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Bowen’s hydrogen mirage has vanished
The hydrogen economy, once heralded as the future of clean energy, is unravelling as I write. A few years back,…
Vylan and 18C – how the West can be won again.
During what some have dubbed ‘Nuremberg at Glastonbury’, we heard, thanks to the BBC for their unfiltered live-stream, death chants…
How feminist ideology captured psychology
How refreshing to discover an anti-feminist psychiatrist. Very few people in the ‘helping professions’ have the courage to openly oppose…
The Alice in Wonderland productivity roundtable
It is a humbling experience to be a leader in a democracy. It requires the recent Coalition concession that they…
It’s time for a Reform Australia Party
Populism has been defined as an approach to politics that pits a champion of the commonfolk against elites. Right-wing populism…
Fake apocalypses are an economic scam
In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near…
More failures in union leadership
Australian workers face a pattern of betrayal from union leaders. This week, the Victorian branch of the Health Services Union…
Jaws turns 50 but still resonates with today’s audiences
Steven Spielberg’s cinema blockbuster and directorial masterpiece Jaws recently turned 50. Released in 1975, its influence on popular culture remains…
Climate change strikes Canberra
Like a GBU-57 bunker buster, global warming turned into global boiling and then suddenly turned into weather so cold it…
Tony Burke’s detention inaction
The Albanese government’s refusal to detain dangerous criminals, citing legal barriers, is a shameful abdication of responsibility. Home Affairs Minister…
Australian government lacks courage to create unity
The bombing of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities in Iran under the approval and direction of US President Donald Trump…
War and diplomacy in the 21st Century
It used to be said that war was a continuation of diplomacy by other means. Now we can cut out…
The kids aren’t alright
This was another week in what has become a regular occurrence – being contacted by concerned parents seeking advice on…
Grim university rankings show Australia is losing where it counts
On the surface, things look reasonably good for Australia’s higher education system. According to the QS World University Rankings, we…
Albanese’s path to irrelevance
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is proving to be a leader defined not by vision or conviction, but by a chronic…
What the K’gari dingoes need
I’m a bit jaded because a ranger on Fraser Island (renamed K’gari by the Qld Labor government in 2023) has…
Coalition no match for Labor’s ruthless Net Zero agenda
For many years Australian policy has been moving backwards in the pursuit of cheap, reliable energy. The policy has now…
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