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Should Parliament take back control of interest rates?
With the RBA delivering yet another interest rate rise this week and making life even more uncomfortable for those with…
The fountain of the little snouts
The Boboli Gardens surround the Pitti Palace in Florence, built in 1458 for banker Luca Pitti. It later became the…
Bring back Aussie expats, hit the brakes on mass migration
Around a million Australians live overseas. That number grows every year. Why not entice them back?
Labor promised an easier life. Four years on, we are paying the price
The Prime Minister can blame global events, but he cannot escape responsibility for the economic decisions made in Canberra
Behold, Western Australia’s march toward a Chinese-style surveillance state
Is anyone else concerned about the direction our once laid-back, freedom-loving nation is headed? Thanks to serious errors in government…
Point of Law a modern-day Phar Lap for Albo’s Great Depression
As the Melbourne Cup unfolded, so did Albanese’s legacy ... on a horse purchased from King Charles III
Why would the Palestinian Authority change?
The Palestinian Authority does not need to make a mockery of Western governments. Western governments are doing a fine job of that themselves...
Australia has spent billions teaching kids to hate democracy
Nearly half of young adults want something other than democracy
Student protesters resent getting what they demanded
Mass immigration has eroded social cohesion as extreme leftists take advantage of political unrest
The end is nigh
French rioters have set fire to the Enlightenment. What follows is an age of darkness and terror...
The Chalmers Curve
Economics has the Phillips Curve, the Laffer Curve, and Okun’s Law. All three of which are currently relevant to our…
Who left whom?
Why ordinary Australians are walking to One Nation. It’s more than just fish and chips...
Too many microphones, not enough minds
Too many politicians are pursued by classless fools whose collective IQ sits just north of room temperature
Feminism and the disastrous decade of dating
One of the biggest social experiments of our time is unfolding in plain sight – and we’ve hardly noticed
The winged figure of Cyrus the Great at Sydney Olympic Park
The people of Iran are waiting for the return of another Cyrus, Reza Shah II, to his homeland
You were only supposed to blow the doors off!
Liz Truss’s new book blames the Bank of England for her downfall. Australia, which has lost a bond market fight of its own, should read it as a warning rather than a vindication
Australia’s shameful era of progressive antisemitism
Hallelujah! I opened my newspaper on Friday to read, in black and white, the two words I never thought I…
Anthropic’s laundry list of risks
Would you buy a product whose disclaimer says it might destroy humanity?
OH NO, NOT BLUEY! – Labor has started a war against speech and satire | S3 Ep 26
In this episode: Is BLUEY ground zero for the war against satire? Victoria – the reddest state – is about…
Chris Bowen’s long, slow climate controversy
This week in the House of Reps, Nationals MP Llew O’Brien called ‘bulls**t’ on Labor’s climate con
Designated devils v. designated survivors
The new reality show on the world stage is, a bit like the Truman Show, not a reality show at…
The disaster of institutionalised childcare and why choice matters
No parent could honestly claim that they think childcare is the best form of care for their child
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