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Are Australia’s childish premiers jealous of the King’s popularity?

15 October 2024 1:58 am

Support for a republic is at an all-time low. So low, indeed, that Anthony Albanese has quietly abolished the Assistant…

No means no: one year on from the Voice to Parliament

14 October 2024 8:29 pm

One year ago, Australia told the Canberra Bubble ‘no’. No, we will not accept racial division. No, we will not…

The eSafety Commissioner concedes – for now

14 October 2024 1:35 pm

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has conceded their position regarding orders sent to X to block footage of the attack on Bishop…

Did Queensland Labor nick the Greens’ school lunches policy?

13 October 2024 4:03 pm

The Greens are demanding credit for Queensland Labor’s last minute ‘promise’ to spend $1.4 billion providing ‘free’ lunches to primary…

Hate crime investigation opened into shooting at Jewish school in Toronto

13 October 2024 3:07 pm

Poilievre: ‘I will ban the terrorists!’

Solar farms ‘good’ for desert environments?

12 October 2024 8:41 pm

Solar farms are good for desert environments… That is what we are being asked to believe in a new study…

Thousands of insects sacrificed by trans activists

12 October 2024 4:20 pm

This is a bizarre story. Apparently – allegedly – or perhaps we should say, ‘as far as the internet is…

First, do no harm: the unstoppable machine of gender affirmation

10 October 2024 5:01 pm

From an extremely rare condition to a suspected social contagion – there are fears growing for the wellbeing of thousands…

Bali’s tough deportation rules could be a lesson for Australia

8 October 2024 11:39 pm

If Bali can have a robust immigration policy, why can’t Australia? Having scoured the internet following the announcement, the digital…

‘Real Zero’ is the new ‘Net Zero’

8 October 2024 9:25 pm

A moment of hope flickered into existence when the headline Time to walk away from the ‘proven fantasy’ of Net…

Ned Kelly should not be depicted on Hezbollah-lite flags

8 October 2024 5:39 am

What happened to the Left’s ‘politically correct’ mantra of not causing cultural offense because ‘words are literally violence’? It is…

If that was the audition, I’d hate to see the show

1 October 2024 9:29 pm

Steven Miles calls his time as Premier an audition

The Coalition will deliver a misinformation and disinformation policy prior to the election

1 October 2024 2:20 pm

We were right to be sceptical of the Liberal Party’s denouncement of Labor’s Misinformation and Disinformation Bill. Having gained the…

Why didn’t Victorian Police arrest Hezbollah sympathisers?

30 September 2024 11:12 am

It was completely unacceptable, says Peter Dutton

Quad: Biden’s hot mic and Albanese’s cringe Moon landing comments

22 September 2024 9:59 pm

There is no news on whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‘put the hard word’ on the Prime Minister of India,…

Ireland ditches hate speech legislation – for now

22 September 2024 5:25 pm

Ireland has ditched its controversial hate speech legislation for the second time in five years. The news has been confirmed…

Is Thierry Breton’s resignation a win for Elon Musk?

16 September 2024 11:25 pm

Described as ‘France’s powerful European Commissioner’, the EU bureaucrat who lectured Elon Musk about online censorship has resigned suddenly. Thierry…

Bureaucratic hypocrisy on the International Day of Democracy

16 September 2024 9:13 pm

Yesterday was the International Day of Democracy. Perhaps conscious of democracy’s decline under their watch, all the usual suspects have…

Pope Francis and the ‘lesser evil’: abortion over borders?

15 September 2024 10:25 pm

At least the cat-eating memes made sense. Over the weekend, American politics has taken a bizarre turn with Pope Francis…

The great green wall

15 September 2024 4:00 pm

Is China’s offer of assistance regarding the ‘Great Green Wall’ in Africa a genuine attempt to save the world from…

Gone to the dogs (and cats)

14 September 2024 11:11 pm

Months from now, the only trace of the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will be the lingering bad…

Victorian Greens cooking over gas backflip

9 September 2024 9:44 pm

It was always a gamble to see how long Victoria’s proposed ban on gas cooktops would last. After all, beautiful,…

Crime dominates Northern Territory election

25 August 2024 8:26 pm

‘Speckles’, the Adelaide River crocodile, got it wrong; Labor did not win the election. Instead, Australia is wondering if they…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France

25 August 2024 4:08 pm

Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old CEO and founder of the encrypted social media app Telegram, has been detained in France. He…

Biology bows to gender identity

24 August 2024 10:33 am

It’s a bad day for biology. Sall Grover, founder of The Giggle for Girls app, has been ordered to pay…