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Dogma is dominating debate on euthanasia in the West; emotion frustrating facts
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 is currently before the upper house in Western Australia. The bill has been widely…
Stop those tears! Can’t you see the oceans are already rising?
Another day, another useful and informative bulletin from Extinction Rebellion. It appears that the silly hippies aren’t just scaring innocent…
What’s woke this week?
Roll up! Roll up! The death of a terrorist (and possibly any semblance of balanced reporting), more from the safe…
Yes, companies sometime underpay workers. Get over it
Most of us have now heard that another company — Woolworths this time — has underpaid workers and are going…
Leunig and the loon brigade
The ‘martyr mother’ archetype sums up motherhood in 2019 succinctly. The outrage over Michael Leunig’s illustration ‘Phoney Love’ is proof…
ScoMal goes green to GULAG glee
Our non-cisgendered prominent political personage from the Progressive Canberra Cadre writes: The exhilaration! CBD’s Christmases (oops seasons) are coming early. Just…
Washington, we have a problem (and probably Canberra too)
Another year, another annual survey on American attitudes towards socialism, communism and collectivism, conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Victims of…
Worker entitlement funds: the missing millions
Big unions boast that they represent the financial interests of workers. But actions speak louder than words. If unions are…
Techtonics: why the party of the workers has a problem with working people – and why it matters
This is the first in a series of articles on shifts in Australian politics and the future of the ALP.…
No free speech please, we’re Millennials
Another day, another survey paints a worrying picture of the attitudes to freedom of expression in the home of the…
Catholics didn’t squib the NSW abortion fight
Christopher Akehurst’s lament of the Catholic Church’s apparent absence from the recent New South Wales abortion debate, Eavesdropping on Sin,…
Why is the left allowed to bully whoever it deems dissident?
The Ellen De Generes I saw in the public eye was never really my cup of tea. Then again, it…
God and the Rock
Religion is a serious business. It used to command our lives and our attention, albeit the latter only weekly. Still,…
What the Joker furore says about our gatekeeper journalists
Perhaps the only thing to come out of the cinemas recently that is as interesting as Todd Phillip’s Joker has…
How woke workplaces make us big babies
Businesses have “gone too far” in telling people how to live their lives, according to Attorney-General Christian Porter. His comments were sparked…
How the left make their own reality
There are facts, but your perception of these facts differs depending on your values and beliefs. There is nothing new…
What has the Sydney Morning Herald got against Anglican women?
I love the word bonkers. My mum used to say it all the time, and I just don’t seem to…
Is the feminist left allergic to accountability?
This Saturday, a woman was arrested after two young girls were found dead in Perth. Assistant Commissioner Paul Steel said…
(Left wing) Australia Talks
There is a reasonable chance you have not engaged or heard of the ABC’ s latest pet project ‘Australia Talks’,…
As Ronald Reagan said, it’s a time for choosing
“I have an uncomfortable feeling that this prosperity isn’t something on which we can base our hopes for the future,”…
We need to talk about the United Nations – and the drought
You have a nice place on the beach. You’re a generous host. You’ve been gracious to numerous people in the…
Don’t patronise us with ‘your right to know’. Everyone’s right to free speech comes first
If you have been following the ‘right to know’ discussion here and elsewhere, you will probably have purchased a newspaper…
Victoria: the flawed jewel in the Liberal crown
Sadly, Victoria has become the under-performing state for the Liberal Party and unless the ship is turned around, Victoria could…
I’m from the Deep State and I’m here to help
It’s 2019, so it’s perhaps time to update Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that “The most terrifying words in the English…
What’s woke this week?
This past week has been an absolute cracker in the world of woke with a flurry of activity in aid…
