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Where’s the Prime Minister on the free speech crisis?
GoFundMe’s shutdown of Israel Folau’s fundraising page for “violation of … terms of service” is a troubling development for religious…
The CBD goes Dark MoFo, as do the Tassie Libs on debts
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The rigours of CBD’s arduous employment in the Public Service combined with…
ANZ, Maria Folau and the joke of the year
Want to hear the joke of the year? A bank — bank, mind you — is giving public lectures in…
GoFundMe don’t want tolerance, but unconditional surrender to identity politics
GoFundMe’s decision to shut down Israel Folau’s crowdfunding page is shunting the debate about diversity and inclusion into the sand…
It’s boom time for the public service pen pushers
With the NSW Treasurer handing down the state’s 2019-20 budget last week, the big three states — which also include…
Only Dan Andrews would attack his state’s source of wealth
The Andrews Government has announced a royalty hike for gold, intended to remedy budget deficits largely caused by the state’s…
The invasion of the drag queens
Sometimes you wake up and wonder, “Am I in the correct century?” “Am I in the right country?” You look…
GULAG needs a new environmental scare campaign
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Pretend environmental consciousness is what GULAG – the Greens, unions, Labor and…
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I was in Sydney during the Berejiklian landside and the tyre burning that followed and I stayed in a cheap…
The successful failure of the Australian Conservatives
In 1946 Winston Churchill declared to the British Conservative Party leadership what he believed to be its “main objectives”. Topping…
Israel and Maria Folau: first the PC police come for you, then they come for your family
Now that Israel Folau has had his contract with Rugby Australia torn up, it seems that his wife Maria’s future…
John Setka and the Greens: a match made in heaven
The Greens, as a political brand of sorts, have made some remarkable headway towards establishing their spotless moral credentials over…
Liberals must never forget the forgotten people
One month ago, on a polling booth in Labor’s Victorian inner west heartland of Gellibrand, about an hour before closing,…
The stupidest story of the year?
Dear, gentle reader. Is this – from the Nine Network’s dying fringe-left SMAge mastheads – the stupidest story of the…
Queensland’s lockout laws have failed. Will NSW Nannies come clean?
A recent study from Griffith University has found that instead of sobering louts up, lockout laws in Queensland have instead…
Would Microsoft also sack Israel Folau
With the sacking of Israel Folau by Rugby Australia, our culture has reached a tipping point in regards to all…
Will Labor back the winning party reforms Liberals baulk at?
If Chris Minns wins the ballot to be the New South Wales Opposition leader it will be a good day…
Labor’s macho act with the unions: the gift the keeps on giving
There are few gifts that Labor could provide the Coalition that would offer such a long-lasting angle of attack and…
Euthanasia begins – and life is cheaper in Victoria from today
Today, we woke up in a world fundamentally different than the one we went to rest in. It happened quietly.…
Are university officials keener censors than leftie students?
Dan’s the man! On Saturday, The Weekend Australian ran a number of articles about free speech and freedom of enquiry…
How the woke hurt the poor
My favourite American urbanist and demographer, Joel Kotkin, writes how the quest for social justice so often harms the poor:…
Time to patch up our ragged economic miracle
Australia’s vaunted economic miracle is looking a bit ragged after another sluggish quarter. There is still growth, but barely enough…
We can’t pick and choose when freedom maters
The AFP raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist are alarming, but the discussion needs to go beyond…
Goodbye, Hong Kong?
I worked as a journalist, both in print and radio, in what used to be the British Crown Colony of…
What about John Setka’s freedom of speech?
If, like me, you think free speech is the bottom line of a free society, and don’t care what is…
