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Star Wars and the Christmas story
The cinema was packed, but we just had to see ‘The Last Jedi’ for ourselves. We were so fixated we…
Heading home this Christmas
Some will head home joyfully this Christmas. Others? Not so much. As the latter will tell you, if home is…
Do the Jedi look a lot like Islamic State?
Imagine this: a poorly educated kid from an isolated rural area is enticed by a message from a woman he…
BYO gender, BYO race
I often seek out BYO restaurants, to avoid paying exorbitant prices for wine, and turn up at the appointed dinner…
With political pistol firing, Barnaby makes a big boo
Captain Barnaby Joyce has steered the good ship National Party into choppier waters with the dumping of Darren Chester from…
Star Wars has always been a leftie fantasy
The latest of the Disney “Star Wars” franchise is out, and it’s already dividing the audiences – and not just…
Cultural Marxism’s war on freedom
One of the things that characterise Left-leaning journalists is their Cultural Marxism. And one of the chief ways in which…
Net neutrality? Bahaha!
Another reminder that “net” is never neutral: Twitter began a massive purge of users on Monday the company claims violate its…
Holt anniversary barometer to slide in standards
Beer is flowing at pubs and clubs and fuel is available at the bowser even if prices may be opportunistically…
“Citizen jury” rules against High Court
The MP citizenship debacle that was swept the ranks of political parties in federal parliament throughout much of 2017 and…
Bennelong win doesn’t cure dying Liberal culture
While voters went to the polls in the Bennelong by-election, in Melbourne I attended the memorial service of a local…
Billabong Boy waltzes into Melbourne Clown Hall
A young blond professional environmental activist who has never had a real job is set to become the City of…
Bennelong to Turnbull: change or go
Unlike New England, which was very much Barnaby Joyce’s victory, the Liberal win in Bennelong may be credited to the…
Making Victoria’s euthanasia laws: consultative and thorough
I refer to Making Victoria’s euthanasia laws: a process to be shunned, by my friend and colleague, the Hon Robert Clark…
A nation guided by the moral fashion of the day
The whole same-sex marriage debate involved a lot of talk about right and wrong. Whether someone voted “yes” or “no”…
Just another night in Melbourne
Youths. Just another night in Melbourne: Hundreds of youths have allegedly bashed and robbed tourists amid a series of wild brawls on…
Mea culpa: Abuse angst grips churches
All hell has broken loose on Australian churches now the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has…
Conservatism is more than Milo’s mockery
Unlike the parent Speccie in the UK, the Australian rendition has decided to take on the mantle of Milo Yiannopoulos.…
The Indigenous Procurement Policy makes ticking boxes easy
The federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) is regularly touted as ‘supercharging’ the Indigenous business sector. But the flawed way…
China girl
Before I begin, I should give something of a personal ‘disclosure’. I am currently the associate minister of a Christian…
Dasher is only the iceberg’s tip
A Labor parliamentarian who, it is revealed, has links to a foreign power that attempts to retrieve information on Australia’s…
AGL: impoverishing the nation to boost its bottom line
The supporters of renewable energy continue to claim – as they have for the past 30 years – that wind/solar…
Want to fight human trafficking? Ditch plain packaging
December 1, 2017, marked the five-year anniversary of mandated plain packaging of tobacco products in Australia. Despite being touted as…
Another triumph from The Age
Have a look at the lead story in today’s Age — then have a look at the ad at the…
Presenting… The 2017 Nanny Awards
The Nannies, as we call the annual Centre for Independent Studies awards, go to the government’s most absurd attempts to…
