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The climate strike: slacktivism and sloppy thinking
Would you rather be stuck in school at a maths lesson on a Friday afternoon or be outside stirring with your mates? No prizes for…
Asylum – or arrogant entitlement?
The high-profile story of the deportation of the Sri Lankan Murugappan family has reminded us of the perennial tension between…
A corroboree of jobbery: Daniel Andrews First People’s Assembly
On Monday morning, voting began to elect the new ‘First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria‘. This ‘voice for Aboriginal communities’ seeks…
There’s no such thing as a “potential human”, Jane
Jane Caro is one of those feminist exhibitionists who seem to have been dared to say something increasingly stupid or…
The Greens – and more – owe Pauline Hanson an apology on family law
Well, that escalated quickly… Before consideration of a family law inquiry had even reached the Senate, left-wing fury was unleashed.…
Don’t increase Newstart; first use the money to fight long term unemployment
As the government repeatedly says, the best form of welfare is a job, but when it comes to getting people…
What’s woke this week
Education, or what passes for it in the world of woke, has long been the natural habitat of cultural Marxist…
Standby for next week’s UN doomfest for climate crazies
The push is on ahead of the upcoming UN Climate Summit to be held next week in New York. Although…
Like cheap, clean energy? You’ll love nuclear
There is no greater act of economic or environmental vandalism in Australian history than our nonsensical prohibition on nuclear power.…
Jacinta Price: why let the left lower standards for Indigenous Australians?
The vast majority of Australians — including many Australians of Aboriginal descent — know very little of the reality of…
Will Gladys reach full term?
The spill motion against the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was never going to succeed because the courageous Tanya Davies and…
Does the Human Rights Commission really believe in guilty until found innocent?
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s recommendations for discrimination law reform — which look like they wish to reverse the onus…
Are the Greens endangering children with climate rally rabbles?
The cat is out of the bag. Yes, so the Children’s Crusade, the kiddies climate rally or whatever you want…
Vaping scaremongering will cost Australian lives
An outbreak of a serious lung illness in the United States and six deaths ‘linked to vaping’ has led to…
The anti-Alan Jones rabble are fighting free speech, not just him
Weeks after the original supposedly offensive comments, the furore around Alan Jones’ breakfast show is showing no sign of abating.…
It’s university open day season
It hasn’t been the same since the twins said they’ve just turned 18, and need a lift to the university.…
Heroes saved us, politicians blamed the wrong culprit
“HEROES SAVE US” – That’s the headline on our local Noosa paper, superimposed over a dramatic photograph of a lone…
Gladys Liu and the danger of being everything to everyone
I don’t know Gladys Liu from a bar of soap, so I have no idea whether she has any compromising…
Psychology’s war on men
American pharmaceutical companies aren’t allowed to advertise on Australian TV unless you’re talking over-the-counter cold tablets or pain killers. Which…
GetUp’s child slavery
In or around 1212, according to legend, bands of children from northern Europe led by a boy Stephen of Cloyes…
What’s woke this week
The corporate world has been woking up a storm this week with cultural appropriation and socially just ice cream hitting…
Beware the ‘bill of rights’ trap when debating freedom of religion
Two recent events have exposed some serious misunderstandings on both the right and left about how Australia’s human rights protections…
What sex is your penguin?
Humanity has anthropomorphised animals since time immemorial, from hunters-gatherers to Disney, so no wonder that contemporary madness is slowly seeping into…
Bushfire sense and nonsense
Bushfires are normal events in this season in tropical and subtropical latitudes of the southern hemisphere – in Australia, Africa…
Understanding Hong Kong’s fight
Most commentary on the Hong Kong protests from Western news outlets rightly champion the pro-democracy cause and scorn the ruthlessness…
