra. The states face a corona budget belting too
The coronavirus pandemic has drawn state government policies into the response to a national crisis like rarely before — a…
Drew Pavlou: “We know what we are doing. We learned from Tiananmen.”
The suspension of University of Queensland student, Drew Pavlou, was announced late last week following the decision of a disciplinary tribunal set up by the University’s…
He don’t need no education
The Greens are not known for their originality. When the Coalition accepts Labor amendments to any measure that they approve…
The new National Cabinet: great for big government, not so good for liberty
Last week Prime Minister announced “a completely new system” of intergovernmental relations institutions, processes and agendas that will replace the…
Coronavirus: cover for a fresh attack on free speech in Victoria
Victorians have experienced an unprecedented trashing of their rights and liberties in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but now the…
End the Antifa terror now
President Trump’s decision to designate Antifa as a terrorist organisation is long overdue. Whether you call them a terrorist organisation…
If we want to rebuild manufacturing post coronavirus, we need to cut the cost of energy
In one of the most challenging commentaries by a senior politician, former resources minister Matt Canavan, advocates leaving the Paris…
Free childcare: it sounds great, but your kids will pay for it from their taxes later
There is not one Australian industry sector that wouldn’t want a $60 billion handout. Not one. But the “free childcare for all kids” plea…
This is the IR reform we need now, Prime Minister
The Federal Court’s decision to order Workpac to pay a casual employee leave and public holiday entitlements despite the employee…
The Paris Accord now looks like a suicide note from Western democracies
Number nine in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Memo #MeToo media: ‘Believe all victims’ doesn’t work when claims are lies
Not only is the left-wing narrative falling apart, but it’s damaging the next generation of children. Last week, The Australian…
The upside to my lockdown
We have a lot to be thankful for. Not only has the global pandemic given us Coronavirus Porn but dick…
Double standards over opening churches have revealed the religious illiteracy of our leaders
Last week the New South Wales state government announced the easing of restrictions for pubs, clubs, restaurants, museums and libraries…
Sorry Speersy, but it’s your audience that needs watching, not the show
Scott Morrison is popular. And yet, attempts to say those words out loud constantly end up in ridicule. What this…
There is no Trump World
There is no Trump World. Nations are not the sum of their political parts. The personal is political is not…
Let’s create Hong Kong II in Australia
We could have done it 31 years ago, after the People’s Liberation Army’s tanks liberated thousands of protesters from their…
Alex Turnbull, revolutionary
Move over Rik from The Young Ones. We now have Alex Turnbull marching through the streets of Point Piper in…
The ‘Palace letters’ should remind republicans: be careful what you wish for
Australian Republicans are excited by the High Court’s ruling to release the so-called ‘Palace letters’. The 200 or so letters, which contain…
