ScoMo’s secret dysfunction
Revelations that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison secretly had himself sworn in as minister in five key portfolios, namely: Treasury,…
The Liberals’ worst enemy: themselves
Reading Morning Double Shot Editor Terry Barnes’ piece on Friday made me think of the history of the Liberal party and how,…
Liberals: stop chasing the Left into the abyss
There is an old saying that my supervising partner said to me when, in a previous life, I was employed…
WA playing politics at the border?
In Western Australia, a state government minister has been accused of allegedly preferencing political donors for border entry during the…
Challenge to WA vaccine mandate set for July 13
After six months and some delays, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA mandatory vaccine directions is due to…
Christianity in decline? Ask the Church why
The Australian Bureau of Statistics last week released data from the 2021 Census, revealing how the number of Australians who…
Federal ICAC? Be careful what you wish for
The saying ‘the ends justify the means’ is often erroneously attributed to the early 16th century Florentine diplomat and philosopher…
Will Italy at last slay the Covid leopard?
Mandatory vaccination faces a constitutional challenge
Is the Catholic Church going Woke?
Double Shot Editor Terry Barnes wrote on Tuesday there was an article just waiting for me to write on a…
Is this (rough) democratic justice?
In December 1989, the Queensland National Party government lost power after 32 years in office. As David Barnett recounts in…
Samuel Griffith Society: 30 years standing up for the rule of law
The Samuel Griffith Society was established in 1992. Named after the first Chief Justice of the High Court, its motto is…
Crucial legal front opens in WA vaccine mandate challenge
Spectator Australia readers will recall that, in a recent piece, I reported on an urgent hearing on the evening of Monday, March…
Roe v. Wade v. the Rule of Law
Last year, the US Supreme Court heard an argument in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation which…
Who the ‘bloody hell’ are the Libs?
The 1987 election was the first I took interest in. Seeing two politicians of conviction, Bob Hawke and John Howard,…
Last minute legal manoeuvres: WA delay trial of Falconer case
At an urgent hearing late on March 28, the evening before Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police…
Challenge to WA mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial
On Tuesday, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police Mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial. The last month,…
Why voters are putting the Libs out to pasture
Sadly, our current PM is no Thatcher or Reagan (or Howard)
Pope Francis must resign
Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope for the ostensible reasons of stemming the flow of the faithful away from the Church…
Morrison: tough talk on Putin, feeble on freedom
When Scott Morrison was asked what he thought of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Mr Morrison responded: ‘I call him a…
New Zealand High Court overturns police and defence forces vaccine mandate
A New Zealand High Court challenge questioning the legality of Covid vaccination mandates for Police and Defence Force employees has…
McGowan: living in a state of denial and disgust
The intrusion of a police officer for a mask inspection into St Bernadette’s Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of…
The presumption of innocence? Bah! says ScoMo
The presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings, often expressed in the phrase ‘innocent until proven guilty’, is an ancient tenet…
Release the Covid data. Now!
Let true science, not propaganda, prevail
All hail ‘Marshal’ Mark, the Canute of the West
The announcement by WA Premier Mark McGowan last Thursday that he would continue to preside over a hermit kingdom indefinitely…
Challenge to WA mandatory vaccination orders set to go to trial
At a hearing on January 12, 2022, Justice Jeremy Allanson of the Supreme Court of Western Australia determined that Senior…
