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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the fatal decisions that fuelled the Victorian bushfires
In the days before Christmas 2019, thousands of tourists flooded into the township of Mallacoota, close to the New South…
Don’t let the truth of these terrible weeks be forgotten or rewritten
The infernos of January 2020 will be remembered for destroying so much of south-eastern Australia. I weep for their victims.…
Vale Wilson Gavin
University of Queensland Liberal National Club president Wilson Gavin died yesterday, yet even in the immediate aftermath ‘tolerant progressives’ still…
Bushfire brilliance: let’s sue ourselves out of harm’s way
While most of us took a break over Christmas and New Year, the hysteria around climate change didn’t so much…
The lockouts might be gone, but so is Sydney’s nightlife
In bars across Sydney, people are raising glasses to the repeal of lockout laws. Monday marked the end of the…
A millennial explains: 10 reasons why my generation fell for climate catastrophism
Back in 2012 The Australian published an article warning that by this year there would be hardly any more snow…
I can’t face the cesspool so will someone tell the Twitter loons: wise up – and chill out
As you can see from the above illustration, Scott Morison causes bushfires. So egregious is the culpability of our arsonist–in–chief…
Roger Scruton: insightful, perceptive, persuasive – and enduring
Conservatives around the world will be mourning the death of Sir Roger Scruton, a towering intellect and cultural critic whose…
Only our silliest republicans are excited by Megxit. Are the others wising up?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s announcement to step back as “senior royals” has predictably drawn fierce speculation – former palace press secretary Dickie…
Why should we keeping funding the “toxic masculinity” false narrative?
Australia is already facing difficult truths over land management. Funding fraudulent narratives is dangerous – and an undeniable false economy. If…
The year of the Albo?
Be afraid. Be very afraid. For 2020 may well be the year of the Albo. The Labor leader made a…
The climate crazies out to topple the PM should really think things through
On Friday protesters took the streets of our nation’s major cities by the tens of thousands, for what they called…
Why it’s fine to laugh at Greta Thunberg
During an end-of-year review on the ABC’s serious definitely not tabloid 7.30, Australian celebrity and journalistic vox pops spoke glowingly…
Brainfart at Tiffany’s
Because the extraction of gold, diamonds, platinum and other precious metals and jewels — and their working — has nothing…
The price of green folly
Green Folly locked up 11 per cent of Australia in a tinder-box of bushfire fuel, much of which is now…
Of course our leaders won’t measure up if we demand too much of them
Having watched the disgusting spectacle of Scott Morrison parading around devastated areas trying to shake people’s hands against their will,…
Harry and Meghan: ignore the so-called experts and leave them alone
Forget about Royal ‘experts’ who claim that there is some ‘Royal Split’, that Prince Charles and Prince William are ‘incandescent’…
Stuff woke. Be practical
There has been enough social commentary on our bushfire crisis and climate change to fill Lake Eyre, so I’ll refrain…
Now the(ir) ABC wants to milk disaster
Listen… Do you hear it? The(ir) ABC is playing the world’s teeny tiniest violin. They want us to believe they…
When Kylie Jenner is more practical than the entire parliamentary Greens, we’re in trouble
You’d think the last thing the Greens would want to do at the moment is produce more hot air, but…
G’day world! We’re still here, open for business
People like me with families and friends overseas are getting concerned and panicky messages to check if we’re safe in…
Sussexit? So what? We’re governed by the people and the parliament, not celebrities
When Aristotle wrote his treatise on politics, he explained in some detail his most practical regime, the one that was…
How we lost our stars – and our beliefs
One of the most popular — and best-named books — ever written about Hollywood was Harold Robbins’s novel The Dream Merchants. Published…
Sorry, doom-mongers, but it’s not World War III
In the days since the assassination of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps leader Major General Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent Iranian missile attack this morning on…
Iran attacks – as America’s left wing stops flying
As Iran fires off missiles at US military bases — but avoiding the big ones with lots of American soldiers — in…
