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Closing the Rock and the problems of progressive paternalism
You may have been too busy in a supermarket queue last Saturday to read the remarks of former head ranger…
Why we need to freeze the minimal wage
Master Grocers Australia, the Australian Industry Group and others should be applauded for their calls to freeze minimum wage increases for the next 12…
Coronavrius: was it a weapon all along?
People are beginning to wonder if the Chinese coronavirus really was a natural occurrence. You will recall that what was…
Quantitative easing: a desperate move with no clear end game
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to engage in quantitative easing is a desperate move with no clear end game. While QE has…
A taxpayer’s guide to the ScoMo stimulus
Yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenburg announced their $189 billion eight-plus point plan to stimulate the economy…
Keep calm and drag queen storytime on
With schools and public libraries closing around the nation, tens of thousands of parents are desperately demanding to know “How…
The coronavirus begging bowl is contagious
As the coronavirus crisis hits, the world as we knew it has changed. Borders are shut, flights are grounded and…
Safe as houses. Oh…
Only a few short weeks ago, the big banks were virtue signalling by adopting rainbow coloured versions of their logos…
Coronavirus rules don’t apply to Greens, apparently
Voters in the country’s largest local government district, the Brisbane City Council, head to the polls on Saturday. Among the…
Egg Boi, Greta gone? Don’t say the grown ups are back in charge?
What happened to Egg Boi? The school kids who marched against Morrison, have you seen them? And of Greta, what…
The barbarians of the Biennale
In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make; that he can befog or destroy,…
EXCLUSIVE: How Extinction Rebellion is coping with coronavirus
How, many of you have asked, is Extinction Rebellion coping in this time of genuine crisis? Is it “Keep calm…
Donald Trump goes Kung Flu fighting
There seems to be no end to the hatred against United States President. Just recently his administration was accused by…
A simple stimulus step that won’t cost a cent: stop green lawfare
Over $65 billion of investment, mostly in regional Australia, has been put at risk by a small group of environmental and inner-city…
Move over Greta, there’s a real blight in town
Seems Greta and her merry band of worldwide climate change catastrophists are missing in action during coronavirus. Perhaps they are…
The panic is ending, the fear has just begun
The world sits in anticipation of how the next few crucial days play out. Together we will find out if…
Love in the time of corona
Giovanni Boccaccio wrote “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around…
Crisis and stimulus: in their own words
Sixteen billion dollars announced today — and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. In the words of The Donald,…
The Religious Discrimination Act: making the perfect the enemy of the good
The debate over the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill drags on. And on. And on. Those who bet the Bill would never pass now brim…
Three random thoughts: universities, free speech and coronavirus
We certainly have a problem in our universities and it’s not one that will be spotted by interviewing vice-chancellors. Last…
Activists attempt to shut down the family law inquiry
While most people have been distracted by coronavirus, the family law inquiry has been ticking along in Australia. However, that…
The recession we have to have
Mark Twain said history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. That goes for a great many of history’s seeming reoccurrences, many…
Thank ScoMo and Peter Dutton for our strong border regime
At a time when the world is shutting down everything from international borders to the local under six rugby games,…
Danandrewstan: two steps forwards, one step back as energy security matters more than ever
The latest energy policy from the Victorian government is to place a constitutional ban on fracking and coal seam gas exploration but once again permit the…
Youngsters are ill-equipped to cope in this time of coronavirus
We’re all worried about older people right now. But I’m worried about the young too. I fear they lack the…
