China notes
Age of appeasement We can be thankful to the Hong Kong protesters for highlighting the moral conflict at the heart…
The G-G should resign
Australia’s constitutional system cannot function properly with a Governor-General inserting himself into contemporary political debate. If the current Governor-General wishes…
Legislating free speech
What is happening to Israel Folau should not happen in a free society. GoFundMe’s hypocritical decision to shut down a…
Super Justice Warriors
Captain Marvel, released to cinemas this month, is more than just another addition to the already saturated superhero film market.…
LGBTIQX-men
Stan Lee’s contribution to modern pop culture was nearly without comparison. His creations in the pages of Marvel Comics –…
Our broken federation and its broken GST
The reignited debate about the distribution of GST revenue this month highlights some of the worst aspects of Australia’s damaged…
Reds on the red carpet
For the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who watched Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969, there are…
Sorry Scott, but the GST fight isn’t over
It is a safe rule of thumb to assume that whenever a minister or a bureaucrat says “no one will…
Fellow citizens
The High Court’s decision last month to disqualify five federal parliamentarians for being dual citizens represents the worst excesses of…
18c: the process is still the punishment
Despite the federal government’s amendments earlier this year, the process is still the punishment under section 18C of the Racial…
Lack of same sex protection
The (thankfully) former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs suggested recently that the same-sex marriage debate was…
Hello Triggs-lite, goodbye free speech
It’s clear now that the Coalition government is not only uninterested in the idea of restructuring the bureaucracy, but it also is not even interested…
Filling Triggs’ shoes
The Human Rights Commission’s selective agenda does not include the protection of fundamental human rights like freedom of speech. For…
What part of free speech doesn’t Liberty Victoria understand?
Liberty Victoria’s decision to reward Gillian Triggs with its annual Voltaire Award is a perfect example of the left’s perverse…
18c: not perfect, but a pretty good start
The Turnbull government’s proposed changes to section 18c don’t go all the way, but they’re a pretty good start. Yesterday, Prime…
Fake news meets 18c
Earlier this month Professor Andrew Jakubowitz of the taxpayer-created Cyber Racism and Community Resilience Research Group attempted to debunk a…
Picking judges
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats in the United States are about to engage in political warfare about who will…
Picking judges
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats in the United States are about to engage in political warfare about who will…
Revealed: how your taxes fund the 18c Fan Club
One of the most obvious features of the parliamentary inquiry into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act has been…
Jedi vs Jihadi
Why do we ignore the profoundly Western cultural and Christian roots of the biggest icon in global popular culture?
