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Seduced by communism
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
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!’
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
The tradition of Carols by Candlelight in Australia finds its roots intertwined with the arrival of the Cornish Methodist miners…
Merry Wokemas
‘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?
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!
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
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
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
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
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
The middle Melbourne rail loop – Cheltenham to Box Hill for starters – will go on through the west and…
Cyclones, dunnies, and a belated confession
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
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!
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
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
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
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!’
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
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!
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
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
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?
As an ‘Old Bushy’ who has a patriotic and passionate love of our country, its environment, its history, and the…
Postcard from Buenos Aires
Wide awake at 3 am, in submission to the gods of jet lag, seemed an apt moment to jot down…