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DFAT deception on Kokoda
Community Museums and Trade Centres under construction along the Kokoda Trail are the latest taxpayer funded folly of our so-called…
Third party insurance against another decade of political failure
Economic and social decline looks set-in as our lost political decade morphs into a second with no end in sight.…
Can shock treatment save the Liberal Party?
As 2019 gets underway, the Coalition finds itself in arguably its worst political position in recent memory. All the opinion…
The media won’t tell you, but it’s the middle-class rioting in France
One less-reported fact about the Paris ‘yellow vest’ riots is that they have sparked by small business traders, petit bourgeois,…
Bugger the bush – and our agricultural industries too
The enemies of the bush (resident in green-and-pleasant Brisbane) plan to close the Queensland pastoral colleges in droughty Longreach and…
Is our next Governor-General too safe, too male, too white?
In my book Winners Don’t Cheat, which is aimed at young Australians but accessible to all ages, I warn against identifying…
Just whose Palestine would Labor recognise?
How can some leading Australian politicians be so misguided and so wrong-headed as to call for the recognition of a…
The transsexual tsunami and freedom of speech
Back in 1964 Bob Dylan told us that “the times, they are a changin’.” I take it that even he…
Market forces: let’s get this party started safe
As we reach the peak of music festival season in Australia, it’s become an unfortunate probability that multiple young Australians…
Labor’s housing affordability mess: profit for the few, pain for the many
Labor’s two-pronged housing affordability package has them rowing the same boat in both directions, expending a lot of taxpayer dollars…
Neil Prakash: leave him to his victims’ mercy
The controversy surrounding the government’s attempts to strip ISIS member Neil Prakash of his Australian citizenship is at a stalemate,…
Thugs welcome, bring guns
The news is broadcast far and wide: California is a safe haven for foreign criminals, complete with instant welfare benefits…
Politics is getting nastier because we’re getting dumber
An intriguing argument from a British politician and writer Dan Hannan: The fall in IQ scores in the West is…
When it’s fine for the left to do a Fraser Anning
Context and explanation meant absolutely nothing to the outraged leftist media complex collaborating with self-interested politicians when accusing Senator Fraser…
Truth tellers, beware
“Tell the truth and shame the devil,” the Inquisitors would say But for some truth tellers, misery – even death…
Destructive Dutton shows why he bombed back in the spill
There’s delicious irony that political judgement was the at the heart of Peter Dutton’s divisive weekend outburst against former colleague…
Cirque du Sharia
Perhaps rejoicing at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban are working hard not to…
Singing out 2018
The end of the year is a time for reflection about the significant events and moments that have shaped the…
Dutton’s on the button, but…
In a wide-ranging interview with the Brisbane Sunday Mail , Peter Dutton unleashed on Malcolm Turnbull. His comments were calculated…
A New Year’s resolution: thou shalt have fun
The New Year holds promise for us all. A fresh beginning, a new start, a grand opportunity to start over.…
The looming Liberal extinction event
Malcolm Turnbull did not lead a ‘Labor-lite’ government. He led a Liberal government for the twenty-first century. I almost choked…
Underage #LoveWins in Germany
No age of consent? No problem. According to Die Welt, Germany’s Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional for the Fatherland…
Good news: peace on earth
Christmas is a word which literally means the celebration of Christ. Santa Claus was once real, a good Christian chap…
And so this is Christmas
The bric-a-brac shop is brimming with glittering tinsel, snow-covered reindeer, cheery Santa dolls and wreaths. I ask for a nativity…
Santa can exist in all of us – and so can good
There are some things that it is difficult to face up to on your own. Boring Hollywood movies is one…
