In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Switching on reality
When the lights went out last week for 500,000 Victorians, it wasn’t all bad. Most still had natural gas to…
Foreign policy fibs and half-truths
Despite frequent promises that they would be the most transparent and open government ever, the Albanese government has gone out…
Cockroaches in the halls of power, crickets in the press
Eating insects is not only an act of global salvation – following the advice of the United Nation’s advice on…
Pass the Wodehouse, Jeeves
‘I don’t know if you know that sort of feeling you get on these days around the end of April…
The war of words
I am very privileged to have been friends with Peter Drucker and Alvin Toffler. This morning I imagined sitting in…
Never Again is now
A rally against anti-semitism was hosted at the Domain in Sydney’s CBD on February 18. It featured a prominent and…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E4: To climb, or not to climb? Michael de Percy, Alan Moran, John Ruddick
NSW MLC John Ruddick fights against national park lockouts based on race and gender. Why is our government allowed to…
The four seeds of our problem
Postmodern Woke philosophy does not advocate a substitute morality that one might have the option to endorse or reject; indeed,…
Anthony Albanese, cosplayer
Imagine my delight, in opening up a recent Catholic Weekly, only to find TIA (The Inevitable Albo) on the front page.…
Loopy Labor’s disconnect from reality
The Labor government’s Closing Loopholes Bill is the latest blow to reality and the business economy, but its ‘Right to…
The Covid resistance deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel’s will (excerpt) (Paris, 27 November 1895) stipulates that the Peace Prize is to be awarded: …to the person who…
Take the lollies away: defund UNRWA
A few weeks back, I observed a pretty sad scene down at the local shops. A mother was holding out…
Living in hope for peace
Why is there no peace in the Middle East? Why is there no progress towards the two-state solution, the ‘obvious’…
The solution to our government-induced malaise
Studying last month’s Davos meeting of the world’s (largely self-appointed) elites, Walter Russell Mead sees an inflection point. He says that when…
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E3: John Roskam on the Magna Carta, a tax revolt that gave us liberty!
Can tax reform set us free? Former Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and now Senior Fellow, John…
Solar ain’t gonna save us
Regardless of what I want, my phone keeps an eye out for trending stories in the world of Renewable energy.…
Is Deadpool cultural containment?
With the possibility of countless spin-offs and sequels, superhero movies are typically a licence to print money. Think about Marvel…
‘Article Pfizer’ – France to punish criticism of mRNA vaccines
France, the nation that likes to boast about its approach to liberty and free speech, has passed a law through…
Wikipedia: how safe is crowdsourcing the truth?
Have you ever wondered what feeds your internet search results on Google, Yahoo, or Bing? What about question-answering systems such…
The master manipulator
Let’s be clear. Tucker Carlson didn’t interview Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin addressed Americans through Tucker Carlson. The mainstream media’s horror…
Eiffel power – France’s nuclear charge
21 world leaders pledge to triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 by 2050
Blind climate faith leaves us in the dark
The West’s Net Zero policies are the ultimate act of zealous faith
Double Shot S2E3: Even music is racist… Alexander Voltz and Julian Gillespie
Composer and commentator Alexander Voltz discovered there is no escape from the Woke mind virus when he went to enter…
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Coalition must U-turn on X
Kudos to Senator Ralph Babet and to One Nation for opposing this tyrannical abomination
