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EXCLUSIVE: After Sydney – Raheem Kassam on stabbing the messenger
If Kristina Keneally and her Labor cohorts were to be believed, it would not have been “Allahu akbar” the stabber…
What’s woke this week
I’ve been away from the world of woke for a while and it’s depressing to see just how well it’s…
Planes, trains and Greta Thunberg
This is what the Steve Martin/John Candy classic comedy would be like if remade by Greta Thunberg. In the Swedish version,…
EXCLUSIVE: Late term abortion – not as rare as the choice lobby want you to believe
Many proponents of the NSW ‘Reproductive Rights’ Bill—which allows abortion up until birth—are defending the legislation by saying that late-term…
Memo to the ABC: class warfare doesn’t improve schools
An ABC News investigation has lifted the lid on the claimed ‘great education divide’ in Australian schools. This time, rather…
Julie Bishop: all advice and no mea culpas
Julie Bishop will go down in history as one of the greats of the Liberal Party for a variety of…
Woodstock and the rise and fall of the Age of Aquarius
Some of the more elderly amongst us will know that exactly 50 years ago we had an event that defined…
How the tech elites ignore ethics in the name of progress
Elon Musk, at his Neuralink presentation, claimed that his human-computer interfaces have allowed rats and monkeys to directly control a…
Why everyone should visit a mine
If I were a state education minister I would make it a compulsory part of a high school curriculum for…
Corporate speak
ASIC is telling us corporates to employ psychologists to get inside the head of our CEOs and Boards and understand…
It’s the arts
It’s the arts. From The Age: Next month, Melburnians will have the chance to experience one of the city’s most…
Gillette’s gone because truth wins in the end
Gillette CEO Gary Coombe tried to keep a straight face last week when saying that backlash to their “toxic masculinity”…
GULAG says: you go, Gladys!
The non-cis-gendered Individual Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: Yet again CBD is heartened by to see the hard…
Playing Middlesex just got a whole new meaning…
In affectionate remembrance of Australian Cricket which died today on the 8th of August 2019 with the announcement of Cricket…
The stupidity of (all) identity politics
Actress Rosanna Arquette is in the news for tweeting the other day “I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me.…
The NSW abortion ambush: sacrificing humanity to wokeness
There is something slavish in the legislative efforts of the Australian state governments to pander to the demands of selfish…
Why an end to compulsory super would be a win-win for workers
As the debate on hiking compulsory super contributions continues, it’s well worth revisiting Liberal NSW Senator Andrew Bragg’s suggestion to…
Profiles in courage (not)
I can’t think of a more pathetic display of non-leadership than that of Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her Deputy John…
We need more expressions of care for one another. The draft NSW abortion laws don’t fit the bill
The Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 came quickly into the NSW Parliament, without much fanfare or advance warning. On…
Will Kristina Keneally join the Hong Kong barricades if the PLA tanks come?
If you have been following the news cycle in the USA, you will be aware of the mass shootings that…
Will CPAC get Australian conservatives out of the closet?
As conservatives gather for the inaugural Australian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Sydney this weekend, it is worth considering…
The High Court’s high-stakes ruling threatens liberty
Conservatives and left-wingers alike should oppose today’s High Court decision which found that the Australian Public Service, specifically the Department…
Outrage culture is killing free speech
Australia is becoming increasingly intolerant of speech. From the Australian Rugby Union terminating Israel Folau’s playing contract to the fake…
CSR and the tyranny of smugness
The trend for business to get involved in controversial political debates in the name of ‘corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) is…
Nobbling the new gold rush
The rising price of gold is stimulating a boom in new activity. However, Victoria is one state government standing firm…
