Australian Notes
Australian notes
This week I’d like to address a few recent examples that demonstrate the slow but steady downfall of Western culture…
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In 2023 a constitutional referendum was held on an Indigenous Voice to parliament. Had the Yes vote carried the majority…
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With a new generation devoted to TikTok, X/Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, Australia is poised to become the first country to…
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A Chinese naval flotilla perambulating down the east coast of Australia sends two messages. One is, ‘Here we are and…
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Given the recent release of the 2024 Closing the Gap Annual Report and 2025 Implementation Plan, I thought I would…
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Australia has some beautiful buildings. Some of the most beautiful are in the Gothic Revival style, such as William Wardell’s…
All I want for Christmas is… to make Australia great
Merry Christmas, Aussie Spectators! Yes I know December is not looking too Chrissie prepared, with rising electricity costs, aircon over…
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In October, Choice magazine published an article claiming that food in shops in remote Aboriginal settlements was twice as expensive…
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On 30 November Britons and Australians alike celebrate the 150th birthday of a great, but largely forgotten man: Winston S.…
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The conflict in Gaza has, paradoxically, caused the greatest problems in Australian public debate for the politically correct class who…
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Did you know that the Australian government in bygone days issued licences to citizens to hunt Aboriginals? No, I didn’t…
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The Managerial Class Recently I spoke at the Sydney Institute on the subject of George Orwell’s justly famous essay ‘Politics…
New HRC madness
In Canberra a parliamentary committee is considering whether to recommend a huge transfer of power from the elected executive government…
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An alliance of philanthropic foundations has declared their support for the Voice: a combined $17-million pledge from the philanthropic sector…
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Major problems with the Voice referendum are plain to see: even some of its prominent supporters question its chances of…
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The announcement of the route we will take to acquire nuclear submarines is good only in parts. Down the road…
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When the Australian editorialises (24/02/23) that, ‘No one who has followed [its] reporting over decades could remain untouched by the…
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ABC grope-think True to its mission to enlighten and entertain, the ABC has set out to inform us about the…
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‘Euthanasia should be rejected on one unifying principle: the people who are most at risk are the most vulnerable, and…
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In 2020, after 78 years of injustice, an 18-year-old in the Royal Australian Navy, Teddy Sheean, received a Victoria Cross…
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Having flown to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop 27) in Egypt, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has been…
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The current consideration by the Australian Human Rights Commission of a complaint by Green Senator Mehreen Faruqi against fellow Senator…
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Poisoning people to save the planet The blades from environmentally friendly subsidised bird- and bat-chomping inefficient wind turbines have a…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind truth-telling as a softener for the emotional campaign for the Voice…
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For Australians of the second world war generation, the name Guadalcanal engenders immediate thoughts and emotions about some of the…
