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Sacking Alan Jones was never the end goal
Anyone who’s been paying attention to the foulest fringes of the culture wars knows that Alan Jones was never the…
The Heretic: inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on climate change
‘The Heretic: Inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on Climate Change’ is a new serialised documentary podcast by…
The Seinfeld climate change debate
Irony is a wonderful thing. One year ago, thousands of misguided schoolchildren around the world hit the streets campaigning for climate change action, but…
Even Victoria’s Chief Health Officer admits it: coronavirus restrictions have been arbitrary
Early this week, Liberal Democrat David Limbrick MP asked an excellent science question of the Victorian Chief Medical Officer appearing…
How we’ve cooled on China
Welcome to the political chaos theory –- or, should we say, fact: a bat flapping its wings in China produces…
Without fossil fuels, the Wuhan Flu would have us beat
Number six in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Corona college
The corona/Wuhan/Covid-19 virus has done an excellent job of educating everyone in Australia regardless of politics — except for Bob…
Is tomorrow’s School Strike 4 Climate still on?
Now that CNN has decided Greta Thunberg is an expert on coronavirus, we’re wondering if tomorrow’s School Stike 4 Climate…
This pandemic is about more than identity politics. True
Australia’s National LGBTI Health Alliance has said of coronavirus “We acknowledge the panic, frustration, confusion and uncertainty felt by many…
This is what a lockdown economy looks like
Straight from the horse’s mouth — with an important qualification. The ABS has changed its definitions. This means people paid…
Pigs might fly – and the left might for once admit their errors
It took the coughing fit of the Treasurer for some real claws to come out. “It’s not a good look now…
Just what’s going on in Queensland politics?
Queensland’s recent local government elections, combined with two state by-elections, provide a window into what might happen at the next…
Alan Jones, tribune of the people
David Flint writes: Alan Jones, probably the most influential commentator in the Australian media has announced his retirement from leading…
Look at our history: protectionism doesn’t work
We rarely think about supply chains – those immensely complex networks of production and logistics that structure the economy. That…
Those nosy neighbours are watching
“They’re not happy with you.” My friend Mary takes a sip of her green tea and beams. I don”t know…
The economic statement: business as usual won’t defuse our new debt bomb
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday delivered a sobering economic statement to Parliament. In stark contrast to the premature “back in the…
The economic statement: the real issues
The Treasurer’s ministerial statement to parliament yesterday – in place of the usual budget speech scheduled for that day — could…
Seven words to Clementine Ford
Last week Flat White broke the news that the City of Melbourne has handed over a hefty chunk of ratepayer’s…
Why are we all so sick of the MSM?
Why do the public dislike journalists so much; treating them as they would the sanitation workmen in the days before…
Josh just doesn’t get it
Josh Frydenberg still doesn’t get it The Treasurer delivered a grim economic outlook today, giving figures that have not been…
Thank you, Alan Jones
Alan Jones’ career has been remarkable. As a broadcaster, his dedication has been outstanding; he continually used his talents in…
Five key grabs from the Treasurer’s statement
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has forecast the economy will grow by close to $10 billion a month once all three stages…
Computer modelled scaremongering ain’t going to cut it any more
Number four in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Round, round get around, don’t get around
Travel restrictions in Queensland have been recently relaxed. We are allowed to drive 50 kilometres from our homes, and there’s…
Danandrewstan: the education state?
Victoria bills itself as “The education state”. We all know what that means — dodgy, dumbed-down degree and diploma factories…
