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We need a natural disaster supremo – and Tony Abbott’s the man for the job
As catastrophic bushfires continue to rage across south-eastern Australia, as property continues to burn, human and animal lives continue to…
The Greens: cashing in on death and destruction
It’s an ill wind and all that — and the Greens are certainly making hay while the bush burns. Only…
Ricky Gervais wakes the woke
Ricky Gervais, putative hero of the common man, was at his acerbic best at the Golden Globes, laying down a…
Fighting fire with fires
The fire-lighter was the most powerful tool that early humans brought to Australia. Fires lit by Aboriginal men and women…
Dear vegans, you don’t have more rights than any udders
Democracy allows choice and freedom. From the land that has finally delivered Brexit, the next battleground is as eye–raising as…
Tragic, but unprecedented? Not yet
The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment, as though particular events could…
The 2020s: the new age of profligacy
Fiscal profligacy is breaking out all over. Australia is an exception, but many other countries have given up on efforts…
How does hate and hysteria help?
If you’ve managed to avoid the cesspit of social media so far this year, a quick word of advice –…
We don’t just have a bushfire crisis. We have an arson crisis, too
According to my calculations and estimates, the number of individuals around Australia whose arson has contributed to the current bushfire…
The Soleimani assassination is Donald Trump’s biggest gamble yet
Ever since Donald Trump was elected president on a non-military interventionist platform, sceptics have questioned his commitment to withdrawing troops…
Donald Trump: making sex great again
The Dow Jones is up, US unemployment is down, wages are rising, manufacturing jobs are returning. And now this: A recent…
Luvvie Laura and the(ir) ABC’s problem with abusive behaviour
In November, the(ir) ABC, ran an episode of Q&A which condoned violence. On November 4, Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy justified violence…
Gypsy Geraldina’s 2020 visions
Most people don’t know this, but in a previous life my fame was legendary. As Gypsy Geraldina, queen of the fortune tellers,…
Why celebrating the New Year is good for your soul
The meaning of most holidays is clear: Valentine’s Day celebrates romance; Thanksgiving, productivity; Anzac Day the soldiers who protect us…
Climate is a cop-out. Political pissants are to blame for our bushfire crisis
Matt Kean, the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, recently blamed climate change for the current bushfires in Australia. He…
Tony Abbott: Why I changed my mind about multiculturalism
Spectator writers, past and present, were asked: ‘When have you changed your mind?’ Here is Tony Abbott’s response: A rather…
Fluid factism grips the world
For holiday reading I have dived into non-fiction books filled with facts and hard evidence (cod, salt, volcanoes, earthquakes), to…
10 reasons why Santa Claus is a Communist
Bah-humbug! Sorry people to snow on your parade (or should it be “sorry, snowflakes to rain on your parade”) but…
Stuff the diversity warriors and say it loud, say it proud: Merry Christmas!
An outfit called the Diversity Council claims to be the place to go for advice on diversity and inclusion in…
ScoMo might have pulled off an election miracle, but he’s not a weather god
Scott Morrison has cut short his Hawaiian holiday to inhale some Sydney air, which is pretty much the only thing…
A Christmas Message
As a quiet Australian, it seems that hardly a week has gone by this year without someone telling me I’m racist,…
The Top 10 Tweets of 2019
Well, it’s been quite a year on social media. And true to form, the cesspool of human opinion that is…
Madrid: the climate catastrophe juggernaut trundles on
As well as nation-states, an astonishing well-funded 2,330 NGOs, many with multiple delegates, fronted up to this month’s Madrid climate…
What’s woke this Christmas?
It’s the week before Christmas and this is the last postcard from the paradise of woke for 2019. We thought…
Facebook censors call accurate MLK paraphrase “partly false”
I have a collection of inspiring quotes gleaned from the interwebs which I share to promote the philosophy of the…
