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The Climate Inquisition burns a heretic
Back in 2016, when I asked Peter Ridd if he would write a chapter for the book I was editing…
What does the church stand for?
Last week’s Met Gala in New York raised some eyebrows, focusing, as it did, on the connection between high fashion…
When’s the ABC going to sic the #metoo mob onto Paul McCartney
With the western world awash with #metoo movements, and men’s attempts at intimate relationships with women stalling under feminist pressure,…
Lifeline: so what happens next?
Clearly, something went horribly wrong at Lifeline for anyone at the organisation to even contemplate inviting extremist feminist activist Clementine…
Abortion: not left or right, just wrong
Labor MP Penny Sharpe’s Safe Access to Reproductive Health Clinics Bill was read in the upper house of the New…
Medical research belongs in private hands
Researchers have a lot to celebrate after last week’s federal budget, with Canberra announcing that it will increase investment in the…
Life after Alfie’s death
The Hippocratic oath that all doctors swear imposes on them a duty to knowingly do no harm. Recently I engaged…
How mollycoddling made our moaning millennials
Millennials have been sold a lie. We were told by our parents that we could be anything we wanted. Everyone…
The problem with the ‘fearless feminist’ narrative
On the morning of May 11, seven family members lost their lives in a murder-suicide on a farm property East…
Should we really be spying on our children?
As a Member of the New South Wales Parliament, I often have the opportunity to participate in various committees and…
Ten religious reasons against climate change
Many in politics, as well as in the media, are unaware that there is a growing number of Christians who…
Downer and not out in Mayo
While Mad March may be over, the festival of democracy continues in South Australia. Off the back of a downright…
Check your privilege, Yassmin
An articulate, tertiary-educated professional with a specialist degree and access to multiple media platforms to make themselves heard throws a…
Show me the ‘himpathy’
The Sydney Writer’s Festival sounds like a right old barrel of positivity and empowerment. Continually oppressed attendees miraculously managed to…
George, Abbott and Howard were both Liberals too
The contest for the philosophical soul of the Liberal Party seems as old as the hills when one recalls the…
A Lifeline for true equality
Just when it seemed all hope might be lost to the left, a flower burst through the concrete. The petition…
Losing Kokoda
The ‘blackbirding curse’ is as damaging to Papua New Guinea’s adventure tourism industry as the ‘resource curse’ is to mining…
Tax and cut: a very modern oxymoron
For a week now our newspapers have been ablaze with news stories and poll analysis celebrating the government’s announcement of…
I don’t like Safe Schools, so I’m a transgender traitor
As a transsexual woman, I have been accused of betraying the trans ‘community’, just because I oppose Safe Schools. I…
Daniel Andrews, mansplainer
Look at those hands, those legs — and he’s sitting higher than her! Look at the tip of his tie!…
Do you hate your mother? Read on…
Do you hate your mother? Hate? Like really hate? Is Mother’s Day a source of constant pain and distresses as…
Beer can craft and other symbols of war
The beer can plane was perched high on a seldom-dusted shelf in the local op-shop. The last time I had…
Be very careful what you’re consenting to
Every single human being should be concerned about the current push to review sexual consent laws. Earlier this week the…
Let’s rethink relationships
Life is nothing without the relationships cultivated between friends, family, and acquaintances. Relationships are the foundation for a productive society,…
One Nation should place principle over populism
One Nation’s decision to side with Labor and populist Senate cross-benchers to block the Government’s plan to reward effort through…
