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The road to Calvary

6 September 2023 4:00 am

A presentation by the estimable Fr Tony Percy, until recently Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, on the Australian…

What is mis-dis in climate change debate?

5 September 2023 12:35 pm

Speaking in Suva in July 2022, Anthony Albanese declared a climate emergency in the Pacific. This came after joining regional…

Qantas’ woke capitalism is failing

5 September 2023 5:00 am

Qantas has been in the news – generally for bad reasons… Although the airline recently announced a massive fleet renewal…

Liberal values? The party of Menzies should try practising what it preaches

5 September 2023 4:30 am

What are Liberal values? The party has a short statement on its website that sets out its ‘beliefs’. There are…

Why are we ignoring nuclear? The answer is Bowen in the wind

5 September 2023 4:00 am

Right before my very eyes, was a most wonderful sight that stopped me in my tracks. Towering above the rabble…

Knock-knock… We are from the ‘Yes’ campaign

4 September 2023 7:51 am

Prime Minister Albanese has formally announced the date for the Voice referendum to be October 14, 2023 to unctuous applause…

Maui fires v Ukraine invasion?

4 September 2023 6:00 am

They’ve got the wrong comparison when they (voters, politicians, and commentators) complain that while the Biden administration is handing Ukraine…

The case for a September interest rate rise pause

4 September 2023 5:00 am

With another RBA meeting due to occur shortly, the speculation around interest rate rises is certainly not unexpected. The CPI…

Free speech on campus, actions are louder than words

4 September 2023 4:00 am

Last week the University of Sydney announced that it would avoid taking an official position on the Voice to Parliament.…

Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?

3 September 2023 2:14 pm

A lot of perfectly warranted criticism has been aimed at Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party over their proposed Misinformation…

Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement

3 September 2023 5:00 am

Within the first 44 words uttered by the new Prime Minister of Australia on May 21 last year, Anthony Albanese…

A Victorian odyssey with a long way to go

3 September 2023 4:30 am

It is becoming clearer every day that the Andrews government in Victoria has a propensity to bite off a bit…

Have universities hushed-up academics over the Voice?

3 September 2023 4:00 am

Academic freedom is supposed to be sacrosanct at universities. However, the Voice referendum has exposed it as a sham. Universities…

On the streets of Ukraine

2 September 2023 5:00 am

Within 30 seconds of arriving and getting into a taxi, an air raid siren went off across the city. The…

The right to bite (ouch!)

2 September 2023 4:00 am

Political correctness rules our lives these days and while I’m all for equal opportunity, what about the right to bite…

An incompetent Qantas is preoccupied with politics

1 September 2023 4:30 pm

There are few companies more conspicuously preoccupied with politics than Qantas. Maybe it’s impossible to be a national carrier without…

The State of Israel and The Voice

1 September 2023 5:30 am

One of the most tenuous arguments in favour for The Voice was recently made by Mark Leibler. Speaking at an…

Illiterate, innumerate, and scared: be disappointed, but not surprised

1 September 2023 5:00 am

Why would anyone be surprised at the latest NAPLAN results? Yes, they are disappointing, but the amount of hand-wringing expressed…

The NIMBY slur

1 September 2023 4:30 am

The term ‘NIMBY’ – an acronym for ‘Not In My Back Yard’ – has become the preferred slur of politicians,…

Don’t kill cash

31 August 2023 5:30 am

308,000 people within the United Kingdom are backing Great Britain News’ feisty campaign to keep cash. The Don’t Kill Cash July 4 movement…

Snowy 2.0? Give Us a Break!

31 August 2023 5:00 am

I’m very proud of my heritage as a first-generation Australian. I also celebrate our world record, enduring ancient culture and…

The pushback against the war on the West

31 August 2023 4:00 am

Amongst the post-modern rot that infests most of our universities’ humanities faculties stands one small institution that proudly focuses on…

Winston Peters is no Kiwi Messiah 

30 August 2023 5:00 am

Our New Zealand regular contributor, Amy Brooke, usually talks sense, and her article in this week’s magazine, about identity and…

What if the ‘out of Africa’ theory is wrong?

30 August 2023 4:30 am

Those who have lived through the last two decades will be well acquainted with the increasing rigidity applied to scientific…

Ticks and crosses: the right strategy

30 August 2023 4:00 am

The Electoral Commissioner is correct when he says there can only be one space in which to write ‘Yes’ or…