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Getting Indigenous history right
Before we start tearing down statues of Captain Cook and Governor Macquarie in a misguided attempt to atone for Australia’s…
The strange death of Europe
There exists in German a wonderful word, both oddly haunting and untranslatable: Geschichtsmüde, which translates into something roughly akin to…
Euthanasia – or better palliative care?
In a few weeks, the Victorian parliament will consider a law change to permit assisted suicide. Is such a dramatic…
So much for harem dreams
There are few pleasures greater than the freedom to wander amongst the historic cultures of yesteryear, marvelling at how the…
I’m a baby boomer, and I like a drink. So there
Oh dear, nanny state researchers are out and about again, finding fresh angles to demonise those of us who enjoy…
Burkas and broken oaths: complete the constitution
My blood ran cold. A woman – I assume she was a woman – came towards me in a burka…
After marriage equality, then what?
Much to my wife’s unease, I sat down with my four-year-old son the other day and watched The Wizard of Oz, which,…
Our taxes should not be used to subsidise unlawful protest groups
Earlier this year, fifteen Greenpeace activists illegally accessed a ten-storey high coal stockpile at the Port of Newcastle. They put…
The Greens abolish private property
Ok, not quite — but the Queensland party has released a policy to “fix the rigged system that treats renters…
What is the point of Sarah Hanson-Young?
There appears to be some confusion. Many people appear to believe that anyone who questioned Pauline Hanson’s bizarre actions in…
Big data finds the Medieval Warm Period – no denial here
According to author Leo Tolstoy, born at the very end of the Little Ice Age, in quite a cold country:…
The Christian case for doing whatever the hell you want
I usually don’t bother reading articles with titles like ‘The (X) Case for (Y)’, where X = a right-wing ideology…
How to turn cheap power back on
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg claims that renewable energy is a disruptive force in the energy market in the same way as the…
Section 44 solved in six easy steps
Malcolm Turnbull has a heck of a political problem on his hands. For once, it’s not entirely of his own…
Does China have a claim on Penny Wong?
The dual citizenship issues that have now entangled so many of our Parliamentarians have thrown up many issues, and one…
You want marriage equality? Here’s the starting point
I have a niece who is an out and proud lesbian, and I love her dearly, and I also love…
The Christian case for assisted dying
Before and after photos of Frenchwoman Chantal Sebire motivated me, in 2009, to become public in advocating, as a Christian,…
With Bannon gone, it’s civil war
At its most coherent, Trumpism has always been a heretical offshoot of Bannonism: the same populist-nationalist spirit without its conservative,…
Rotten pollies, rotten media, the chicken and the egg
There’s general agreement nowadays. Our politics stinks. So does the media. What’s less clear, however, is if one begat the…
How to deal with Pauline Hanson’s political stunts
Before Trump or Farage, before Wilders or Marine Le Pen, there was Pauline. Pauline Hanson was the original rabble-rouser who…
The monarchists’ best friend
You’d quite rightly be suspicious if someone came knocking on your door every few months asking you to move to…
Water thieves steal from us all
Stealing in Australia is serious. The consequences are severe. That does not seem to be the case when the property…
Ban the Burqa stunts
Pauline Hanson walked into the Senate yesterday all covered up, which no doubt improved the aesthetics of the place, but…
Corporations don’t have views on same-sex marriage, people do
After the news that Australia will proceed with a postal plebiscite on same sex marriage, Qantas, a long time supporter…
Funeral crashers: how antifa became the new Westboro Baptist Church
No, liberals, the ends do not justify the means. There is no vindication for violence, despite your cause. The heartbreaking…
