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The truth about ethnic communities and coronavirus
Just as the epidemic shines a mirror on a host of issues, it has also raised questions about our multiculturalism.…
It’s 2020, so everything is racist. Especially at the ABC
It’s 2020, so everything is racist, including misspelling non-Anglo names. Over to Samoan-Australian ABC journalist, Tahlea (or Tali) Aualiitia (and…
Mounting anger around the Family Law inquiry
When Scott Morrison announced the Family Law Inquiry he described it on Channel 7 as an opportunity, “to hear directly…
Coming soon: the ALS Friedman Conference
It’s just a little over two weeks until Australia’s largest centre-right event, the ALS Friedman Conference, co-hosted by the Australian…
Cartoon lives matter
Hollywood animators were thrown into chaos last week when white actors said they would no longer voice coloured characters. Actors…
Is teeth whitening now racist too?
Remember when author J. K. Rowling got absolutely smashed on social media and cancelled for daring to say that only…
A glimmer of gender sanity in sport?
After initially publicly backing gender-fluid guidelines for women’s and girls’ sport, Sports Minister Richard Colbeck is now walking this back.…
Instead of abandoning the humanities, let’s save them from the loony left
In announcing a major overhaul of university fees last Friday, Education Minister Dan Tehan said: “universities must teach Australians the…
Vale, Owen Harries
Henry Kissinger, Owen Harries, Samuel Huntington, March 1998 History’s best beginning for a printed obituary was the beginning which Clive…
Dyson Heydon: process matters
The more serious the allegations the more important the process or procedure used to look into those allegations. In the…
Education reviews are booming. Shame the same can’t be said about school standards
Don’t be fooled by the “back to basics” language from the Berejiklian government — in reality, this NSW curriculum review…
Do the mob toppling statues expect their own monuments?
It is only a matter of time before someone pulls down a statue of Mother Teresa because she was silent…
Wasting your money: wattle the government think of next
Firstly, a solution in search of a non-existent problem; not surprisingly a brain fart of that most immaterial of prime…
Why does Big Public Health want to keep us smoking?
My partner started smoking cigarettes in high school. A little over a year ago, he quit, thanks to nicotine vaping.…
Why the humanities matter in the age of AI
I hope that we will not, under current pressures or emotions, be tempted to ignore the basic fact that civilisation…
Chairman Mao wiped out the sparrows, Chairman Dan will purge the ronas…
In a bold attempt to prove his worthiness and loyalty to Chinese strongman XiXi The Pooh, Chairman Daniel Andrews issued…
You can replace the leader but unless honesty replaces gender theory, White Ribbon is finished – again
When White Ribbon closed its doors last year, under a dark cloud and serious financial question marks, many hoped we’d…
So that’s what was wrong with the ABC?
The SMAge reports on the deep thinking contained in the ABC’s five-year plan (funny they should choose that name), unveiled…
Albo’s Claytons climate policy switch
In the media today, we see two contrasting ALP position papers, by Kevin Rudd in the AFR, and by Anthony…
The PC monster wants to eat all the fun
Make it stop. Seriously… Make. It. Stop. Nestle is rebranding its Redskins and Chicos sweets. It reckons their names are…
The two great threats of 2020: coronavirus – and Keynes
The fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic leaves an economically threatening legacy of high budget deficits and public debt. Australian…
The facts you haven’t heard on uni fees
Undoubtedly, many university students across the country have mixed feelings towards the Morrison government’s recent decision to shift $480 million of…
Coronavirus can’t kill capitalism
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked by a journalist what he thought of Western civilisation. He replied, “I think it would…
Lockdown and the new Left Privilege
As a constitutional law scholar and legal theorist who appreciates our classical liberal tradition of constitutional government and the rule…
Here’s a new group you never even knew you were offending
BIPOC. We first read it as “biopic”, since it appeared in The SMAge in an article on the Sydney Film…
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