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Let sport be sport — and sod the Chinese cash
Sport used to be one of the last institutions that could transcend all the divisions in society – at least…
It’s not just Ellen. The left will now decide your friends
According to Age columnist, Robert Moran, progressives will now choose our friends. We don’t have to worry about making friends…
Menzies to Morrison: the master to the miracle-worker
This week the Liberal Party of Australia turns 75. And like most milestones, it encourages a bit of reflection. In…
Forget Extinction Rebellion, how about an earth history education revolution?
We don’t need rowdy Extinction Rebellions on our streets. We need education on extinctions in our science academies, classrooms and…
What confidential talking points?
As everyone and their dog knows, the Prime Minister’s media office mistakenly sent today’s official confidential Coalition talking points to,…
Ita fails the ABC of race relations
ABC chair Ita Buttrose laments that the Australian media landscape is “too white” and not representative of our multicultural society.…
How the left’s Mad F***king Witches hexed themselves
Sunday provided a harsh but essential reminder that the far left of politics will never be happy. You may try…
A metaphor by any other name…
When did metaphors become offensive? Seriously? American billionaire and investment analyst, Ken Fisher is in deep shit for remarks he…
How dare he!
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has stolen even more of Greta Thunberg’s childhood by winning this year’s Nobel Peace…
The science is settled? I’m an engineer, and I’m not
Climate change, it seems, is a pill that has to be swallowed whole or not at all. Swallowing this pill…
Extinction Rebellion: an army of Unabombers
Most Australians are pretty sympathetic to the whole protesting thing. After all, we’re a functioning democracy with largely robust protections…
All about consent, without consent
While officials in Indonesia have been busy channelling their inner Turnbull in prosecuting sexual infidelity, The University of Technology Sydney…
What’s woke this week
There’s more from the world of woke celebrities this week, plus some judicial bible bashing. And from the art world,…
The alternative to Extinction Rebellion
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The…
Great books, liberal arts, the Ramsay Centre and why they matter
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation is partnering with universities to offer what is often referred to as “Great Books”…
Australia, please help Zimbabwe rejoin the Commonwealth
In recent weeks Zimbabwe has taken a crucial step forward towards rejoining the Commonwealth, the 53-country group of nations we…
Why do we love our great big, bloated Aussie oligopolies?
There should be a special prize for journos who take up the pen against our corporate monsters – beasts that…
Implementing Greta
I have written before about the actual policy proposals supported by Greta Thunberg and the Global Climate Strike initiative, which they see…
Finally, some movement on the foreign student standards scandal
Some of Australia’s most prestigious universities are starting to make sensible changes when it comes to international student recruitment. In…
John Howard’s one big blunder: persuading Malcolm Turnbull to stay
John Howard is a great Australian and a great Liberal. Over the 75 years if its existence, only two figures…
White Ribbon: the gravy train that jumped the tracks
When White Ribbon Australia announced last week it was closing its doors, there was a round of applause around the…
Weekend viewing: How the enlightenment came to Australia
In nineteenth-century Australia, the early colonists had to decide what sort of institutions they were going to choose, if they…
Climate change; the facts — and how you can help to spread them
As the editor of the last book — and the next — in the Institute of Public Affairs’ Climate Change:…
China: almost 70 million dead to show for 70 years
The People’s Republic of China this week has celebrated 70 years of existence. At the start of October 1949, Mao…
Alexander Downer and his friends in high places
It’s always nice to know one has friends in high places. Speaking for the Australian government, our Ambassador to the…
