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The Heretic: inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on climate change

17 May 2020 3:21 pm

‘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

17 May 2020 9:56 am

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

15 May 2020 3:11 pm

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

15 May 2020 12:42 pm

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

15 May 2020 5:00 am

Number six in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…

Corona college

14 May 2020 7:13 pm

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?

14 May 2020 5:31 pm

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

14 May 2020 3:46 pm

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

14 May 2020 11:55 am

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

14 May 2020 10:51 am

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?

14 May 2020 5:00 am

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

13 May 2020 7:39 pm

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

13 May 2020 7:36 pm

We rarely think about supply chains – those immensely complex networks of production and logistics that structure the economy.  That…

Those nosy neighbours are watching

13 May 2020 5:45 pm

“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

13 May 2020 3:00 pm

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

13 May 2020 10:39 am

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

13 May 2020 5:00 am

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?

12 May 2020 7:15 pm

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

12 May 2020 4:54 pm

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

12 May 2020 1:20 pm

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

12 May 2020 1:18 pm

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

12 May 2020 5:00 am

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

11 May 2020 7:14 pm

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?

11 May 2020 2:43 pm

Victoria bills itself as “The education state”. We all know what that means — dodgy, dumbed-down degree and diploma factories…

How the(ir) ABC put the “I” into Mother’s Day

11 May 2020 11:37 am

Remember the days when Mother’s Day was actually about mothers? A homemade card, poorly buttered toast in bed and an…