In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
The author is (not) dead
As long as individuals interact with one another, someone is going to wind up offended from time to time. The…
The commercialisation of virtue creates division
Manly Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler said the club has taken ‘learnings’ from this week’s gay pride jersey debacle. But…
William Shatner: ‘Gene Roddenberry would hate Woke Star Trek’
The 91-years-young star of the original Star Trek series has criticised newer additions (see here, here, and here) to the Sci-Fi universe, declaring, Star Trek…
WHO are the ‘Reds under the bed’
Face-mask enthusiast and British communist Professor Susan Michie has been appointed to a worryingly influential role at the World Health…
Wokus Pocus and the Culture War
‘As we fight to tackle the climate crisis and the inequality crisis, we should be campaigning side by side with…
Whatever happened to 1.5°C?
On the Kenny Report recently, fill-in host Chris Smith railed against the Greens’ demands that we ‘do much more to cut…
Energy policy: where parallel universes are set to collide
There are parallel universes in energy policy and they are about to collide. In one universe, the governments of Australia…
Biden’s humiliating Middle East excursion
Anyone anticipating significant progress or even directional clarity arising from the 13-16 July visit by US President Joe Biden and…
Forced public affirmation is not ‘inclusion’
‘It’ll be an inclusion game,’ they said. ‘It’ll celebrate diversity,’ they promised. And so it was. Except that the Manly…
Has the BBC's diversity push led to racism?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the public-funded national broadcaster of the UK, has been wandering into territory many wouldn’t hesitate…
Netherlands: the summer of discontent
The Netherlands has descended into an ideological war zone between city-bound bureaucrats trying to polish their climate credentials on the…
Let the games (and the business) begin!
Today, over 5,000 competitors from nations as far afield as Malaysia to Jamaica converge on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.…
Australia: apathetic or activist?
A commonly-held view is that we are living through diabolically fractious times. Indeed, even a cursory reflection on the recent…
Trudeau’s fertiliser ‘ban’ threatens to create a food crisis
Is the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, an idiot? Ordinarily I’d be more respectful of an elected leader, but…
Can conservatives embrace the arts?
Conservative political thought’s fractured history and philosophical developments should make for compelling artworks and literature. However, the Right is often…
The tyranny of minority activism
Yesterday, federal parliament opened to the now-usual Welcome to Country by Aboriginal elders, followed by the chanting and dancing of…
The World Economic Forum: heroes or villains?
In movies and television shows, we are often exposed to the story of good vs. evil. Typically the plot involves…
Volcanoes, oceans, and weather
Despite Green/ABC propaganda, recent Australian floods were not caused by coal, cattle, or cars. Weather is driven by winds; solar…
Government is not the divine source of ‘truth’
‘Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth,’ declared New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, in a…
Qantas: a disappointing answer to customer care
On 5 July, reacting a news report that Qantas intended to maintain its ban on unvaccinated people for all international…
Moira Deeming: a damning case of radical common sense
If you want to understand how far left the Australian mainstream media has gone, consider this article in The Age…
Five is too young for radical gender theory
The Sydney parent of a 5-year-old child attending Roseville Kids Care complaining about his child being indoctrinated with radical LGBTQ+…
Liberals: stop chasing the Left into the abyss
There is an old saying that my supervising partner said to me when, in a previous life, I was employed…
How dare you assume the gender of ancient skeletons!
Anarchist archaeologists re-write history in the name of gender politics.