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Renewables and rare earths: the virtuous ravishing of South Africa
South Africa Beats Climate Goal as Blackouts Slash Emissions. It’s one of those headlines you read and assume the Babylon…
Who do you think you are?
The popular and long-running BBC/SBS program Who do you think you are? reaches back into written histories, stored documents, and family…
Alan Jones: Morrison’s comments on the Voice
Since he was beaten in the Federal election last year, Scott Morrison has been much maligned. In only his third…
Improve your writing to save our culture
A major theme of George Orwell’s 1984 is that the deterioration of language, or rendering words meaningless, makes people unable to think…
Cancelling our crucible day
Just one day is all most people want. One day to celebrate Australia. One day to say, as Nino Culotta…
The politician and the gulag
Lions International is an umbrella group for thousands of local Lions Clubs – of which I have recently become a…
It’s time the ABC was privatised
In my view, the ABC no longer provides news and current affairs content that is relevant to mainstream Australians. This…
The diminishing bank of mum and dad
Like many parents in the 80s and 90s, I had a T-Shirt that read: ‘I’M YOUR DAD, NOT YOUR ATM!’…
Double Shot Ep3: is the WHO framework sexualising the world’s children?
Special guest One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts delves into the disturbing World Health Organisation framework that wants sex education and…
The silencing and vilification of women and girls
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem has issued a statement voicing concerns about the silencing…
Arsonists and central bankers
Inflation attracts metaphors. Especially popular is inflation as a genie, with attendant bottle in which it is either securely contained,…
Hydrogen in the mix
Whenever the word ‘hydrogen’ surfaces in discussions about a future energy mix, my climate-sceptic Australian friends clam up. Though a…
Divide and conquer: the Voice has a hidden agenda
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with the support all the state and territory premiers, has officially backed the ‘First Nations…
The Sydney inferno
It was happenstance that I found myself walking up from Broadway yesterday afternoon. As I came to the crest of…
Alan Jones: should there be a tax on exported raw materials?
I have warned, endlessly, about the consequences of the utterly mistaken energy policy being pursued by the Albanese government, articulated…
Coal: the missing link
Coal will be indispensable for electricity generation in Australia for the foreseeable future. Of its competitors; natural gas is much…
DeSantis announces ‘Great America Comeback’ 2024 presidential run
DeSantis is Pearl Jam, to Trump’s Van Halen. Both equally rock. The difference is DeSantis doesn’t have the Trump theatre;…
Political and corporate defeatism
Charles Mackay’s 1841, titled Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds has enduringly served to refute claims of collective…
Spectator TV Australia: James Allan says Bud Light has been turned into a referendum on trans
Episode 4: Is the Great Barrier Reef dying? Maurice Newman tears apart the narrative. Click below to watch the full…
Are you as bored with AI as I am?
By now we’ve all seen the impressive images created with Midjourney, and perhaps had a play around with ChatGPT. I…
Change the narrative, change the game
Michael de Percy challenged Chris Bowen in person at the Sydney Institute regarding whether or not the government had a…
The next phase of Chalmers’ ‘better capitalism’ is scary
In January 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers released a major policy ‘think piece’ where he detailed his and (presumably Labor’s) vision…
Labor’s coal-fired green dream
With cost-of-living pressures really starting to hurt Australians, Labor’s green dream would be a complete nightmare if it wasn’t for coal.…
Aseem Malhotra: truth seeker and a truth teller
It’s been said that in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Are you free…
There’s something off about the Voice
Now, here’s a curious thing… In 1999, the republic referendum cost $66 million. In real terms today, that’s $133 million. Since 1999,…
