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Why Labor’s changes to capital gains fail the fairness test
In the run-up to the next election, the Labor party continues to press the narrative that its proposed policies are…
Backwards & Forwards: the week in politics gone, the week to come
Looking back Last Thursday, with millennials convulsed by the unprecedented crash of Facebook and Instagram, New Zealand’s Canterbury Police tweeted…
The identity politics of the lunar right
On Friday 50 people were massacred in New Zealand; murdered by a terrorist who looked at women and children and…
It’s all wishful thinking, but boy does it drive clicks
Independent. Always. Ah, yes. That pledge below the mastheads of Nine Entertainment’s left-wing tabloids to give you the sort of…
The Christchurch killer behind the headlines
What makes a man apparently plan in cold blood for two years the mass murder of his fellow human beings,…
Is Jordan Peterson a ‘gateway’ drug to Nazism?
At the recent Lesbians Who Tech summit in San Francisco—no, seriously, it’s a thing— Susan Wojicicki, the CEO of YouTube,…
Climate strike? In my day it was nuclear first strike
Another day, another mass walk-out from schools around the world, including throughout Australia, by children protesting about their elders’ inaction…
Venezuela’s not alone at the end of the road to serfdom
Venezuela in social and economic collapse provides a contemporary case study of where socialism takes a country, but one too…
Scott Morrison has just weeks to prove: is he a conservative or a con
I don’t want to spend too much time on all these Newspolls that show that Shorten’s ALP is going to…
No, no, no Alyssa Milano
I know it’s only March, but I think I may well have founder the winner of the “Dumbest Tweet of 2019”. In…
Freedom’s just another word, so don’t take it for granted
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” So sang Janis Joplin in her 1971 hit Me and Bobby…
How the school student strike reduces kids to puppets
School students are being recruited and organised to strike from school this Friday, 15 March. The website, schoolstrike4climate.com claims the…
Menzies, Malcolm, misogyny and merit
Malcolm Turnbull—our now disgruntled former prime minister—believes that that the Liberal Party “absolutely” has a woman problem. And, somewhat unsurprisingly,…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld’s Ministry of Inculcation has been out and about at schools, universities and colleges around the world recently and we’d…
If you want bold ideas for a fair go for Australia, Bill, try these
Despite government being the only thief of wages in this country, Bill Shorten has announced an ironic policy to combat…
Why myopic Millennials have red stars in their eyes
Irony is still not dead, despite never-ending attempts on its life – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to slag off capitalism at…
The West’s war on white men
To read about sexual oppression in the Western media storybook is to enter a surreal world. In its distorting mirror,…
Check your blowhardism
Being a blowhard means never having to say you’re sorry. When you’re not telling everyone what to think about climate…
‘Learnings’ for the lead up to Friday’s student strike for climate change
Here’s an idea for English and Philosophy teachers for this coming Friday, March 15. Why don’t you do some Socratic…
Death on the Derwent: a new witness cries foul
In as emotional 60 Minutes interview last night, Meaghan Vass told the truth. ‘The objective evidence backs it up,’ as…
‘Corporate values’: any more than marketing?
Have you ever wondered what ‘corporate values’ are? I must confess here that it is entirely possible that ‘values’ do…
Backwards & Forwards: the week in politics, the week to come
Looking back If there’s a week to be rued by the Coalition if they lose the upcoming election badly, it’ll…
The hottest summer on record except for the ones that we’ve changed
This last summer has been hot in south-eastern Australia. But was it the hottest ever? Summer 80 years ago was…
ABC Barbie
Congratulations to Ita Buttrose for being designated the next ABC chair, where the former Murdoch and Packer editor will no…
Why will Big Public Health only fight smoking on their terms?
All states and territories in Australia have adopted tobacco control policies that make the possession of nicotine e-cigarettes or vaporisers,…
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