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To survive, Europe must change

12 December 2023 1:10 am

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s wonderful novel The Leopard tells the story of a Sicilian prince and how his aristocratic life faced…

My granddaughter may have saved my life

12 December 2023 12:29 am

I was visiting my daughter in Canberra in early November when she asked if I could do her a favour…

Carter’s presidency: Albanese’s fate?

11 December 2023 4:30 am

The recent passing of Eleanor Rosalynn Carter at age 96 provides a poignant opportunity to reflect on her husband Jimmy…

Has Airbus Albo become Albatross Albo for Labor?

11 December 2023 4:00 am

‘Oh, how the mighty have fallen!’ is an old saying that comes to mind when one reflects on the fortunes…

Palestine: founded in terror

11 December 2023 3:00 am

For 75 years Palestinians have refused to accept the existence of Israel and have refused all opportunities to have and…

Annastacia Palaszczuk: an unflattering legacy

11 December 2023 2:36 am

For many, the lasting image of Annastacia Palaszczuk won’t be of a Premier basking in the glory of an Olympics…

Isn’t it ironic?

10 December 2023 11:10 pm

Last Thursday on Music Band T-shirt Day, the Prime Minister chose to wear a T-shirt from the Australian band Radio Birdman.…

A very merry interruption

10 December 2023 7:27 pm

Christmas is the season of interruptions. Who isn’t relieved, at year’s end, for the interruption of a week or two…

Why this atheist celebrates Christmas

9 December 2023 2:53 pm

I believe in Jesus, but I don’t believe in god. I don’t go to church, but I do celebrate Christmas.…

Capacity Investment Scheme hog-ties nation to energy woes

9 December 2023 2:13 pm

Market regulation is designed to modify the outputs of, and inputs to, goods and services. In doing so, they will…

Education destroyed by self-serving educrats

8 December 2023 4:30 am

Such is the parlous and substandard state of Australia’s education system, if those in charge managed a major corporation like…

Vaccination rates fall… ‘Quick, let’s vaccinate more people!’

8 December 2023 4:00 am

There’s a recent report running around calling for the government to spend lots of money because vaccination rates are not high enough,…

CIS 2023 Nanny State Awards

8 December 2023 3:30 am

The Centre for Independent Studies had intended to follow the rules for US presidential polls and ban any candidate from…

We are in the fight for our life

8 December 2023 1:27 am

It is difficult for the non-Jewish observer and commentator to fully understand how the trauma of the Holocaust and 2,000…

Don’t get comfy

7 December 2023 9:53 pm

With Christmas dawning upon us and CPI down from 5.6 to 4.9 per cent, it is without a doubt time…

The enduring relevance of natural law

7 December 2023 1:18 am

It is impossible to understate the malaise that has engulfed Australia in 2023. Indeed, it has been a tumultuous year…

Adding workplace rules won’t make Australians richer

7 December 2023 1:01 am

According to the federal government, the Closing Loopholes legislation is a commitment ‘to getting wages moving and strengthening enterprise bargaining’.…

Could Japan’s experience with post-war propaganda help Australia?

7 December 2023 12:01 am

Australia is caught in a history war that pits marginalised minorities against oppressive majorities. When politicians and commentators on both…

The hypocrisy of the pro-Palestine mob

6 December 2023 1:28 pm

Something that seems to have escaped the attention of the left, so eager are they to condemn a war by…

Queer Theory in the public schools is anti-science mumbo-jumbo

6 December 2023 4:00 am

I have been reading through some training aid documents from ClickView titled Understanding Gender with various subtitles Talking about Gender and…

Activists have severely damaged the arts in Australia

6 December 2023 3:00 am

Some of our finest cultural institutions have been hijacked by political activists. Captive audiences have been subjected to political activism while artists…

Gallagher’s Digital ID announcement fact-checked for misinformation

5 December 2023 12:36 pm

Labor has decided to rush one of its most hazardous policies through right on Christmas hoping this would strip the…

The Bowen Shock in your energy bill

5 December 2023 11:22 am

My recent electricity bill was informative but menacing. It had several bits of statistical info, including the variation in consumption…

Still lost in China: conservatives must help liberate imprisoned patriots

5 December 2023 5:00 am

Australian conservatives are in an uproar about the state of discourse on university campuses, especially after instances such as Harvard students’…

Albo’s dangerous Loophole Bill is struggling but far from dead

5 December 2023 4:30 am

The Albanese government’s attempt to revolutionise Australia through its industrial relations Loophole Bill is struggling. The government wanted to ram the Bill…