In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Dear George Orwell, I’m seeking advice on Net Zero
Dear George, I enjoyed your light-hearted novel, it brought back memories of the good times we used to enjoy. If…
Washington reaches out to the Pacific Islands
The Biden administration’s latest engagement of the Pacific – most recently with visits to Tonga, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia – is welcome…
Cutting off the chains of MSM and its propaganda
For the last couple of years, I’ve tried to ignore all mainstream media (apart from incidental occasions when it ambushed…
Global Boiling: Net Zero hysteria catches fire while Greens meltdown
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has declared ‘the era of global boiling has arrived’. Australia’s Teals and Greens no doubt eagerly…
Richard Dawkins’ frank ‘sex’ talk infuriates internet
Richard Dawkins has been trending on social media for days. Usually outrage mobs get sore arms if they hold their…
Noel Pearson’s Voice
I watched Noel Pearson describing his concept of ‘The Voice’ on a TV program recently and it was pretty close…
Albo’s government to appoint itself social media’s truth police
Remember the media frenzy that tried to debunk the possibility that Covid came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? The…
Traditional ownership extinguishes common sense
The lengthy process to find a more permanent home for Australia’s low-level nuclear waste has likely received its last rites…
Rowan Dean: ‘What is Woke?’
I’ve always fancied myself as one of those Christmas Cracker riddle writers – what a great job that would be……
RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent – borrowers still on edge
Labor’s Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists that his ‘number one priority’ is offering support to those struggling Australian mortgage holders…
Anthony Albanese’s Concorde Fallacy
Last Saturday I watched as a sandy-haired young supporter of the ‘Yes’ case earnestly endeavoured to give his leaflets away…
Tragedy in Manipur: India’s Christians are suffering under ‘anti-conversion laws’
Carnage in Manipur showcases the tragedy unfolding around India’s anti-Christian ‘conversion laws’. Two Christian women from the Kuki tribe, allegedly…
Vote ‘no’ to racism
‘[We hope for] a future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with…
Freedom is never free
Recently, Fulgence Kayishema was charged in South Africa for allegedly committing suspected war crimes in Rwanda in 1994. Three decades…
What if they lied? Reparations for the Climate Change scam at $300 trillion and counting
No one is quite sure how much public money has been sequestrated in the name of ‘Climate Change’, except that…
150 years since Gosse’s climb
July 20 marked 150 years since the first documented account of climbing Australia’s famous Ayers Rock. While climbing ‘The Rock’…
Labor’s destruction of the Victorian timber industry threatens forests
The accelerated destruction of the native timber industry in my home state of Victoria is a disgrace. This industry has…
Legalising Cannabis: evidence based or evidence bias?
‘An unexciting truth can easily be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.’ – Aldous Huxley Some of the most troubling experiences…
Albanese’s Voice tears the heart from Australian politics
It was W.B. Yeats, after the first world war, who wrote his poem that contained the phrase, ‘The centre cannot…
Rain panel power: super energy or stupid energy?
The ‘green’ energy industry knows it’s in trouble. Wind is woefully unreliable, looks terrible, and is starting to get on…
The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines
It was a joke when we said, ‘Why not put wind turbines on Bondi Beach and see how the Teals…
Private health is painfully slow
It started with an odd sensation in my leg as I ate chicken and leek pie in a Sydney CBD…
The bold, the brave, and the deported
The huge international military exercise Operation Talisman Sabre is underway in Australian waters (unfortunately with a tragic accident occurring yesterday)…
Braveheart re-emerges in Fiji
Experienced taxi drivers are a good sounding board regarding the state of a nation. After some years of assorted opinions…
The horrors of Native Title: you will own nothing, and you will be happy
We have all heard the warning: ‘You will own nothing and be happy.’ Australia Native Title and Aboriginal Freehold Land…
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