Flat White
Reconciliation renewables and Indigenous energy…
Ah Victoria, you’ve done it again
Thorium: green renewable nuclear
Are all energy options on the table?
Christianity defends against tyrants
I was watching an episode of a show on the weekend and one of the characters, an autistic computer hacker…
Two-time loser Bill Shorten ‘did it his way’
Federal Minister Bill Shorten has finally seen what voters saw years ago; he would never be Prime Minister of this…
The economy is in bad shape
Albanese and Chalmers must stop the gas-lighting
Starmer’s war on the pensioners and the poor
Two months in, and Labour has picked its soft target… Those on low incomes and the elderly. Recently, the Keir…
Immigration is a working class issue – and it needs representation
My dad was a union man. He was the secretary for the Plumbers Union Queensland, and I spent a good…
Down with Robin Hood
‘Enough is enough,’ Greens Leader Adam Bandt declared to the National Press Club in Canberra last Wednesday. ‘It’s time to…
Pursuing an independent foreign policy?
The last time an Australian government pursued an independent foreign policy was when Prime Minister Billy Hughes took his wish…
FSANZ’S paradigm shift in gene-edited food regulation
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) intends to declare a wide range of gene-edited foods substantially equivalent to conventional foods.…
Dutton cleanses NSW Liberal temple just in time
From the early days of federal politics in Australia, conservatives have been split over issues such as free trade versus…
Brazil’s war on free speech: Starlink banned
Alexandre de Moraes’ overreach has gone nuclear. In Brazil, the far-left judicial El Jefe is freezing Starlink’s finances, preventing Elon…
Two-tier over here
Two-tier policing is one of the driving forces of the ‘mostly peaceful’ protests in England. We have had two-tier policing…
Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive sign. But the history of…
The Albanese government has become a parody of itself
Reprising Kevin Rudd’s Monthly essay 14 years earlier, at the beginning of 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined a new economic…
The Senate Inquiry into excess mortality
‘Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.’ – Mark Twain The year 2022 will go down in infamy as…
Remembering Diana 27 years later
It has been 27 years since Princess Diana tragically died in a car accident in Paris. That makes her one…
La Macronie à l’Agonie: France’s cautionary tale for Australia
As I wandered through Paris over the past few months, it became increasingly evident that the City of Light is…
Masculinity is not toxic
Violence against women and children is never acceptable, no matter who the perpetrator. Bill Shorten, in an interesting piece in…
Trapped in a climate sleight of hand
The trap that won’t let go… As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen takes climate alarm zealotry to 12…
Labor’s six-figure student caps won’t solve a thing
Australia has 12 per cent of the world’s international students
The IQ question in education
Does IQ matter? In 1974, the answer was a resounding ‘No!’ Fifty years later, I still remember first-year psychology lecturers…
Why was this made?
When The Crow’s original film adaptation came out, I was a mean, moody teenager. Thus, this film has a particular…
Are you allowed to have an opinion on religion in Queensland?
The absurdity of a preacher being hauled before the Queensland Human Rights Commission for criticising Welcome to Country practices at…
The merits of the Benedictine Way
In 2017, Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option became a New York Times best seller. The subtitle of the book…
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