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Death knell
Charlie Lamb is a 55 year old indigenous Australian who has no doubt greyhound racing has enriched his life. ‘When…
A Yankee businessman in the White House
‘I’m a child of the Westminster system.’ For decades living in Boston this was my defence when American reporters asked…
Ironic triumph of hate speech
Recent events here and abroad have amply demonstrated that the Western libertarian idea of individual free speech is a many…
Tolerate – or else!
During the 2016 election campaign, the Australian Greens declared they were spelling the end of the religious exemptions enshrined in…
Slaughter of the…
In response to widespread illegal and unconscionable activity, including the slaughter of tens of thousands of… Thus began NSW…
A conservative abroad
Nude at 40,000 feet It was just before Christmas at The Square in Mayfair – the Australia-loving chef Phil Howard’s…
Malcolm can’t blame Tony for this one
On election night Liberals expected to be clear winners of the longest campaign in memory, with Malcolm Turnbull having vanquished…
In the name of God, go!
Even if he scrapes in, Malcolm Turnbull has lost this election, as this column warned on 28 May. If he…
Quest for glory blundered
Napoleon’s judicial murder of the Duke of Enghien was summed up by either his Chief of Police, Joseph Fouche or…
Innovation and iftar
The conventional wisdom surrounding Malcolm Turnbull’s ascension to Prime Minister was that his more moderate leanings would allow him to…
Business/Robbery etc
It looks like costing Australian businesses multi-billions of dollars – and taxpaying Australians multi-billions more. Malcolm Turnbull’s woeful election campaign…
Damned as the devil
Ever wondered how it would feel to have a pack of journalists write about you? Especially one drooling to see…
Guess who’s coming to Iftar?
A widely-publicised Iftar dinner, intended to show that Malcolm Turnbull gets what it means to be inclusive, ended badly after…
Pop go the Swivel-Eyed Loons
To the conventional leftish mind, the European Union is one of those sacred institutions handed down as though from on…
Why can’t we exit, too?
The British people have not only shown us how to recover our country from the elites, Brexit has further reduced…
Detoxing Medicare
Last October, I wrote in these pages that those on the centre-right might one day regret the change of prime…
Turnbull’s Judgement (Day)
This is the second time Malcolm Turnbull has led a national political campaign. The first one ended in tears. This…
Standing with the Yarts
Recently, tweets featuring #istandwiththearts flooded the internet. It was meant to scan ‘I Stand with the Arts’, but I initially…
Business/Robbery etc
The Reserve Bank of Australia has just provided the best election guide for this boring, overlong, misdirected 2016 federal election…
Our health debate is terminal
Many politicians in recent history have found it more rewarding to dupe the public with half-truths and hyperbole rather than…
Rage against the ‘Hate Machine’
During the third leaders’ debate, Bill Shorten warned Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull not to encourage ‘hate and homophobia’ by insisting…
The protective cloak of Islamophilia
I have a problem with the term Islamophobia, for its technical meaning translates as an irrational fear of Islam and…
It’s the religion, stupid
Predictably, the perverse hopes of a few so-called ‘commentators’ that the Orlando nightclub shooter would be a white, conservative Christian…
The age of unreason
California legislators are considering a bill that would make debate on climate change illegal. The Orwellian-sounding Climate Science Truth and…
Greedy Greens
Being wrongly labelled is one of the dangers of political life and a threat to future political success, but we…
