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Facebook, that Christianity conference, and what happened next
When I decided to post a Facebook notice about our major legal conference that addresses the rising tide of anti-Christian…
How dare the law disrupt leftist media agendas?
Last week’s raids by the Australian Federal Police on the ABC in response to that media organisations illegal airing of…
Happy Men’s Mental Health Week, discarded Dads
My early years as a counsellor taught me the ‘how does that make you feel’ style of therapy I’d learnt…
Cassidy’s cheerio reveals the groupthink luvvieland that is the ABC’s Insiders
For political groupies, Barrie Cassidy’s last episode of Insiders on the ABC was reason to look both backwards and forwards.…
Ground Control to Major Jane
She’s out of her mind. She’s off the planet. There’s nothing more ridiculous than when a Nor Shor leftie accepts…
Jim Molan’s the only man for the NSW Senate vacancy
NSW Liberal Senator Major General Jim Molan, in an unwinnable slot on the state party’s ticket, has received a record…
Bring on the Barty party
It’s 1.51 am Melbourne time and Ashleigh Barty has just made history — winning the French Open and bringing home…
Keep Sydney safe: rein in the police
Last weekend, Christie Aucamp-Aschutte and a group of friends dancing to the lights of Sydney’s Vivid son et lumière festival…
Could we repeat D-Day?
Seventy-five years ago some 150,000 troops landed on French beaches to roll back the Nazi menace. On the very first…
Be strong, keep ‘young and free’
Almost one-third of the players in the State of Origin on Wednesday night refused to sing the national anthem because…
EXCLUSIVE: Dear Rugby Australia…
The former Brumbies Chaplain writes on Israel Folau: I see a window of hope for our great game. It will…
Do high rise apartment owners risk more than a price tumble?
You’ve probably forgotten Sydney’s Opal Tower by now, even though less than six months have passed since the residents of…
Socialists stand up for the workers against immigration?
Socialists standing up for workers by opposing immigration? Yes. Apparently, it can happen. Sometimes. “The Guardian” reports on Mette Frederiksen,…
Brexit chaos, a new UK PM: a perfect time to discuss the Anglosphere
Two years of Brexit logjam has invited a sudden flurry of activity – the resignation of a prime minister, the…
Social media doesn’t equal votes
The impact of social media on politics is a contentious topic. Some argue social media harms political discourse, journalism, and…
If Labor is genuine on green energy, it’s got to talk nuclear
Following Labor’s embarrassing loss in the “climate change election,” it’s timely to consider renewable energy’s green credentials, as it formed…
A memo to the Morrison Government: we need more democracy, not less
Public policy is a field where you soon learn that no matter the soundness of your evidence, the perceptiveness of…
Kristina Keneally: Albo’s golden girl – or a golden goose?
The week just past in politics, the week to come: Rarely in federal politics has there been as meteoric rise…
Beware the sin bin
There was a time when an unknown bloke snooping through your rubbish bin could have expected a punch in the…
Forget GetUp, it’s the corporate climate bullies we need to fear
If there was a gold medal for corporate climate change hypocrisy, the American company Ben & Jerry’s Holdings Inc. would…
The AFL’s goalless game at Tiananmen Stadium
If you need any further evidence that time indeed flies, on Tuesday we will remember the thirtieth anniversary of the…
“ALP: Thought Crimes Unit” – what to expect with the new cast and the new series
Big changes are in store for season five of the ACTU/ABC/New Daily-Union Super/Guardian Media hit TV drama “ALP: Thought Crimes…
I love my job
It’s my first day at the job. I’m walking down Flinders Lane with its shadowy art deco buildings passing Degraves Street…
The things you can learn at university these days
From The Conservation, that university funded website for academics who would really rather be breakfast TV hosts, a cracker: Having…
Labor’s problems are all too obvious, but Liberals can’t forget they’ve got issues too
It has been said for the past decade or two that the parliamentary Labor Party is finding it increasingly difficult…
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