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The ABC: where activism beats compassion
As residents of Northern New South Wales, a region known as the Northern Rivers, are still clinging to their rooftops…
War on Wokedom
War. It is a word dreaded by the average person who just wants to live their life in peace. But…
Elegy for Warnie
Shane Warne is gone. An Australian is gone. An Australia is gone. That he was taken far too soon goes…
Let's not learn the wrong lessons from Ukraine
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has not gone according to plan. A defiant, motivated, and mobilised Ukrainian populace has put up…
The anti-free speech politicians of Australia
Free speech is not just another one of our freedoms, it is the foundation of freedom that all our other…
A 32-year-old time capsule echoes fear of war
I recently bought a property in a quiet rural hamlet nestled in the hills on the way to Mt Baw…
Kyiv falls: then what?
Taking control of Kyiv is one thing. Taking control of the entire country is quite another. But even if Putin…
Kids Helpline goes Woke
It shouldn’t surprise that under the heading ‘Sexual Identity’ the internet-based Kids Helpline promotes gender fluidity and diversity to children…
Stop these ‘fuelish’ policies
‘God was on the side of the nation that had the oil.’ – Prof. Wakimura, Tokyo Imperial University. Russia is…
Watching lambs leading lions
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Munich regarding the Ukraine crisis days before the invasion began. ‘Through those 70 years [post the…
Xi Jinping seeks to control Australia’s future
The current tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is a lesson to the West; history does repeat itself and we should take the lessons…
In search of monsters
In the final scene of Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, DiCaprio’s Dr. Randall Mindy – an astronomer who had attempted for…
Crypto politico – digital liberty for the masses?
Cryptocurrency, a bona fide buzzword of the last few years, has taken off as a means of decentralising financial systems.…
What happens to Australia if Pax Americana fails?
The invasion of liberal Ukraine by a revanchist Russia is as good an occasion as any to muse upon Australia’s…
Transgender activism in women's sport remains unpopular
As Mr Morrison comes out in favour of protecting women’s right to the safety and dignity of playing sport in…
Putin sticks the bayonet into the West
Here in the United States, the average American is aghast at finding the United States on opposing sides to Russia…
Morrison: tough talk on Putin, feeble on freedom
When Scott Morrison was asked what he thought of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Mr Morrison responded: ‘I call him a…
Fresh gunpowder in the nostrils of politics
Fresh gunpowder in everyone’s nostrils has brought a new political reality. It was only this month that US Army Secretary,…
Is the West cannibalising itself?
As Putin’s army continues its invasion of Ukraine, I am beginning to fear we are seeing Western society cannibalise itself…
Thugs ‘R’ Us
The meeting in Moscow was kept secret. The Soviet leadership had agreed to a low key exchange of views with…
When did we stop listening?
I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent person, not Mensa level by any means, but in all likelihood a…
No one cares about boys doing badly
Nearly forty years ago, I was interviewing a senior New South Wales bureaucrat about how badly boys were doing in…
Societal myopia – Covid's severe complication
I am in my fourth and final year of post-graduate medical school. From the beginning of second year in 2020,…
Is it too late to save women's sport?
There’s a change in the air. Last week, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ ‘wins’ and ‘records’ at the Ivy League Women’s…
False tears and pretend remorse over China
Pick up a politician – give them a little shake – and a few Chinese billionaires will probably fall out…
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