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Labor’s macho act with the unions: the gift the keeps on giving
There are few gifts that Labor could provide the Coalition that would offer such a long-lasting angle of attack and…
Euthanasia begins – and life is cheaper in Victoria from today
Today, we woke up in a world fundamentally different than the one we went to rest in. It happened quietly.…
Are university officials keener censors than leftie students?
Dan’s the man! On Saturday, The Weekend Australian ran a number of articles about free speech and freedom of enquiry…
How the woke hurt the poor
My favourite American urbanist and demographer, Joel Kotkin, writes how the quest for social justice so often harms the poor:…
Time to patch up our ragged economic miracle
Australia’s vaunted economic miracle is looking a bit ragged after another sluggish quarter. There is still growth, but barely enough…
We can’t pick and choose when freedom maters
The AFP raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist are alarming, but the discussion needs to go beyond…
Goodbye, Hong Kong?
I worked as a journalist, both in print and radio, in what used to be the British Crown Colony of…
What about John Setka’s freedom of speech?
If, like me, you think free speech is the bottom line of a free society, and don’t care what is…
The CBD returns with low-emission bright sparks for these dark days
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: As CBD slowly recognises the need to reconcile oneself to the fact…
The real problem with the Australian economy
The unemployment figures came and went yesterday with just the usual passing mention. There is a real problem in Australia,…
How bureaucratic dark matter is swallowing our wealth
At every turn businesses are weighed down by red tape that prevents growth, discourages job creation, and sucks resources away…
Where are the all songs about liberty?
There’s been a discussion running at PJ Media and then Instapundit, about music and the end of the Cold War…
It’s men who are being harassed, by dodgy sexual harassment surveys
In recent weeks the international press has gushed over the outcome of a worldwide survey into sexual harassment in the…
KBO, ScoMo. KBO
“He’s his own man now, not beholden to anyone or any faction.” The words, spoken mournfully, came from a rusted-on…
Another smokescreen for failure on smoking rates
Australian authorities attempting to curb the tobacco smuggling trade, have imposed an ill-advised and little publicised ban on all tobacco…
Why Albo’s got to get to grips with God
One of the first things new Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, needs to emphasise to his demoralised party is that they…
The Nanny State’s deepest, darkest secret – exposed
In perhaps one of the greatest ironies of modern Australia, we love to talk about how much we despise the…
Killing works: just look at what it did for my career
American social commentator Dennis Prager nailed it when he said this: “Good societies can survive people doing immoral things. But a…
More Gore guff and another wasted week of climate wars
Another week, another round of posturing from the virtue signallers on the climate wars. Pity their attacks on hydrocarbon fuels…
Facebook, that Christianity conference, and what happened next
When I decided to post a Facebook notice about our major legal conference that addresses the rising tide of anti-Christian…
How dare the law disrupt leftist media agendas?
Last week’s raids by the Australian Federal Police on the ABC in response to that media organisations illegal airing of…
Happy Men’s Mental Health Week, discarded Dads
My early years as a counsellor taught me the ‘how does that make you feel’ style of therapy I’d learnt…
Cassidy’s cheerio reveals the groupthink luvvieland that is the ABC’s Insiders
For political groupies, Barrie Cassidy’s last episode of Insiders on the ABC was reason to look both backwards and forwards.…
Jim Molan’s the only man for the NSW Senate vacancy
NSW Liberal Senator Major General Jim Molan, in an unwinnable slot on the state party’s ticket, has received a record…
Bring on the Barty party
It’s 1.51 am Melbourne time and Ashleigh Barty has just made history — winning the French Open and bringing home…
