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Seduced by communism

27 December 2023 12:04 am

The communistic approach, which underpins much of the West’s ‘good people/bad people’ political thought, is right – the haves are…

Peter Dutton’s Christmas message: we live in the best country in the world

24 December 2023 3:35 pm

Australians will be looking forward to this Christmas; 2023 has been a year of hardships at home and adversity abroad.…

There you go. I said it. ‘Christmas!’

23 December 2023 9:04 pm

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. There you go. I said it. ‘Christmas!’ Isn’t it strange how…

Carols by Candlelight: a true Australian tradition

23 December 2023 6:00 pm

The tradition of Carols by Candlelight in Australia finds its roots intertwined with the arrival of the Cornish Methodist miners…

Merry Wokemas

23 December 2023 5:33 pm

‘Rejoice in the birth of a brown-skinned, Middle-Eastern, undocumented immigrant.’ You might have seen this message around the place in…

Is Wikipedia struggling to maintain neutrality in times of political unrest?

23 December 2023 5:00 am

In the realm of social media, Wikipedia isn’t a platform that comes to mind. It isn’t thought to possess hate…

A victory for commonsense!

23 December 2023 2:00 am

In a win for commonsense, education ministers across the country have recently signed off on measures requiring universities to include…

Volcanoes, another end-of-the-world scenario

22 December 2023 10:52 pm

Those who think we can control the power of nature are deluded. The latest threat comes from Iceland. After a…

Swimming between the Woke flags

22 December 2023 2:00 am

One of the things that makes Australia so great is the fact that more than a quarter of Australians aged…

1.5 degrees of idiocy

22 December 2023 12:07 am

There is not a lot of rigour in the COP process. This year’s extravaganza has predictably produced a platitudinous wish…

Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad thanks Australia

21 December 2023 10:04 pm

Ghazi Hamad, leader of the terror group Hamas, appears to have warmly welcomed Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister…

The yellow bus to nowhere

21 December 2023 8:19 pm

The middle Melbourne rail loop – Cheltenham to Box Hill for starters – will go on through the west and…

Cyclones, dunnies, and a belated confession

21 December 2023 1:41 pm

As far north Queensland mops up after the flooding and mayhem largely resulting from unpreparedness in the wake of Cyclone…

From West to East: shifting global power via Net Zero

21 December 2023 2:00 am

The 28th annual scourging of fossil fuel users, the Conference of Parties (COP28), has been and gone. Like the previous…

Godzilla Minus One: an absolute riot!

20 December 2023 2:24 pm

In 1954, Ishirō Honda released Gojira. The movie centres on Godzilla, a gigantic reptile that is brought to life after being…

A year of failure for Albanese and Labor

20 December 2023 12:27 pm

During the election campaign of 2022, one got the impression that Labor Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese, didn’t take winning the…

The politics of envy

20 December 2023 11:54 am

One of the defining moments of the 2004 federal election was Mark Latham’s hit list of wealthy non-government schools and…

Science is a political dystopia

20 December 2023 5:00 am

There was a time when science was seen as the domain of the nerdy few. When the topic of careers…

‘Little Bird Bookshop… You can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!’

19 December 2023 3:10 pm

I had arrived at work on what I hoped would be one of the three busiest Saturdays of the year…

Victoria: rotten to the core

19 December 2023 1:27 am

The evidence is in. Victoria’s public service has become massively politicised, confirming what many suspected after nine years of Labor…

Albanese government: highest taxing since 1959!

19 December 2023 12:15 am

What I’m about to say is probably not fair, but I’ll say it anyway. When working in party politics, you…

The ABC: answerable to no one

18 December 2023 11:50 pm

Ad nauseam! That’s the constancy of calls for the ABC to be shut down, privatised, or restructured. The first two…

‘Awaiting the tsunami’: the danger of coercive control laws

18 December 2023 2:04 am

A few weeks ago, thousands took to the streets of Madrid to march on behalf of children’s rights, holding banners…

Walking the walk: what happened to the good old days?

18 December 2023 12:20 am

As an ‘Old Bushy’ who has a patriotic and passionate love of our country, its environment, its history, and the…

Postcard from Buenos Aires

18 December 2023 12:01 am

Wide awake at 3 am, in submission to the gods of jet lag, seemed an apt moment to jot down…