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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…
Erasing David Unaipon, one design change at a time
I invite you to have a look at the Australian $50 note – a really close look. There are two…
Albo’s secrets are supposed to protect us, not erode our security
The conservative position on national security is typically to trust our military and national security agencies to do their job…
Tickle v Giggle shows the absurdity of sex discrimination law
The Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1982 was drafted to protect women and girls. In 2024, it is now employed as…
Exposing Islamist Anti-Semitism
Jewish American MD career-ending consequence is unfair
Our abused Sexual Discrimination Act
A decision in the Federal Court last Friday confirmed a shocking reality that many of us already knew; it is…
Small victories in the face of a (major) cultural battle
Here’s a light-hearted yet encouraging anecdote. Recently, at one state art gallery, patrons were attending the opening of a new…
The death of free speech in the West
Preserving free speech is essential to protect democracy. Indeed, no society can be authentically democratic if only a few privileged…
The rot within
How do we stop corruption in Australian politics and its bureaucracy?
‘Far-Right’ or just ‘right about everything’?
The political world is full of baseless slurs uttered by historically and politically illiterate shock-jocks. The current favourite is ‘far-right’.…
