Tesla’s Skynet moment
The news cycle dragged itself out of the Christmas hangover with headlines such as the Daily Mail’s: Tesla robot ATTACKS an…
The King’s Speech
Standing in front of a Christmas tree adorned with ornaments dedicated to sustainability, His Majesty King Charles III used every…
Tasteless: fake meat faces extinction
The fake meat industry is dying. In August, Wired ran the headline, Fake Meat is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet after weak…
Albanese all at sea over Houthi rebels
What has long been regarded as a nuisance in the Red Sea escalated in recent days to a serious economic…
Weather apocalypse-mongering has endangered Queenslanders
You hear plenty of strange things when you work in retail, but I can’t forget the afternoon I received an…
Unravelling UNRWA
UNRWA, which describes itself as a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has…
Transylvanian gold
Why is everyone arguing about the validity of Roman gold found by a peasant in Transylvania? More to the point,…
It’s amazing how profitable the end of the world has become
The Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC – or ‘COP28’ – is almost upon us. Like an expensive holiday…
All roads lead to Microsoft: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Albanese’s Digital ID
The world of AI experienced a frantic meltdown and sudden rebirth after the surprise sacking of OpenAI co-founder and CEO…
Moira Deeming’s fight to clear her name continues
Moira Deeming’s announcement that she intends to engage in legal action and lodge a defamation case against John Pesutto, Leader…
Christians beware, Labor’s ‘religious exemption’ makes Misinformation and Disinformation Bill more dangerous
Following a tsunami of opposition – over 23,000 responses – Labor has temporarily withdrawn the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill to…
Queensland’s parents deeply concerned over four day week
The obsession with a ‘four-day-week’ is underpinned by one unworkable fact: if you work fewer hours you must be paid…
Just Stop Oil: the locusts of politics
Swarms of attention-seeking activists with nothing to contribute to the world except grandstanding, vandalism, and inconvenience are back to their…
Victoria’s bonkers 30cm grass height rule to be ‘revised’
You can always count on the former Republic of Danistan to come up with a deranged idea. Last week, they…
Killing koalas to save wind farms?
‘Protecting koalas’ has been the favourite mantra invoked by Green groups and local councils to prevent basic services being built.…
Airbus Albo has forgotten Alice Springs
It is unlikely Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will return to Alice Springs now the referendum is finished and there is…
Statement from our former Prime Ministers
Six former Australian Prime Ministers, notably excluding Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, have written and signed a two-page letter condemning…
Victoria’s culture police
Imagine there is a Colonial Heritage Council funded by the Victorian state government which has been awarded powers to enter…
Zoo life with Tanya Plibersek
We’re going to call it the ‘Jurassic Park Approach’. When faced with the potential extinction of a critically endangered ancient…
Nasty weather: renewable energy poses a national security threat
The least efficient way to handle energy is to store it. Imagine a bucket with a mosquito net for a…
Police farce: NSW Premier Chris Minns must resign
Yesterday, NSW Premier Chris Minns made the decision to light up the Opera House sails as a symbol of condolence…
Hamas opens the gates of hell. ‘We are at war’ – Netanyahu
Throughout history the lesson remains the same: there can be no peace with neighbours that want you dead. We wake…
Three strikes for the Yes23 campaign
The Australian Electoral Commission’s Twitter account has made for interesting reading in the lead-up to the Voice referendum. The social…
mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
As questions mount across the world regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid vaccines, the Nobel Prize in…
Daniel Andrews resigns: good riddance!
As of 5pm tomorrow afternoon, Victoria’s longest-serving Labor Premier, Daniel Andrews, will be gone. He has announced his intention to…
