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‘No’ will let them know
Then what? As the October 14 Voice referendum grows closer, speculation is rampant about the socio-political consequences of the result.…
What to do about crime? Papua New Guinea at 48
September 16, 2023, will mark 48 years of independence for Australia’s nearest neighbour – Papua New Guinea (PNG). And, by…
Tyre Extinguishers take on Toorak Tractors
Ten days ago, Greens leader Adam Bandt urged Australians to ‘embrace’ the civil disobedience of climate activists and ‘feel joy’…
Dead-celebrity market worth US$2.25 billion
‘Deleb’ (as in dead celebrity) is a label used in show-business to describe a deceased star, celebrity, or artist whose…
Rising tyranny: the public-private partnership
The slogan cuius regio, eius religio (whose the reign/realm, his the religion) was adopted in Europe in the mid-16th Century to end…
The Voice is the latest saviour cult
Is Western Civilisation’s middle-class being pranked? The people we thought we knew – peers, colleagues, relatives, and friends – are…
Harmonies and strains in campaign songs
In the long history of pop songs being co-opted or leveraged for social cause campaigns, almost none seem an immediately…
The UN Declaration of Human Rights asks us to reject the Voice
Not since the days of the prophets has there been a greater clarion call for human civilisation than that espoused…
Indigenous rights and voice silenced
As Australia considers the voice of its Indigenous peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, in the upcoming referendum, concerning constitutional…
Everybody needs good Neighbours
Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. The thing about good neighbours is that they actually do develop into good friends over…
Pope Francis should stop cosying up to authoritarian regimes
Pope Francis is on his way back from Mongolia this week. On a visit to that country, which has scarcely…
Victoria’s duck hunting ban is a sign of things to come with the Voice
The recent state parliamentary report into recreational native bird hunting gives Victorians a taste of the kind of division the…
Australia’s biggest solar farm: ‘We are collateral damage in the race to Net Zero’
There’s nothing but heartbreak and dismay as another renewable energy project looms over regional Australia. Danish company European Energy has…
Concussions are killing players and the game
The rulers of footy codes have, for years, adopted a head-in-the-sand approach to the management of concussions, but the tsunami…
WorkSafe: socialism by stealth
The Victorian State government is forcing employers to pay for their mental health initiatives, and it is crippling businesses. Pending…
Tony Abbott’s record of achievement
Ten years since we elected the Anglosphere’s best recent Tory PM
Are pro-Voice advocates preying on children’s emotions?
The Hon Sarah Game, One Nation MLC in South Australia, published a letter addressed to the Labor Minister for Education,…
End the Net Zero nightmare
Matthew Warren knows as much about the energy industry as anyone and his book Blackout (2019) is a very good overview of…
Jolly (expensive) junketeers!
When you wake to the news that federal parliamentarians will be travelling to Washington DC to plead for the release…
Are we all pretending everything is ‘fine’?
You know that old trope about how the husband finally retires and then the wife finds him under her feet…
The road to Calvary
A presentation by the estimable Fr Tony Percy, until recently Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, on the Australian…
What is mis-dis in climate change debate?
Speaking in Suva in July 2022, Anthony Albanese declared a climate emergency in the Pacific. This came after joining regional…
Qantas’ woke capitalism is failing
Qantas has been in the news – generally for bad reasons… Although the airline recently announced a massive fleet renewal…
Liberal values? The party of Menzies should try practising what it preaches
What are Liberal values? The party has a short statement on its website that sets out its ‘beliefs’. There are…
Why are we ignoring nuclear? The answer is Bowen in the wind
Right before my very eyes, was a most wonderful sight that stopped me in my tracks. Towering above the rabble…
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