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Torture-Resistance course weakens Army
The current Federal court case around the Conduct After Capture (CAC) course is just the latest in a long line…
Why an Australian recession is almost guaranteed, even in a benign world
In 2019, Australia’s economy was stalling. House prices were declining even though mortgage rates were only about 3.25 per cent.…
Democracy under stress in America and India
The United States is the world’s oldest, most powerful, and most consequential democracy for the future of free peoples everywhere.…
Did the federal government refuse to protect women?
If you caught the news last week, you might have wondered, what on earth is going on in the nation’s…
Cancel Mozart
Why should we stop at cancelling the world’s greatest explorer, Captain James Cook, and the greatest playwright, William Shakespeare? Why…
Lessons from Japan
Japan is Australia’s third largest trading partner and is involved with India and America in the quad strategic dialogue. After…
North Korea: the man who would be God
There were around 50 of us standing in a car park and waiting for something but we didn’t know what.…
What does reconciliation look like?
Reconciliation. The word is used almost automatically, especially in the context of the arguments about the Voice referendum. It sounds…
The politics of hunger
Starvation has ended more than one political empire. The pages of human history are frequently chaptered by acute moments of…
The green foods time bomb
Green propagandists continue to inflict lethal damage to our electricity industry – it has become unreliable and expensive. Their intrusive…
The death of New Zealand’s MSM
Until recently I was a member of the mainstream media in New Zealand. A proud member. I have loved being…
Greenflation: heating the economy to cool the planet
Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to miss the bombardment of virtuous sentiment surrounding climate change. We’re constantly told by the 21st…
Have we militarised medicine?
It’s war, Jim, but not as we know it… ‘In the absence of information, we make up stories.’ These words…
Any Swastika ban must include the Hammer and Sickle
As the Australian Federal government contemplates the prohibition of the Swastika, it is crucial to address the inherent tension between…
Let teachers teach
As recent footage of a teacher losing control of a New South Wales classroom received widespread coverage in the media,…
The Xi-Putin Moscow Summit: did we learn anything?
Xi’s recent three-day visit with Putin in Moscow brought with it several takeaways. China and Russia are deepening their relationship…
Alan Jones: the Liberal legacy is catastrophic defeat
One thing is for certain coming out of the New South Wales election last Saturday. Just as the mainstream media,…
Submarines for landlubbers
Submarines, despite recent ill-informed comments from ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating, are currently a very expensive, ‘must have’, item in the…
The ugly side of activism
J. Mitchell Sances’ recent article about ‘gay erasure’ on the political left says much about what advocacy organisations tend to become…
Mandatory testing for $15 smoke alarms, but not cyber security plans?
In the wake of Australia’s latest customer data exfiltration attack affecting possibly 14 million Latitude stakeholders, we read that the rate…
Hypocrisy on steroids
Former UK Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption argued from near the start of the Covid pandemic that what democratic governments…
The eunuch premier
The Eunuch Premier is no more. On Saturday last, the Liberals’ fourth NSW Premier in twelve years was dispatched from…
Aukus is out of the bag
Aukus is out of the bag. The Albanese government has committed Australia to spend nearly $370 billion over the next…
Blame politicians, not teachers
Our political elite are to blame for our educational malaise, not our educators… At the start of another academic year,…
Free power for the … rich?
Last year Mitcham Council, in the leafy south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, declared a climate emergency. They proudly announced that they were…
