Moira Deeming should not be expelled
John Pesutto has declared his intention to expel Moira Deeming from her position as a member of the parliamentary Liberal…
Credit Suisse has been bought out – but at what cost?
Another Sunday, another banking takeover swiftly arranged before markets open on Monday morning. This time Credit Suisse has agreed to be…
Is the banking system on the brink?
Has a full-scale banking crisis been avoided? UBS has just swooped to take over its rival Credit Suisse, paying for…
How to wine and dine
If you dare to host a dinner party, said Brillat-Savarin, you must be prepared to be responsible for your guests’…
Chimeras: the monsters of man
In 2021, under the cover of Covid, scientists from China, Spain, and America created embryos that shared human and macaque…
The Christian vote is searching for a home
In this final week of the upcoming NSW State election, there is still much angst amongst Christians on how best…
The Melbourne art scene: diluted mediocrity
The building is ugly and the inside is confusing. There are people everywhere and you have to look around for…
Australia’s erosion of informed consent and the avoidable death of children
Deception can be lethal. The last three years of Covid have taught us that. Adding to the pile of disconcerting…
Why women should stop taking the pill
The notorious Infowars host Alex Jones once opined that he didn’t like the government “putting chemicals in the water that turn the…
To win, the Liberals must destroy the climate cult
Scrolling through Instragram, I came across a likable North Shore member running for the New South Wales state election. He’s…
Are we failing to learn lessons from the Holocaust?
Ninety years ago this week, the acting chief of the Munich Police Department held a press conference. The new man…
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaks at the Mannkal Foundation’s Emerging Leaders event
Renowned Indigenous leader, activist, and politician, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, gave the keynote address for the Mannkal Foundation’s Annual Emerging…
Next week’s privileges committee could decide Boris’s fate
Boris Johnson was reselected on Thursday night as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. Yet the future…
There is no upside for Trump if he’s arrested
It’s getting Stormy for Donald Trump. In a lengthy message on his TruthSocial site on Saturday morning, Trump announced that…
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has restored my faith in Hollywood
A few years ago, if you were to tell me that a sequel story about a retired swashbuckling cartoon cat…
Changing tides: a return to Australia’s shipping industry
From 1851, paddle steamers could transport up to 2,000 bales of wool along the Murray River, with engines that were…
A new book and a newborn
One of the most famous lines from the classic 2002 romcom Sweet Home Alabama has leading lady Reese Witherspoon incredulously asking a…
Why the national divorce worked: a future history
The following is an excerpt from Yale University law professor Elizabeth Friedkin’s remarks to the 2026 International Federation of United…
Poland, 1968: the last pogrom
‘Are you Jewish?’ the officious-looking Dutch diplomat asked my dad. ‘Yes’, he said, realising at that very moment, everything had…
What can save Credit Suisse now?
It would be enough to buy Tesco twice over. Or Barclays, with almost enough change left over to buy Lloyds…
Make Sex Wild Again
The notorious Infowars host Alex Jones once opined that he didn’t like the government ‘putting chemicals in the water that…
Did Covid really originate in Wuhan’s seafood market?
There is new evidence pointing to the origin of Covid being in the seafood market in Wuhan. That, at least,…
A morally simplistic kids’ film: Extrapolations reviewed
We are all, of course, pretty well doomed. We know that because Al Gore told us so in his documentary…
Mental health: an anatomy of a very British crisis
No victory is ever final in politics – and the wrecking-ball of lockdowns seems to have destroyed all of the…
Is this the man who will one day take over from Putin?
Boris Ratnikov, a former KGB officer and retired chief advisor to Russia’s security service, gave a remarkable interview back in…
