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Finally, the truth about contemporary feminist theory
I have long said that modern feminists don’t even know what they’re fighting for anymore. Sure, they don their pussy…
Scott Morrison stopped the boats. If he wants to seize back the political agenda, he can stop the rorts
So Bridget McKenzie has bitten the dust. Finally, and not because of the flagrant pork-barrelling she and her office were…
Bridget McKenzie’s gone, but the government’s copped a shotgun blast
Bridget McKenzie has walked the plank. Quite rightly, too — but far too late. She should have saved a weakened…
Coronavirus: ScoMo’s made the right call closing the border, but stumbled otherwise
In the fortnight or so since coronavirus began making serious news headlines in Australia, the Morrison government has consistently been…
Pride and prejudice
Things have come to a pretty pass in Australia if you can’t say something in praise of our country without…
The Democrats will be butchered by their botched coup
The botched attempt at a coup against US President Donald Trump by the Democrats — and their anti-Trump supporters within…
We need a full public inquiry into Labor and the pen-pushers’ CPAC outrage
As revealed in The Australian today, a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Institute of Public Affairs has revealed…
What’s woke this week?
The world of woke is off to a flying start in 2020 with a range of ‘truth is stranger than…
EXCLUSIVE: Extinction Rebellion threatens Bali bombing memorial
The eco-anarchists of Extinction Rebellion have a new activity planned for Saturday morning, threatening to invade Melbourne’s Lincoln Square. So…
Kobe Bryant, Superbrat and the Court of public opinion
Earlier this week, two events occurred within hours which revealed a disturbing double standard in the way we judge the…
What would Winston do?
The end of the month marks 55 years since Winston Churchill’s death. With an estimated 10,000 books on the great man, one…
EXCLUSIVE: There’s no masking it – coronavirus panic is here
There’s no hiding from the truth. Australia is being hit by a fully-fledged panic over the coronavirus — and those…
Jihad by fire?
Here is a basic question: Would it be possible to assume that deliberately setting fires in Australia could eventually become…
Want to boost productivity? Fix education, stop the buck-passing – and cut energy costs
One thing on which almost all economists can unite is that Australia’s productivity performance for the past dozen years has…
Why I’m over Australia Day
So Australia Day has come and gone for another year. Yet again we had the Lay On the Guilt With…
My delightful Australia Day message from Clementine Ford
I love this country. I am extremely proud to live here and call it home. I will never apologise for that.…
Coronavirus: keep calm and carry on?
Since the Wuhan coronavirus was first brought to the public’s attention, Australian government health authorities including the nation’s Chief Medical…
Forget about “noisy Australians”. What about self-absorbed, obsessive-complusive Twits?
After the bushfires, the Australia Day bashing brigade kept pretty quiet this year. Other than the lunatic fringe, most of…
The Greens: fingers on the pulse
If you live outside Sydney’s inner-west and don’t follow the internecine warfare between the Watermelons and Deep Greens of the…
Don’t tell us when or what to celebrate. It’s our day, Australia Day, January 26
Change the date on this one and it will be a win for those people who hate Australia and all…
Bushfires and the big truths about big charities
An important thing to remember about large parts of the government bureaucracy and the not-for-profit/community sector is that they are…
It’s time to end the madness passing as politics
No one who was in Parliament House on the morning of October 3, 1997, will forget when they heard a…
Gillian Triggs is now at the United Nations – UN for unreliable on human rights?
How would you feel discovering that your local or state government had entered into an agreement with, say, McDonald’s to…
How to keep our values in the face of China’s challenge
Australia and New Zealand face a geopolitical predicament as a consequence of China’s rise. How do we preserve our Western…
Forget climate change and bushfires, Malcolm. What about your memory?
So the miserable ghost has been off rattling his chains yet again, this time to the BBC. He’s worried about…