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Why the Ashes is still magic
Does it ever feel like sport has lost its magic? Smothered beneath endless commentary about political implications and social responsibility,…
I think, therefore I am: the crisis of modernity and transgenderism
René Descartes could not have foreseen the insanity of the 21st Century transgender movement when he wrote, ‘I think, therefore…
Truth, treaty, or trickery? The ‘why’ behind the Voice
On the victory podium after last year’s election, the first thing Anthony Albanese did was commit his new Labor government…
Our schools are failing – this is why
The news earlier this year that the Labor government in Victoria will use schools to promote a ‘Yes’ case for…
Dear George Orwell, I’m seeking advice on Net Zero
Dear George, I enjoyed your light-hearted novel, it brought back memories of the good times we used to enjoy. If…
Washington reaches out to the Pacific Islands
The Biden administration’s latest engagement of the Pacific – most recently with visits to Tonga, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia – is welcome…
Cutting off the chains of MSM and its propaganda
For the last couple of years, I’ve tried to ignore all mainstream media (apart from incidental occasions when it ambushed…
Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has declared ‘the era of global boiling has arrived’. Australia’s Teals and Greens no doubt eagerly…
Noel Pearson’s Voice
I watched Noel Pearson describing his concept of ‘The Voice’ on a TV program recently and it was pretty close…
Albo’s government to appoint itself social media’s truth police
Remember the media frenzy that tried to debunk the possibility that Covid came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? The…
Traditional ownership extinguishes common sense
The lengthy process to find a more permanent home for Australia’s low-level nuclear waste has likely received its last rites…
Rowan Dean: ‘What is Woke?’
I’ve always fancied myself as one of those Christmas Cracker riddle writers – what a great job that would be……
Anthony Albanese’s Concorde Fallacy
Last Saturday I watched as a sandy-haired young supporter of the ‘Yes’ case earnestly endeavoured to give his leaflets away…
Tragedy in Manipur: India’s Christians are suffering under ‘anti-conversion laws’
Carnage in Manipur showcases the tragedy unfolding around India’s anti-Christian ‘conversion laws’. Two Christian women from the Kuki tribe, allegedly…
Vote ‘no’ to racism
‘[We hope for] a future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with…
Freedom is never free
Recently, Fulgence Kayishema was charged in South Africa for allegedly committing suspected war crimes in Rwanda in 1994. Three decades…
150 years since Gosse’s climb
July 20 marked 150 years since the first documented account of climbing Australia’s famous Ayers Rock. While climbing ‘The Rock’…
Labor’s destruction of the Victorian timber industry threatens forests
The accelerated destruction of the native timber industry in my home state of Victoria is a disgrace. This industry has…
Legalising Cannabis: evidence based or evidence bias?
‘An unexciting truth can easily be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.’ – Aldous Huxley Some of the most troubling experiences…
Albanese’s Voice tears the heart from Australian politics
It was W.B. Yeats, after the first world war, who wrote his poem that contained the phrase, ‘The centre cannot…
The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines
It was a joke when we said, ‘Why not put wind turbines on Bondi Beach and see how the Teals…
Private health is painfully slow
It started with an odd sensation in my leg as I ate chicken and leek pie in a Sydney CBD…
The bold, the brave, and the deported
The huge international military exercise Operation Talisman Sabre is underway in Australian waters (unfortunately with a tragic accident occurring yesterday)…
Braveheart re-emerges in Fiji
Experienced taxi drivers are a good sounding board regarding the state of a nation. After some years of assorted opinions…
The horrors of Native Title: you will own nothing, and you will be happy
We have all heard the warning: ‘You will own nothing and be happy.’ Australia Native Title and Aboriginal Freehold Land…
