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Upshots from politicians delivering more free stuff and regulations
The forerunner of democracy – a post-medieval one-man-one-vote – was propelled by radicals seeking greater freedom of trade, speech, and…
Double Shot Ep2: is Western Civilisation failing our kids?
It’s hard not to look around at the youngest two generations and wonder, what happened? They are depressed, scared, confused,…
Autism rises as the NDIS expands
An article in the Weekend Australian on April, 2023, titled, Autism to cost budget $8.25bn: will the safety net break? was…
California is bleeding actors
California is bleeding actors, and the number of those fleeing the quasi-socialist state is trending. Mark Wahlberg was the latest to follow SpyKids,…
The Voice and the law
Many Australian legal groups such as the NSW Bar Association and possibly the Victorian Bar Association, as well as most…
Net Zero politicians: liars, scoundrels, and morons
The lies told by politicians usually have no consequences. Their intellectual dishonesty, as a species, is such that citizens go…
The ABCs of NFPs: decoding the economics behind grassroot organisations
It’s not often that we acknowledge the not-for-profits that run within our local communities, providing volunteer services day-in and day-out.…
Pesutto will regret expelling Deeming
On Friday May 11, the Victorian Liberal Party voted to expel MP Moira Deeming over her alleged threat to sue…
Despite criticism, RBA outperforms most central banks
A small war has broken out amongst some economics on the topic of whether Australia’s central bank has performed well…
It’s time for doctors to join a public debate on Covid policies and treatments
‘If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the…
The Bowen Basin adventures
I am one of the few survivors of a team of Bowen Basin pioneers who started the systematic exploration of…
Liberal heads in the sand
There is one thing you can always be sure of, the ‘thinkers’ in and behind the Liberal Party never ever consider…
Cash is King, Bitcoin is God
While most people rage over the Voice to Parliament or men competing in women’s sports, there is a real battle…
Alan Jones: treaties
I can’t be the only person who wonders whether, on matters critical to our future and, most importantly, the future…
The ESG trap
While Australians have been distracted by the Voice to Parliament, nuclear submarines, and the Budget, ASIC recently followed through on…
Trump exonerated
John Durham’s independent report to Biden’s Department of Justice is a big legal win for Donald Trump. Fresh off the back of…
Victorians go hungry, Andrews gets bigger billboards
The Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, has been back from China for several weeks now. He’s still to advise what he…
Albanese runs away from Covid Royal Commission promise
Evidence is mounting that our political class is baulking at the promised Covid Royal Commission. We keep hearing about the…
Telling the truth: all aboard ‘Raft Australia’
The last major Ice Age – The Quaternary Ice Age – started over 2.5 million years ago (mya) and is…
Vale Rule of Law and Rule of Logic
Shannon Fentiman is the Minister for Justice, Minister for Women, and soon to be the former Queensland Attorney-General. She is…
The Covid Royal Commission is nowhere to be seen
Australia’s Prime Minister is known for emoting and for pursuing nothingburger public policy issues (the Voice, the republic, climate emergencies,…
Empowering consumers in the era of greenwashing
It is no shock that the rise of environmentalism has dominated the political scene for the last few years; evidenced…
EVs and a tale of two Italians
A recent article in The Australian gave a fascinating insight into the world of EVs, told from the point of…
The US debt showdown
Repeated brinkmanship over a US default weaken the global financial system
The chromosome-thin line between ensuring civil discourse and policing the opinion corridor
The Australian’s online comments moderation is at the risk of falling into the trap of censorship of ideas and debate…
