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Always was, always will be a smokescreen
As Roger Scruton wrote: ‘The fictions were far more persuasive than the facts, and more persuasive than both was the…
A truckie’s view – my view
It will come as a huge surprise that everything in your house, on your street, in your supermarket, in fact…
Madman Mark McGowan – the tinpot dictator of Australia
Throughout the era of Covid, we have made numerous comparisons of governments and the restrictions they impose to past regimes…
Tony Abbott for PM – of Britain!
The conservative stalwart broadcaster Mark Steyn has made the suggestion, in apparent seriousness, that the British Tories should draft Tony…
Omicron roars through, but I only hear crickets
Since Omicron has spread so vigorously throughout the fully vaccinated and unvaccinated alike, and considering too that the unvaccinated (or…
Big tech eugenics
Just when you thought the all-pervasive power of the State could not get any more intrusive, governments have begun manipulating…
An empire for me, but not for thee
Every January, Australians are reminded by the chattering classes that they should hang their heads in shame about the very…
Twelve questions for the next Covid media conference…?
I’ve not wanted to get bogged down in Covid, but the censoring of debate and the quality of information is…
All hail ‘Marshal’ Mark, the Canute of the West
The announcement by WA Premier Mark McGowan last Thursday that he would continue to preside over a hermit kingdom indefinitely…
The political modellers have spoken: Covid is over in Britain
The political winds have swung and Boris Johnson has some dignity to restore after the shameless hypocrisy of the ‘Partygate’…
The terrifying Quebec ‘Covid Youth’
A disturbing piece of footage went viral last week on social media. Originating in Canada, a Quebec talk show aired…
Nerds, nannies and dictators
Young nerds in Silicon Valley are now the rule-makers of culture across the western world. Culture, identity, and the conflict…
Talking Tonga
For decades I have avoided listening to, watching or being interviewed by the ABC in preference to the Wilcannia Weekly…
The tyranny of good intentions
Many are familiar with the term ‘fifteen days to slow the spread’. People were largely on board in 2020, given…
Freedom of political communication
I suspect the people who voted for Alex Hawke and Scott Morrison will not be particularly persuaded by the seriousness…
Who runs Australia – elected politicians or shadowy bureaucrats?
Who runs Australia? Is it the politically accountable politicians elected through the democratic process? Or is it the unidentified, unelected,…
Net Zero frivolity and our emissions reduction fantasy
One of the most tragic aspects of the increasingly unhinged focus on reducing human CO2 emissions at ‘almost all costs’…
George Christensen is a litmus test for liberal politicians
The second season of George Christensen’s political podcast, Conservative One: Pandemic Unmasked, has been extremely well received by Australians. Campaigning…
Melbourne’s medical nihilism in the time of Covid
Victoria has activated state-wide Code Brown emergency measures for the first time in its history on January 18. This means that all…
Travel pass does not mean ‘good to go’
My recent experience in departing and returning from and to Australia has demonstrated the complete disconnect between the Posing Politicians,…
Enough with the political correctness
People are intrinsically good and want to please each other. We may have our quirks and foibles, but to be…
Australian jobs held hostage by the ‘Vaccine Wars’
Of all the insanity of the last two years, I think one of the worst issues I have observed is…
Bread and games everybody, bread and games!
Australia is set to achieve 180 per cent vaccination now that the evil Novak Djokovic is out of the way.…
Who owns Australia’s children – parents or the government?
There used to be a fundamental difference between the world’s socialist states and western democracies. Under a socialist system, children…
Forget peak Omicron, it’s peak accountability that Andrews fears most
While medical experts debate the timing of peak Omicron, the non-Labor side of politics hopes a different type of ‘peak’…
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