John Mikkelsen

Nuclear, and Labor’s lying lips

25 June 2024 9:58 am

The old cliche about how you can tell a politician is lying – their lips are moving – has never…

Beyond Mad Max with dystopian AI

10 June 2024 3:20 am

The dystopian future predicted in the Mad Max movie franchise may be closer than ever and it won’t take world…

Don’t deport little Aussie Luca

23 May 2024 1:12 am

Life really can be bitter-sweet – it can throw up hurdles and roadblocks when they are least expected but sometimes, when all…

Labor, how do I loathe thee?

7 May 2024 12:16 am

I’m probably not alone in finding it surprising that Federal Labor still had around 30 to 32 per cent primary…

Laughs, lies, and lights out

23 April 2024 3:00 am

Oh, the irony! Here I was reading our local Noosa newspaper last Saturday morning and laughing when the power started…

When Medicare refunds end up ‘somewhere’

8 April 2024 3:00 am

I wonder how many Australians, like me, have found communicating with our national health care bureaucracy, Medicare, about as easy…

Even God (the Editor) has made mistakes

20 March 2024 4:00 am

Recently, I recounted how, as a young journalist in the Swinging Sixties, I had been ordered to drive through a…

How low can Covid catastrophists go?

4 March 2024 3:00 am

Who’d have guessed that there would be two startling revelations about the great Covid over-reach in the space of about…

Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality

20 February 2024 2:30 am

The Labor government’s Closing Loopholes Bill is the latest blow to reality and the business economy, but its ‘Right to…

Carbon ‘facts’ according to Green Dream Believers

29 January 2024 3:00 am

I’ve seen the light – the truth about ‘carbon pollution’ in simple terms as explained by some Green Dream Believers…

Cyclones, dunnies, and a belated confession

21 December 2023 1:41 pm

As far north Queensland mops up after the flooding and mayhem largely resulting from unpreparedness in the wake of Cyclone…

Medicare messing with Movember

2 December 2023 2:01 pm

It’s that time of year when some men are shaving off the moustaches and possibly beards they’ve grown during Movember…

Superglue not needed

22 November 2023 5:30 am

‘It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…

Catch 22 powers on

4 November 2023 2:23 pm

Recently I wrote an article titled Hello Darkness My Old Friend, which started out describing a romantic candle-lit dinner with…

Why we said ‘no bloody way’

17 October 2023 4:05 pm

After 18 long months of dominating the airwaves, TV screens, and opinion columns, Australians have finally been able to have…

Hello darkness my old friend

19 September 2023 3:00 am

The other night my wife and I sat down to a nice candle-lit dinner and a glass of wine, but…

The right to bite (ouch!)

2 September 2023 4:00 am

Political correctness rules our lives these days and while I’m all for equal opportunity, what about the right to bite…

No more cheques in the mail

21 August 2023 6:00 am

Ever had the experience of a service provider sending you an email with the message: ‘Our records show your invoice…

The Voice: I’m over it!

6 August 2023 4:30 am

When it comes to the Voice debate – like many Australians – I’m over it. I decided a long time…

The bold, the brave, and the deported

30 July 2023 5:00 am

The huge international military exercise Operation Talisman Sabre is underway in Australian waters (unfortunately with a tragic accident occurring yesterday)…

Mother’s love on a wing and a prayer

14 May 2023 5:00 am

The bond between mother and child is something very special. It goes far beyond the crass commercialism of Mother’s Day,…

Wartime history reduced to dust

25 April 2023 4:00 am

Australians are about to celebrate Anzac Day and honour those who fought and died in all fields of conflict, including…

My transgression confession

17 April 2023 7:00 am

Moira Deeming, I have a confession to make… I crossed the line. You might not like what I did, but…

Heroes saved us, politicians blamed the wrong culprit

14 September 2019 4:26 pm

“HEROES SAVE US” – That’s the headline on our local Noosa paper, superimposed over a dramatic photograph of a lone…

If Labor is genuine on green energy, it’s got to talk nuclear

4 June 2019 1:26 pm

Following Labor’s embarrassing loss in the “climate change election,” it’s timely to consider renewable energy’s green credentials, as it formed…