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Why will Big Public Health only fight smoking on their terms?

8 March 2019 5:24 pm

All states and territories in Australia have adopted tobacco control policies that make the possession of nicotine e-cigarettes or vaporisers,…

Quit ya whinging, Turnbull

8 March 2019 1:22 pm

There is a long-held tradition that Australian notables do not criticise their country, its leaders, government or policies when overseas.…

Modern Monetary Theory, same old mistakes

8 March 2019 12:05 pm

A radical 10-year plan which charts the course for a government takeover of the American economy has been proposed by…

What’s the point of banning Milo?

7 March 2019 4:02 pm

Milo Yiannopoulos, alleged far-right demagogue, has now been banned from entering Australia due to the risk that he might ‘incite…

Thugby league can’t even get a gangbang right

7 March 2019 12:12 pm

I was sent the NRL Penrith Panthers sex-tapes and after viewing the videos, my sympathy is with the women. I…

Won’t somebody please think of not having children?

7 March 2019 7:28 am

There is now a group of some 60 men and women apparently, and no doubt growing fast, not least thanks…

Labor’s new abortion stance: ‘merciless, unjustified and simply wrong’

6 March 2019 7:18 pm

Traditionally, the Australian Labor Party, has been a product of Judeo-Christian values. But with the unveiling of Labor’s new abortion…

Time to tackle the bullies or risk freedom of speech

6 March 2019 4:07 pm

While American conservatives can rejoice after President Trump announced an executive order to withdraw funding from public universities if they don’t uphold…

Just to re-Itarate for Their ABC

6 March 2019 1:44 pm

Perhaps the government does have an eye on the women’s vote with its choice of Ita Buttrose as the new…

The elephants in the polling booth: infrastructure and immigration

6 March 2019 7:24 am

With the New South Wales state election now just a few weeks away, all the respective parties are out there…

What’s woke this week?

5 March 2019 6:09 pm

It’s been another big week for woke, especially in the literary world (and I use that term loosely). We’ve seen…

Why Twitter brings out my worst

5 March 2019 3:24 pm

As a full-time freelance writer – having transitioned from law practice at midlife, accursed with all the selfish, self-doubting sensibilities…

Surfers snake Bight oil facts and jobs

5 March 2019 11:40 am

Move over, Adani. There’s a new group of protesters in town, and they are as fanatical as the zealots using…

American Socialism and the coming Great Leap Backwards

5 March 2019 7:29 am

It was never going to be the case, even under the most perfect Marxist Communism, that the proletariat would rule…

Philosoph Van has done it again

4 March 2019 7:02 pm

Jordan Peterson’s appearance on the ABC’s leftist echo chamber, Q&A, was quite the ratings hit recently. But one of the…

Deny democracy, feed the fringe

4 March 2019 3:29 pm

Just a few days ago we awoke to the news that firebrand British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had finally caved…

Blood sisters, dirt brothers and other brand new inanities

4 March 2019 11:48 am

I’ve often tried to challenge myself to come up with a scenario that so-called ‘progressives’ might invent that is just…

Julie Bishop and the wars of succession

4 March 2019 7:35 am

While Julie Bishop is retiring from politics at the next election, the recriminations and regrets that have been flowing through…

What do Justice Kavanaugh, Cardinal Pell and this man have in common?

3 March 2019 1:10 pm

The following note was sent to me on Saturday, March 2, 2019, by a man whose life has been damaged…

Charity? Balls!

1 March 2019 1:00 pm

Last year, Australians gave more than $12.5 billion to charity. This sum reflects millions of individual acts of goodwill that…

Men, now you too can breastfeed!

1 March 2019 7:37 am

Just before you think that this is such a good April Fool’s joke that I’m getting in a month early,…

Princess PC versus the colonisation of the curriculum

28 February 2019 6:58 pm

Were you aware that the curriculum of our universities has been colonized? Apparently this is a serious problem and we…

Why won’t the left recognise global progress on poverty?

28 February 2019 3:00 pm

Is the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes of Bill Gates? According to…

Feminist fighters love their boys – as weapons

28 February 2019 12:43 pm

Author, presenter and former Kevin Rudd press secretary Jamila Rizvi penned a column for The Age on Friday about the…

An epistle to Van Badham: there is no such thing as Marxist Christianity

28 February 2019 8:04 am

Oxymorons abound, such as ‘Arab unity,’ or ‘leftist logic’. But one obvious candidate which just will not go away is…