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Has the education revolution failed Australia’s students?
World-renowned academic, Pierre Ryckmans, opined: ‘A university is a place where scholars seek the truth, pursue and transmit knowledge for…
The Liberals’ capitulation on heroin puts cities on the road to Gotham
The disappointing thing about the debate over heroin injecting rooms in Melbourne is that there is no debate about whether…
Will the Voice lead to a treaty?
As support for The Voice plummets around the nation, Anthony Albanese is becoming so desperate. Speaking to 2GB’s Ben Fordham,…
Batteries
Depending on your outlook, the Net Zero movement could result in anything from the seven horses of the apocalypse riding…
A liberal education? Universities must treat students as thinkers, not dollar signs
As technology advances into the realms of science fiction, with AI tools like ChatGPT being harnessed in every corner of…
Chris Bowen on the brink: energy cost blowouts and improbable Net Zero targets
Chris Bowen is a man on the brink. He is under extreme pressure to meet improbable targets for renewable expansion…
The ooga booga school of anthropology
Aboriginal anthropologist and activist Dr Marcia Langton is probably the most influential figure in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum…
The fatal flaw in the ‘Yes’ case
The pamphlets to be sent to all households in Australia setting out the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ cases for the referendum…
Ruining the world to ‘save the planet’
The late morning sun danced off the Mediterranean as I took a chair facing Al Gore on the rooftop terrace…
The ABC rots from the head
They say a fish rots from the head. The writer is not sure if it’s true about fish, but it…
Oh Danny boy, what have you done now?
When he was first elected in 2014, more than a few members of the Victorian Coalition must have asked themselves…
Only some black lives ‘matter’
In a recent edition of the Spectator, Douglas Murray wrote about Nahel Merzouk who was shot and killed as he…
Has Australia lost its collective mind with the Voice?
The Voice is probably the greatest confidence tricks ever attempted to be played on the Australian people. Why would any…
‘Far Right’ or Traditional Liberal?
When it comes to avoiding the intellectual rigour of constructing and prosecuting a cogent argument, those who occupy the left…
Double Shot Ep12: Senator Babet on the scourge of censorship
Special guest Senator Babet of the UAP talks about the government’s new censorship bill to silence the public on social…
Misinformation: as meaningless and misused as masks
Nearing the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched stated, ‘The best thing we can do is to…
What a topsy-turvy land
From a literary landscape once carved by iconic texts like the Magic Faraway Tree, with characters Moonface, Silky, and Saucepan…
How to silence a climate change zealot
I’ve never understood the fascination dogs have with the wheels of cars which is demonstrated as they come running out…
Labor has been hostile to the Constitution since the 1890s
Many in favour of the Voice fail to understand the purpose of a nation’s Constitution. Before voting, Australians need a…
Teachers cannot teach what they do not know
Well, here we are with another review of teaching. Australia has itself a bit of déjà vu with a well-meaning…
The $10 billion cabal of renewable subsidies killing coal
At this time, the attack on fossil fuels, particularly coal, is at a crescendo. In North America with the dishonestly…
Book reviews: the new parental activism
Outrage from parents and citizens last week saw a children’s book Welcome to Sex! pulled from the shelves of select…
Robodebt scandal: Parliament needs to take charge of the bureaucracy
It appears the Robodebt scandal is being used for gutter political point-scoring. But what’s new about that? Every side in…
Coutts’ apology to Nigel Farage is worthless
Remember when Coutts was worried about risking its reputation? We’ll call it ‘karma’ that their name hangs in shreds, draped…
Review: the courage to care
We hear little about the Holocaust in Hungary. In a murderous 56-day period in Hungary during 1944, some 430,000 Hungarian…
