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Do you care, or just want to blame Israel?
We all say we care about hunger – especially when children suffer. And we should. But beyond the headlines about…
Stop banning things! Lock the criminals up instead
The Victorian Parliament is in a self-congratulatory state. They have banned machetes. Hurrah! That’s the end of youth crime. No…
Shine, baby, shine! Store, baby, store! The cringe is real…
If you squint, you can see Matt Kean loitering in the shadow of the outrageous Simon Stiell during his fear-mongering,…
Everyone’s shouting, no one’s listening?
The Jeffrey Epstein football is still being kicked around the political playground, with passes to and fro, but no goal.…
The crippling cost of workplace mental health claims
Leading businessman Ryan Stokes was recently reported in the press as raising concerns about the rapid rise in mental health…
Whitewash at QUT
The Middleton Inquiry, commissioned by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), is a convenient whitewash of accusations of antisemitism made…
‘It’s time!’ to cease ‘Welcome to Country’ performances
What a farce it was in Canberra for the opening of Parliament… At least five different ‘Welcome to Country’ performances,…
Destroy net zero, save the world
One Nation Leader, Pauline Hanson, introduced a private members’ bill on Net Zero as a Litmus test for the Coalition.…
Democracy demands civic competence, not just teenager passion
For many decades after Federation, the voting age for Australians was 21 – even when soldiers under the age of…
Decline in history education is creating a national identity crisis
History as a subject taught in Australian schools and universities is facing an existential crisis. Fewer students are choosing to…
Institutionalised childcare is failing children; it’s time parents had more choice
The charges of alleged child abuse against Melbourne childcare educator Joshua Dale Brown have sent shockwaves around the country, searing…
Another trainwreck interview from ‘Listening’ Ley on Net Zero
‘You’re going to dump Net Zero, down the track, aren’t you?’ Opposition Leader Sussan Ley was asked the question outright…
Let’s abandon the cult of Net Zero
Climate alarmism increasingly resembles an apocalyptic religious movement. It relies on special revelation mediated by the elites, threatens the end…
Liberals seek to re-connect with business base
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has realised that the business community is to the Liberals what the unions are to Labor.…
Free speech vs. surveillance in the digital age
Australia is quietly abandoning one of its most sacred inheritances: the right to speak freely. In its place, we are…
Albo’s TikTok dilemma
Chinese social media giant TikTok is set to launch a constitutional challenge to Australia’s controversial social media ban for under…
Israel is not the problem, Mr Albanese
Why, when Mr Albanese observed that Gaza is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe, did he immediately blame the…
Senators Price and Cash are the true wealth of the Coalition
You have to hand it to the Labor Party… Last week they scaled previously unexplored heights of hypocrisy. Senator Penny…
From glory to decline, a brighter future ahead
For more than four decades, the people of Iran have not seen diplomatic behaviour based on national interests and the…
Well done, Labor
Congratulations Australian Labor! As directionless as they are, and notwithstanding only managing to earn the vote of fewer than 3.5…
How Spain’s anti-migrant riots sparked speech controls in Europe
The recent antisemitic attacks in Melbourne (and indeed, throughout Australia) and Jillian Segal’s report, Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism,…
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