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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…
Who’s afraid of the fabulous Milo?
It’s been a week since Milo Yiannopoulos graced the shores of Australia with his perpetually fabulous presence, leaving a trail…
Forget safe spaces, here’s a new solution for the offended
We hear a lot about the need for safe spaces these days. In this article I discuss another type of…
By-bye Senator Dastardly – and hello Senator Sexy?
Senator –- Sino-tor? –- Sam Dastyari today pulled the plug on his career and resigned to spend more time with his family…
A Bennelong bombshell will leave Turnbull terminal
The Bennelong by-election is likely to lead to a change of leadership in the Liberal Party which if wisely done,…
Post-truth ethics
“Post-truth” is in the news: The Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2016 was post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or…
Bill Shorten finds religion(s)
An indication of Labor’s concern that in the same-sex marriage vote, the ‘No’s’ were concentrated in mainly migrant-populated suburbs, was…
What’s going to change in Australia with same-sex marriage?
In the space of just a few decades, homosexuality has gone from being a criminal offence to a psychological disorder,…
The Clementine Ford mystery solved
Did some new truth in advertising law come into force on December 1? Has the Press Council issued a new…
Israel bashing: like porn for the left
This is like porn for much of the left today: The Zionist colonialists are just the latest warlords violently conquering…
ADF: the Australian Defence Farce
If you still have any uncertainty as to whether or not the Australian Defence Force has been ideologically hijacked by…
“The Ladies”
It starts with a directed look, then a roll of the eyes, then a glance to the side and finally…
Urban elites mustn’t ignore regional voices
It’s old news. Most who follow the thread of cultural and political “progress” recognise that those with the persistent temerity…
The hate campaign begins as #lovewins
Let to be known that on the December 7, 2017 – the day in Australian Parliamentary history when “love won”…
Your $720 ticket to Sydney’s superfluous stadiums
The NSW Cabinet’s decision to demolish and replace the functioning Sydney Olympic Stadium and Sydney Football Stadium with two new…
Thanks for considering a few billion women sluts, guys
Normalising “modest” wear. Afraid to be accused of bigotry or, even worse, being judgmental, media and business buy into the…
Making Victoria’s euthanasia laws: a process to be shunned
Last month, Victoria became the only jurisdiction in the world to have voted to legalise euthanasia in 2017. Why and how…
What Katy didn’t
What Katy Did is the heart-warming story in the Louisa May Alcott Little Women genre of a plucky and spirited Mid-Western girl who overcomes…
Milo’s mission to save Australia
A pathetic little man dressed in a dark suit scurried beside me in my aisle seat four rows from the…
Weaponising feminism
I have no idea whether or not Geoffrey Rush is innocent or guilty. And neither, probably, do you. To his…
Time to repent
The Judas-half of the Liberal Party that backed the Turnbull coup and destroyed the Abbott prime ministership now needs to…
Their ABC’s seasonal stupidity
In many ways, it’s astounding that their ABC recognises Christmas at all. It is an explicitly Christian celebration, after all,…
Milo Yiannopoulos insults conservatives along with everyone else
Watching Fairfax’s and the ABC’s outraged and breathless coverage of the violent Left protesters outside the Melbourne venue for the…
Hollywood hypocrisy
Mike Pence, the current Vice President of the United States, has been mocked and ridiculed for following the revelation that…
Time to wave goodbye to Turnbull
When Malcolm Turnbull emerged victorious after the great 2015 leadership spill, his victory speech hinted at a liberal government that…
