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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Richard Dawkins’ frank ‘sex’ talk infuriates internet

2 August 2023 9:04 am

Richard Dawkins has been trending on social media for days. Usually outrage mobs get sore arms if they hold their…

Noel Pearson’s Voice

2 August 2023 5:00 am

I watched Noel Pearson describing his concept of ‘The Voice’ on a TV program recently and it was pretty close…

Albo’s government to appoint itself social media’s truth police

2 August 2023 4:45 am

Remember the media frenzy that tried to debunk the possibility that Covid came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? The…

Traditional ownership extinguishes common sense

2 August 2023 4:30 am

The lengthy process to find a more permanent home for Australia’s low-level nuclear waste has likely received its last rites…

Rowan Dean: ‘What is Woke?’

2 August 2023 4:00 am

I’ve always fancied myself as one of those Christmas Cracker riddle writers – what a great job that would be……

RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent – borrowers still on edge

1 August 2023 4:07 pm

Labor’s Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists that his ‘number one priority’ is offering support to those struggling Australian mortgage holders…

Anthony Albanese’s Concorde Fallacy

1 August 2023 6:00 am

Last Saturday I watched as a sandy-haired young supporter of the ‘Yes’ case earnestly endeavoured to give his leaflets away…

Tragedy in Manipur: India’s Christians are suffering under ‘anti-conversion laws’

1 August 2023 5:00 am

Carnage in Manipur showcases the tragedy unfolding around India’s anti-Christian ‘conversion laws’. Two Christian women from the Kuki tribe, allegedly…

Vote ‘no’ to racism

1 August 2023 4:30 am

‘[We hope for] a future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with…

Freedom is never free

1 August 2023 4:00 am

Recently, Fulgence Kayishema was charged in South Africa for allegedly committing suspected war crimes in Rwanda in 1994. Three decades…

What if they lied? Reparations for the Climate Change scam at $300 trillion and counting

31 July 2023 1:53 pm

No one is quite sure how much public money has been sequestrated in the name of ‘Climate Change’, except that…

150 years since Gosse’s climb

31 July 2023 5:30 am

July 20 marked 150 years since the first documented account of climbing Australia’s famous Ayers Rock. While climbing ‘The Rock’…

Labor’s destruction of the Victorian timber industry threatens forests

31 July 2023 5:00 am

The accelerated destruction of the native timber industry in my home state of Victoria is a disgrace. This industry has…

Legalising Cannabis: evidence based or evidence bias?

31 July 2023 4:30 am

‘An unexciting truth can easily be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.’ – Aldous Huxley Some of the most troubling experiences…

Albanese’s Voice tears the heart from Australian politics

31 July 2023 4:00 am

It was W.B. Yeats, after the first world war, who wrote his poem that contained the phrase, ‘The centre cannot…

Rain panel power: super energy or stupid energy?

30 July 2023 7:32 pm

The ‘green’ energy industry knows it’s in trouble. Wind is woefully unreliable, looks terrible, and is starting to get on…

The big Teal regret over wind farms: flattened rainforests and ruined coastlines

30 July 2023 12:24 pm

It was a joke when we said, ‘Why not put wind turbines on Bondi Beach and see how the Teals…

Private health is painfully slow

30 July 2023 5:30 am

It started with an odd sensation in my leg as I ate chicken and leek pie in a Sydney CBD…

The bold, the brave, and the deported

30 July 2023 5:00 am

The huge international military exercise Operation Talisman Sabre is underway in Australian waters (unfortunately with a tragic accident occurring yesterday)…

Braveheart re-emerges in Fiji

30 July 2023 4:00 am

Experienced taxi drivers are a good sounding board regarding the state of a nation. After some years of assorted opinions…

The horrors of Native Title: you will own nothing, and you will be happy

29 July 2023 2:15 pm

We have all heard the warning: ‘You will own nothing and be happy.’ Australia Native Title and Aboriginal Freehold Land…

Has the education revolution failed Australia’s students?

29 July 2023 5:00 am

World-renowned academic, Pierre Ryckmans, opined: ‘A university is a place where scholars seek the truth, pursue and transmit knowledge for…

The Liberals’ capitulation on heroin puts cities on the road to Gotham

29 July 2023 4:00 am

The disappointing thing about the debate over heroin injecting rooms in Melbourne is that there is no debate about whether…

Will the Voice lead to a treaty?

28 July 2023 5:30 am

As support for The Voice plummets around the nation, Anthony Albanese is becoming so desperate. Speaking to 2GB’s Ben Fordham,…

Batteries

28 July 2023 5:00 am

Depending on your outlook, the Net Zero movement could result in anything from the seven horses of the apocalypse riding…