Columnists Australia
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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A fascinating event occurred at the ALP national conference last weekend. No, it was not that the left wing dutifully…
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You would think that by now the Liberal party would have caught on to how political parties should promote their…
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There is certainly a right for former judges to put an advertisement in the newspapers extolling the virtues of the…
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Last week we looked at whether the proposed Voice will give rise to an avalanche of litigation and we argued…
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One of the many issues that people have difficulty understanding about the Aboriginal Voice is whether it will lead to…
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It’s amazing! The ABC turned out to be some use after all! Taking a brief respite from its never-ending and…
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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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Whoever said that the Voice would usher in a new era of reconciliation, unity and love was either excessively optimistic…
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Here at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, it’s all go, go, go! We had scarcely finished this year’s festival when we…
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Anthony Albanese and his acolytes have been cock-a hoop over the Solicitor-General’s opinion on the Voice. They are ecstatic that…
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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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But I shall
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For a while there, it looked as if it was impossible to write anything fresh or original about the Voice…
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It was really very satisfying to see that the publishers of Enid Blyton’s books have censored the text of The…
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I feel obliged to bring to the notice of those who do not live in Victoria that at least in…
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I am sure you remember The Year My Voice Broke. You probably also remember The Year of Living Dangerously. You…
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There is so much ill-informed commentary on the proposed Aboriginal Voice and whether it will generate divisive litigation, that it…
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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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For the first time I can remember, I disagree with Greg Sheridan. He was writing in the Australian the other…
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(From a source) Here at Autocracies United, I can report that we had a bumper year in 2022.…
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You may not have realised it, but Australia is now in the grip of a new and deadly virus. It…
The 2022 NSW Wokely Awards
Some people think the electoral contest between Chis Minns and Dom Perrottet is the equivalent of a long-running version of…
