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How will more pen-pushers help the Great Barrier Reef?
The idea that the Great Barrier Reef is in need of saving from catastrophe is popular, especially among academics and…
Advice from a happy migrant: love it or leave
Donald Trump and his typing fingers are in trouble again (as they are pretty much every day) for telling “the Squad”…
Is Black Widow leading a fightback against wokeness in the arts?
Scarlett Johansson is in deep-shit again for raging against identity politics. In 2018, Johansson abandoned her starring role as a…
Why is NSW fining farmers under laws that no longer exist?
The New South Wales government must grant an amnesty to all farmers who are being prosecuted under laws which no…
Taxpayers always deserve a break
The passing of the government’s major tax package is good news in a number of different ways. Stage 3 of…
About that climate change election…
The 2019 federal poll was meant to be the ‘Climate Change Election’ according to Greens leader Richard Di Natale and…
An alphabet for ‘progressives’
Progressivism has become so pervasive that it’s about time that a children’s book was written for the political left. We’ve…
Transgender: born this way?
In April, Tasmania legislated birth certificate reforms, making gender on birth certificates optional, and removes the requirement for transgender people…
Labor’s embarrassing, unwanted party guest, John Setka
Some of you may recall the 2019 federal election. You may recall that the Australian Labor Party lost “the unlosable…
Journalism is not a crime – but it’s not above the law, either
If any further evidence is required to demonstrate the complete lack of self-reflection and wayward moral compass of the ABC,…
Constitutional recognition? Cathartic for conservatives, a gift for GULAG
Brother Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: Why does GULAG need to win elections when SM’s team does all…
Health care ‘apartheid’
The proposal to launch Australia’s first Indigenous-only hospital raises a number of questions and is problematic on a number of…
Epstein and Clinton: a tale of two searches
I have written about the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein before; in any case, he’s all over the news again so you…
What the world needs now is love, sweet love: ScoMo
In a speech to the Hillsong church in Sydney on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison riffed intriguingly on the power…
Farming, fibs and Four Corners
From little things, big things grow. And so, for the 60 odd years until the nineteen-nineties, we saw the land…
Their ABC: tax cuts cause crime
Over the past few years, it’s been clear that despite all the public noise peace terms of a kind have…
Queensland: trying to ban itself into good health
The Queensland government has announced it will ban junk food advertising at government-owned sites such as train stations and bus…
What’s Rugby Australia got to say on the Qur’an?
When Israel Folau is asked to swear on the Bible before he gives evidence in the High Court, will someone…
A tale of lingerie and liberation
A case of persecution, followed by a period of down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been…
We need to do better with teacher training
Australian teachers are underprepared for the classroom compared to those in other countries, according to a recent global survey. The…
Bookburning, then and now
It was the nineteenth century German poet Heinrich Heine who once said, “Wherever they burn books they will also, in…
Malcolm Turnbull’s a more effective opposition than the GULAG gang
Brother Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: The first week of Parliament has been an unmitigated disaster. Bob Hawke,…
Wh-t the f-ck is going on with c-nsorship for sn-wflakes?
I’m not a fan of censored swear words in writing, particularly in books and columns. If you’re unable to swear with…
Who’s winning? Follow the (crowd-funding) money
Crowdfunding sites are a barometer of public opinion. Divisive political events might make for great media headlines and social media…
How Malcolm Turnbull sunk his beloved republic for a generation
Personality in politics is like salt to a dish – a pinch here or there is not a bad thing.…
