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Bucking Barnaby
Something doesn’t quite add up. On the one hand, the Prime Minister’s spouse, Lucy Turnbull, proudly announces via a soft…
Exorcising Malcolm
Those close to the Prime Minister talk of ‘good Malcolm’ versus ‘bad Malcolm’ – the two sides to Mr Turnbull’s…
To stay or go?
Senator Lucy Gichuhi’s decision to sit with the Liberal Party is a small but important step militating against the fragmentation…
Shorten’s integrity trick
Now that same-sex marriage is out of the way, the banking royal commission hastily agreed to, and the Australia Day…
Mr Abbott’s agenda
The once and possibly future Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, this week started 2018 strongly. Writing for the Australian and speaking…
Save Australia Day
There is only one way for Australians to show their contempt for the stifling political correctness and bullying left-wing activism…
Trial by #metoo media
The Golden Globe awards have come and gone, with Hollywood emblackening itself and making self-righteous declarations against sexual harassment and…
True friend?
Exactly a year ago on this page and on our cover we denounced the Obama administration-sponsored United Nations Security Council…
Season of goodwill
Australians deserve a long, hot, glorious summer of beaches and barbies and to indulge themselves in a joyous Christmas break…
Two-faced on Israel
Australia has stood against the more rotten and anti-Semitic resolutions of the United Nations. Now, however, it has distinguished itself…
Queensland was about you, Malcolm
The Queensland election has come and gone. While votes are still being counted, it’s clear premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her…
Good government ‘canceled’
The decision to cancel this coming week’s sitting of parliament is typical of the entire Turnbull Political Methodology: obfuscate, prevaricate,…
Yessssssss
The devil is in the detail. And the snakes are in the grass. This week’s cover by Sarah Dudley and…
New Year’s election?
What a mess; and, for once, it didn’t start with Malcolm Turnbull. The citizenship fiasco is a consequence of the…
Julie? No thanks
There is now a real prospect that Julie Bishop will become our next Prime Minister. Alas, such an outcome would…
Age of Endarkenment
All around us, we are seeing the cultural lights of Western civilisation flickering, if not being dimmed or even switched…
Just another hoax
Two out of three ain’t bad. Or so we are supposed to believe. So let’s start by accepting that the…
Goats, volcanoes and Turnbull
‘Contrary to the breathless assertions that climate change is behind every weather event, in Australia, the floods are not bigger,…
Grateful, not dead
As is the case after every horrific mass shooting in the United States, Australians not directly affected by the events…
Absolutely nothing
Once more we are being asked to believe the unbelievable. Once again the usual suspects in the media and politics…
Happy New Year
As with the Chinese New Year, Ramadan, and other festive occasions on our multicultural calendar, the ten-day period from Rosh…
Our energy farce
What a mess! Australia has the world’s largest readily available supplies of coal, gas and uranium yet our power prices…
The conservative case for SSM
Is there a credible conservative case for voting Yes to same-sex marriage? This critical question has been addressed by, among…
The Great Cultural Swindle
Forget about the ‘culture wars’. What Australia, and indeed the West, is now being subjected to, and in many ways…
Burqas and bigots
When the first pictures emerged of Afghan women celebrating the demise of the Taliban by scornfully tearing off their blue…
