Pakistan’s flood marks the return of ‘Climate Change’
As the media become increasingly bored by Covid, it is time to return to an old favourite… The temperature is…
Cancelling the Cashless Debit Card: ideology trumps reality
The Albanese/Labor government was elected with a manifesto that included discontinuation of the compulsory cashless debit card (CDC); the bill…
The unions are back in town
Following the 2022 election, there are already signs of an increase in union influence, with Labor’s planned closure of the…
The Right side of politics
The Coalition’s nine-year period in federal power represents a missed opportunity to address conservative issues. Instead, the inner-city wets increased…
Hero or Villain? The plot to cancel Captain Cook
Attempts are being made to cancel Samuel Griffith from his prominent role in Australian history, inevitably pushed by the university…
What do we really know about the IPCC?
Having concluded the latest Climate Change talk-fest – the United Nations COP26 in 2021 in Glasgow – the confected outburst…
Water: it’s always too much, or not enough
Australia has, throughout its history, been a land of drought, floods, and fire. It is recognised as the driest inhabited…
The illusion of ‘full employment’
There has been much rejoicing over falling unemployment – something undoubtedly better for the government with fewer welfare payments and…
NSW and Victoria meddle in pre-schools
On June 16, the Premiers of New South Wales and Victoria announced ‘the greatest transformation of childhood education in a…
The Winter of discontent
To paraphrase from William Shakespeare’s Richard the Third – ‘Now is the winter of our discontent made inglorious by renewable…
NDIS: used or abused?
It is one of life’s sad realities that, as soon as there is an attempt to improve the population’s welfare,…
Hospitals: a medical and political crisis
Sensational headlines about ambulance ramping have become a regular event, with the usual finger-pointing of state versus federal responsibility made…
Global warming: a quest for truth?
Like many who pontificate on Climate Change, (such luminaries as Greta Thunberg), I am not a climate scientist, but I…
California’s Woke dreaming – is it time to wake up?
Some of us baby boomers remember the heady days of the flower power era; the spirit of peace and goodwill…
Decline and fall of the West
History tells us that civilisations and empires are ephemeral. Like the Egyptian civilisation, they may last for thousands of years…
Gender dysphoria: a modern pandemic?
I should start this article by stating my credentials. I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, or paediatrician; however, over the…
The fertility paradox – poverty vs prosperity
The world population had risen from 2.5 billion in 1950, to 6 billion in 2000, and now sits at over…
Money well spent? Australia’s aid in the Solomons
The Solomon Islands’ deepening involvement with China has focused attention on the Pacific and Australia’s role in the area. In…
