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Victoria’s looming energy disaster

24 November 2022 11:42 am

A centrepiece of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ campaign is to renationalise Victoria’s privately owned electricity businesses. He claims that the…

The pandemic pushers need to stop

24 November 2022 7:00 am

During the WHO press conference on global health issues on November 9, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that since…

Victorian Labor: trashing public trust

24 November 2022 4:00 am

As Victorians head to the polls this Saturday they’re deciding much more than who controls the state’s finances for the…

Are Victorians waking up to government abuse?

23 November 2022 1:17 pm

There are two prevailing moods in Victoria ahead of the election on November 26 – and they both start with…

US strengthens women’s sport protections – Thorpe rallies against them

23 November 2022 11:31 am

In a landmark ruling last week, a US federal court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to redefine ‘sex’ to include ‘sexual…

Air-brushed Islam?

23 November 2022 7:00 am

The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA), lavishly funded by state and federal grants, presents an air-brushed fictional picture of Islam…

Big spenders: AEC reveals cashed-up Teals

23 November 2022 4:00 am

The Australian Electoral Commission’s Transparency Register has revealed how much money the Teal Independents spent at the recent 2022 Federal…

Should Australia freeze out foreign buyers?

22 November 2022 4:10 pm

Canada has banned foreign ownership of residential real estate for two years to ‘cool’ an overheated housing market. Official information…

(Don’t) vote like a woman

22 November 2022 2:36 pm

In Vote Like a Woman, a substack article posted prior to the American midterms, Naomi Wolf urged female voters to reward…

Local government or bureaucratic symbolism?

22 November 2022 1:07 pm

One of the great things about our federal system is that local governments ensure local issues are dealt with by…

(Still) forgetting Ken Elliott

22 November 2022 8:00 am

And still, he remains forgotten. Dr Ken Elliott, a Perth missionary doctor held captive by ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a…

After Biden beat Obama

22 November 2022 6:00 am

Now that Donald Trump has declared his candidacy for the US presidency in the 2024 election, it is relevant to…

‘Let us save lives again’ say vaccine-free healthcare workers

22 November 2022 4:00 am

Healthcare workers who were forced to leave their employment when they declined Covid vaccinations say it’s time to drop the…

NZ hate speech laws: legislation is no antidote to hate

21 November 2022 12:02 pm

Time has been called on overhauling ‘hate speech laws’ in New Zealand. After sitting in Labour’s manifesto for years, and…

Cashed-up, come-hither politics

21 November 2022 10:00 am

Getting the nation moronically into debt to placate Covid panic merchants may be the best thing the Liberals have done…

Land release: the solution to the NSW housing crisis?

21 November 2022 9:00 am

Are rising housing prices putting the future of Australian society under threat? Edmund Burke famously said that society was a…

Democrat Dan – copying notes from the US midterms

21 November 2022 6:00 am

Two dominant key messages helped the US Democratic Party avoid the predicted ‘red wave’ in that country’s mid-term elections a…

G20 leaders declare global digital health network

21 November 2022 4:00 am

Following the conclusion of the G20 summit held in Bali last week, a joint declaration was issued which, among other things,…

Australia’s Woke World Cup

20 November 2022 8:00 am

As the child of proud ethnic immigrants, some of my best memories come from watching my country’s national football team.…

Dear Victoria

20 November 2022 6:00 am

Dear Victoria, This is it… The approaching state election is what the rest of the nation has been anticipating for…

Climate fools are a corporate pandemic

20 November 2022 4:00 am

Really, this should be a weekly column, but I fear writing about fools that often might do my head in.…

Cop27: turning climate into an economic weapon

19 November 2022 12:42 pm

Before our leaders get carried away with the Cairo Climate Conference 2022 and start imposing economic losses on those (me…

Conversion therapy legislation: trick or treat?

19 November 2022 10:33 am

‘One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I don’t know.’ I am…

Don’t trust me, I’m a doctor

19 November 2022 7:18 am

I was recently accused of lying. This was a little hard to swallow as it was over a directly referenced…

Dan Andrews’ shame: the Melbourne we remember

18 November 2022 11:54 am

I had hoped I wouldn’t be drawn to re-read David Satter’s It Was a Long Time Ago and it Never Happened…