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No, local content and TV isn’t dead

4 March 2020 4:36 pm

Most Australians will have the same reaction to the offer of a free lunch… “What’s the catch?” But when it comes…

Media Watch watch

4 March 2020 10:46 am

On Monday, Paul Barry on Media Watch covered a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs released last week. Reported in news.com.au it…

The Bureau of Meteorology bombs again

4 March 2020 5:00 am

Another summer has come and gone and with it much of the credibility of the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate modelling…

Why the religious freedom bill is bad for business

3 March 2020 6:01 pm

Last week, the ACTU and the AIG argued the religious discrimination bill would make life harder for businesses. If they’re…

Soon we won’t even be able to use the old bullock dray – the methane emissions

3 March 2020 4:00 pm

The political madness of Britain committing itself to a net-zero emissions target by 2050 has been highlighted by David van Gend in an excellent…

It’s called legal tender for a reason

3 March 2020 12:15 pm

The Australian economy has had a rough trot the last twelve months or so: economic growth is slow, unemployment is…

The cultural Marxism behind the Mardi Gras glitter

3 March 2020 5:00 am

For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more broadly political than ever,…

The beginning of the end for us in Afghanistan – and the beginning of just what?

2 March 2020 7:17 pm

Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban have signed a preliminary…

Extremist groups? Why didn’t Dutton or ASIO mention Antifa?

2 March 2020 4:17 pm

It’s not difficult to locate video footage, or testimonials from victims who’ve come face to face with mobs in masks,…

Matt Horton has guts and integrity. Why don’t we have the balls to defend him?

2 March 2020 1:00 pm

You can’t buy class. You either have it or you don’t.   Australian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Matt Horton shows he…

Peter Dutton, the Twitterati and the(ir) ABC

2 March 2020 5:00 am

If you heard a noise on Sunday morning it was the quiet Australians … roaring with laughter.   Snowflake brokens…

We can live just fine without ABC Life

28 February 2020 6:15 pm

Unlike many of you reading this, I find myself supportive of the concept of a public broadcaster. To my mind,…

Everything that ever happened in Australian history is very bad and must be stopped – now

28 February 2020 3:04 pm

There’s numpty — and there’s peak numpty. Numpty is the government wasting our money on something that never happened; marking…

Paying Bernie’s bills

28 February 2020 11:50 am

In the magical socialist world of Bernie Sanders, everything is free – which means that someone else is paying for…

How to save the surplus

28 February 2020 5:00 am

The Australian Embassy Recreational Club is a handsome, French colonial-era building with a swimming pool, manicured garden and extensive space…

Why isn’t Tony Abbott part of the bushfires royal commission – and other missing common sense

27 February 2020 5:06 pm

Common sense is certainly not common in Australia’s current political class. If we must have a bushfires royal commission, the…

What’s woke this week?

27 February 2020 1:40 pm

This week the dial on our woke-o-meter tried to keep up with the circular reasoning employed by professional offence takers…

The Greens mad monkey business

27 February 2020 10:00 am

We believe it’s important SpecOz readers are across events and fully informed. Most of you would have heard how a…

Settling the science

27 February 2020 5:00 am

So, if the news early last week was that Anthony Albanese refused to back future coal developments, it seems that…

Why and how China secretly supports climate hysteria

26 February 2020 5:40 pm

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.  Sun Tzu, The Art of War.  Climate hysteria…

How is only teaching climate catastrophism in schools discussion and debate?

26 February 2020 2:16 pm

One of the central tenets of a worthwhile, rigorous and balanced education system is there is room for disagreement, discussion…

Revealed: the sickly state of the National Electricity Market

26 February 2020 5:00 am

This year’s annual report from the regulatory collective that is the Energy Security Board awards itself gongs for overseeing a…

Sick, sad and confused

25 February 2020 7:25 pm

I feel tormented this week. I want to drink. I want to suck dick.  I want to self-destruct. I’m fighting an…

ScoMo can’t kowtow to China over coronavirus

25 February 2020 5:31 pm

On Saturday, the Morrison Government announced that it was partially lifting its China travel ban to allow Chinese Year 11…

Forget dumbing down of schools. What about dumbing down of teachers?

25 February 2020 12:30 pm

As students returned to school over the past few weeks, a new crop of graduate teachers was well-equipped to talk…