John Mikkelsen

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…

Magical mystery tour or highway to hell for Labor’s big red bus?

23 April 2019 7:21 am

Pollsters stay at home on long weekends, but anyone watching Bill Shorten’s magical mystery tour on the big red diesel…

The unmentionable problem with Labor’s electric car plan

7 April 2019 1:01 pm

With the federal election campaign underway in all but name, the stars have been aligning for a move to the…