Paul Batten

How not to play warcraft

28 April 2024 1:24 am

The Australian Labor Party has drifted a long way from its roots and is now more about the welfare of…

Inflation accountability? Not likely!

8 April 2024 3:30 am

We are at a point in history where once again the plebs have woken up to the fact that inflation…

Australia needs leadership before it can improve its military capability

21 March 2024 1:29 am

Australia’s military strategy seems devoid of leadership – and yet we are going to need some. The outlook isn’t good.…

Seduced by communism

27 December 2023 12:04 am

The communistic approach, which underpins much of the West’s ‘good people/bad people’ political thought, is right – the haves are…

The Constitution – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

13 October 2023 1:12 pm

One of my favourite memories is visiting family friends as a kid on their 3,000 acre farm near Coonabarabran, NSW.…

I agree with Ray Dalio

30 May 2023 3:53 pm

Hedge fund billionaire, philanthropist, and virtual mentor to millions Ray Dalio thinks the world is going to end, and I’m…

The reward is the risk 

6 May 2023 5:35 am

‘Don’t think, just do.’ Maverick’s words to his young protégé, Rooster, in the second Top Gun film, resonate with me. As an…

Rules-Nazis

12 March 2023 4:00 am

I went for a surf this morning, vaguely aware of a notion that fibreglass boards shouldn’t be used at the…

In the words of a great song: you’re the voice

16 February 2023 5:00 am

I wanted to be an Aboriginal when I was a kid. I remember reading The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey…

Deny Daniel Andrews Communion?

23 December 2022 7:00 am

Christmas is coming and Daniel Andrews, a self-professed Catholic, has been naughty, not nice. His actions, words, and policies often…

Mike Cannon-Brookes: energy tunnel vision

24 October 2022 4:00 am

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the son of a global banking executive, and co-creator of the Atlassian empire, has weaponised his shareholding in…

The Harbour Bridge is rusting

23 August 2022 11:30 am

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is rusting. The corrosion reveals how we are failing to preserve what has been handed down…